Our Debris Tracking System
Ensuring debris is recycled or
goes to the appropriate debris management facility
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Orleans Area Debris Facilities
Of 48 facilities used in Louisiana, only 9 are still in use

Gentilly
River Birch
Highway 90 C&D
Slidell
Stranco C&D
Romero
Wilkerson
Recovery 1 (Chipping)
Elysian Fields

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Who Chooses the Debris Management Facility for Corps Debris?

• The Corps does not direct our contractors to use any particular debris management facility for the disposal of debris.
   
• Corps contractors have the discretion to use properly permitted debris management facilities for receipt of the various hurricane generated waste streams, which optimize their operational efficiency.
   
• The Corps does not have contractual relationships with the debris management facilities.  We reimburse our prime contractors for disposal facility fees they are required to pay.
   
• The jurisdictional authority for permitting debris management facilities in the State of Louisiana resides with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
   
• Protocols for the disposition of hurricane-generated waste have been established by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and LA-DEQ, in close consultation with the Corps and the Federal Emergency Agency. These documents are available upon request from these agencies.
   
• Corps begins its management of the segregation and flow of debris at the site of collection. 
  
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• Rigorous Corps protocols and an intense management network ensure the proper segregation of hurricane-generated waste streams to include: municipal solid waste, vegetative debris, construction and demolition debris, small motorized equipment, asbestos containing materials (regulated and non-regulated) electronic waste, household hazardous waste, white goods and tires. Robust quality control and quality assurance programs are followed throughout operations to assure appropriate disposition of waste.
   
• The Corps meets or exceeds all state, local and federal environmental laws in operations.

Still have a question about our debris management processes
or facility operations?  Please e-mail us.