NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Sept. 8, 2003--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services lowered its rating on Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities Authority's $6.3 million revenue bonds to 'BBB+/A-2' from 'AA/A-1' because the Toronto-Dominion Bank confirming letter of credit expired on Aug. 28, 2003. The rating is based on the confirmed letter of credit provided by Hibernia National Bank. The confirmed letter of credit is scheduled to expire on Aug. 28, 2007. Complete ratings information is available to subscribers of RatingsDirect, Standard&Poor's Web-based credit analysis system, at www.ratingsdirect.com. All ratings affected by this rating action can be found on Standard&Poor's public Web site at www.standardandpoors.com; under Credit Ratings in the left navigation bar, select Credit Ratings Actions.