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By Darren Svan | The Center Square
The state is seeking public review of a major expansion of a nonhazardous industrial waste disposal facility located in southern Bossier Parish near Taylortown.
HRWN Bossier submitted an application to modify a permit first issued by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality in 2021 by expanding its operations.
The comment period and request for public hearing ends July 23. If there is enough interest, a public hearing will be held, according to the permit notice.
Submit comments online at deq.louisiana.gov/public-notices; mail your comments to LDEQ, Public Participation Group, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313; or email to deq.publicnotices@la.gov.
HRWN is authorized to operate an injection disposal well for saltwater and industrial waste, according to the Department of Environmental Quality.
HRWN disposes of nonhazardous waste byproducts generated by, among other things, oil and gas production, agriculture, manufacturing and mining operations.
Mark Moore of Approach Environmental Services did not respond to The Center Square's request for comment by the time of publication. Moore presented the project before the Bossier Parish Police Jury and the Metropolitan Planning Commission.
HRWN is listed as an Austin-based company at the Secretary of State’s business database.
A Class I nonhazardous disposal well injects qualifying nonhazardous liquid or semi-liquid industrial wastes deep underground into approved geologic formations, according to state documents.
The company wrote in the permit that it intends to triple the facility's on-site storage capacity of waste products, from 90,000 gallons to 290,000 gallons.
According to the Department of Environmental Quality, the company will increase its storage capacity while maintaining the same processing rate.
Waste is disposed of through injection wells, a spokesperson told The Center Square.
Based on the draft permit, the facility would accept three broad categories of waste for processing: industrial, commercial, and oil and gas operations. The facility would be approved to accept waste products from anywhere in the United States.