(Download) "Renaissance of Environmental Criminal Investigation in Louisiana: A Model for the Nation." by Journal of the National District Attorneys Association Prosecutor # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Renaissance of Environmental Criminal Investigation in Louisiana: A Model for the Nation.
- Author : Journal of the National District Attorneys Association Prosecutor
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 279 KB
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IN LOUISIANA, perpetrators of knowing criminal violations of the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act, Title 30 subject themselves to felony conduct. Now, those are not just idle words on a page. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Criminal Investigation Division (LDEQ-CID) is the primary state criminal investigative arm responsible for environmental criminal investigations in Louisiana under Title 30. Prior to the establishment of the LDEQ-CID, intentional repeat offenders of the Environmental Quality Act would avoid compliance by abusing the civil enforcement scheme and then, after years of non-compliance, would declare bankruptcy and begin new violations under a different company name. An early example, Ed McCreary, in Baton Rouge, was eventually criminally prosecuted after years of intentionally polluting the Capitol Lake system through a covert piping network. LDEQ-CID currently works with local law enforcement with the goal of empowering them to investigate local criminal issues that may affect them. The reality, however, is that local law enforcement has neither the resources nor the specialized training to investigate moderate or complex environmental crimes due to other priorities and the nature of the environmental regulatory system.