Dedication of the Lance R. LeFleur Coastal Alabama Field Office

2025-04-23

Today, Governor Kay Ivey dedicated the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s (ADEM) Coastal Office and Mobile Field Office to ADEM Director Lance R. LeFleur, in honor of his outstanding leadership of the agency for 15 years. His tenure is not only the longest of any ADEM director in history, but also the longest tenure of any state environmental regulatory agency in the nation. The ADEM Coastal Office and Mobile Field office was designed and constructed under Director LeFleur’s leadership using RESTORE Spill Impact Component funding as well as state funding. This field office, with its approximately 14,500 square foot state of the art laboratory, will improve the department’s ability to manage the coastal and aquatic resources of south Alabama. This facility supports water quality, air quality, and biological analysis (fish sampling and analysis) as well as permitting functions related to restoration efforts in the region.

Governor Kay Ivey gave remarks at the Lance R. LeFleur ADEM Coastal Office Dedication Wednesday April 23, 2025 in Mobile, Ala. Director LeFleur is retiring May 1, 2025, after 15 years as ADEM director. (Governor’s Office /Hal Yeager)

March 28, 2024 ribbon cutting ceremony with Lance LeFleur (center), Mary Walker executive director of the RESTORE Council (mid-right) along with several local and state agency representatives. (RESTORE Council staff)

*Southern facade of the new laboratory. (RESTORE Council staff)*

Watch the ADEM Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Coastal Office in Mobile

Watch ADEM Breaks Ground on New Mobile Field Office

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Keala J. Hughes
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations
(504) 717-7235
keala.hughes@restorethegulf.gov