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DEQ inspection finds Sewer District #1 not submitting electronic discharge reports; parish has 30 days to respond

Madison Parish Police Jury · March 11, 2026
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Summary

Parish Secretary/Treasurer Margarett Dew reported a DEQ inspection of Sewer District #1 (Buckner Addition) found discharge monitoring reports were not being submitted according to instructions; paper reports are no longer acceptable and the parish has 30 days to submit a written response.

Parish Secretary/Treasurer Margarett Dew told the Madison Parish Police Jury on March 11 that a Department of Environmental Quality inspection of Sewer District #1 (Buckner Addition) found the district was not submitting discharge monitoring reports as required.

According to Dew, the DEQ report indicated the monitoring reports were not being submitted according to instructions and that paper reports are no longer acceptable. The parish has 30 days to submit a written response addressing the violation.

The transcript does not record further details about the violation’s nature, the specific missing data, or whether the district has previously been cited. The jury did not record a formal motion in the transcript related to this item; follow-up duties and any corrective actions were not specified during the meeting.