Prohibitions

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RS 2202 - Prohibitions

A. No person shall initiate or continue the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste except as in compliance with the provisions of this Subtitle.

B. No person shall violate any rule or regulation adopted by the secretary under this Subtitle.

C. Notwithstanding any law, order, or regulation to the contrary, no person shall dispose of hazardous waste by injection into a Class I underground injection well when the well head or any portion of the casing is within the banks or boundaries of a lake, stream, or other surface water body within the jurisdiction of the state of Louisiana, whether man-made or occurring naturally, whether on a temporary or permanent basis.

D. No person shall treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste in salt domes or sulphur mines within and under the jurisdiction of this state. However, nothing in this Section shall in any way limit the authority of the federal government with regard to petroleum storage activities in the state.

Acts 1979, No. 449, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1983, No. 97, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1983, No. 375, §1; Acts 1985, No. 448, §1, eff. July 1, 1985.


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