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Department established; appointment of commissioners; term; vacancies; jurisdiction; salary

Waste of oil or gas prohibited

Definitions

Jurisdiction, duties, and powers of the assistant secretary; rules and regulations

Underground injection control

Effective enforcement of wildlife and fisheries laws

Financial Security

Permission to convert gas into carbon black; recycling gas; unit operations

Deep pool order; ultra deep structure units; application; procedure; allocation of costs; rules and regulations

Coal seam natural gas producing areas order; application; procedure; allocation of costs; rules and regulations

Hearings; notice; rules of procedure; emergency; service of process; public records; request for hearings; orders and compliance orders

Declaration of emergency

Orders fixing allowable productions; hearing to determine initial schedules; old fields, hearing unnecessary, summary hearing

Subpoenas, and production of records; service; excuses for disobedience; enforcement of subpoenas

Production from pool; drilling units; equitable share; rules and regulations

Termination of units; conditions; procedure; issuance of orders

Cross-unit well

Agreements for drilling units; pooling interests; terms and conditions; expenses

Authority of governor with advice of the commissioner of conservation to enter unitization agreements affecting the production from state and federal waterbottoms

Allocation of allowable production

Filing and recording of orders creating drilling or production units

Court review and injunction; venue; procedure; burden of proof

Temporary restraining order or injunction; notice and hearing; bond

Suit by commissioner for violation of law; venue; relief obtainable

Appeal

Suit by party in interest upon commissioner's failure to sue

False reports or entries; penalty

Penalties for violation of Chapter; venue

Sale, etc. of illegal products prohibited

Illegal gas, etc., contraband; seizure and sale; procedure; disposition of proceeds

Fees and charges of the commissioner of conservation; revisions; exceptions; collections; Oil and Gas Regulatory Fund; creation; amounts; requirements

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.

Bohemia Spillway Cost Recovery

Underground storage of natural gas, liquid hydrocarbons, and carbon dioxide

Underground storage of liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons or both, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, nitrogen, ammonia, compressed air, or noble gases not otherwise prohibited by law

Recordation of notice of solution mined cavern

Enforcement of well, structure, and pipeline rules, regulations, and orders

Closure of production pits in the wetlands

Applications and notification of completeness

Authorization to enter lands of another

Drilling permits; issuance; fees; location plat; notice and hearing; funds from drilling permit fees

Avoiding disturbance of privately owned water well

Remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites

Landowner notification of environmental testing

Alternative dispute resolution for disputes relating to remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites

Permitting gas well to go wild or burn prohibited; capping or plugging; notice

Failure of owner, etc., to comply with notice; closing by department of public works; expenses

Setting fire to well or permitting well to catch fire, prohibited; penalty

Abandoning gas well without closing prohibited; penalty

Production of gas in excess of market demands, proportionate production

Right to purchase gas

Discrimination by purchaser

Gas to be measured by meter

Commissioner of conservation to enforce Part

Penalty

Cubic foot of gas defined

Average specific gravity; average flowing temperature; field rules

Reporting volumes of gas production

Gas to be sold, purchased, and accounted for on basis of standard cubic foot of gas; penalties

Prescription of penalties

Exploitation of natural resources by commissioner or employees prohibited

Forfeiture of all rights acquired in violation of R.S. 30:61

Transfer of rights acquired in violation of R.S. 30:61 null

Citation

Policy and purpose

Definitions

Abandoned oilfield waste sites; notification; clean up

Abandoned oilfield waste sites; declaration

Oilfield waste site cleanup

Cooperative agreements

Easements, rights-of-way, eminent domain

Recordation of notice of abandoned oilfield waste sites by landowner

Citation

Policy and purpose

Definitions

Oilfield Site Restoration Commission; Department of Natural Resources

Authorization of bonds

Powers of the secretary

Powers of the assistant secretary

Oilfield Site Restoration Fund

Oilfield site restoration fees

Oilfield site trust accounts

Oilfield site trust accounts for orphaned wells

Orphan well rework program

Non-orphan site restoration

Credits for judgments or compromises

Commission's annual report to the legislature

Orphaned oilfield sites

Orphan site restoration

Recovery of site restoration costs; emergency costs

Penalties

No inference of liability on the part of the state

Nullification of Part

Implementation; trust accounts

Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 50, §3

Citation

Policy and purpose

Definitions

Underwater Obstruction Removal Program

Powers of the secretary

Powers of the assistant secretary

Contracts; parties

Liability

Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund

Assistant secretary's annual report to the legislature

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 70, §2, eff. May 11, 2012.

Lessees to notify lessors of the termination of mineral leases

Operators to report to owners amount of oil or gas produced

Operators and producers to report to owners of unleased oil and gas interests

Failure to report; penalty

Failure to report punishable; fine

Sections
105. 105 to 107

Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 50, §3

R.S. 30:105 to 30:106 not applicable to state lands

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 948, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 948, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.

Payment for materials furnished or used in drilling well; market price

Mineral lessee's address, secretary of state as agent to receive notices

State Mineral and Energy Board created; composition and powers

Compensation

Meetings

Registration of prospective leaseholders

Board may lease public lands; fee

Application for lease; fee

Inspection; quantity of land; advertisements for bids; fees

Opening bids; minimum royalties; terms of lease; deposit; security

Tertiary recovery incentive

Transfers; approval by board; fees; penalties

Powers, duties, and authority of board; pooling agreements; operating units; fees

Public notice of approval of unitization, royalty or other agreements

Records; execution of division orders and other documents

Surveys, reports and investigations

Attorney for the board

Repealed by Acts 1952, No. 491, §1

Roads, etc.; payment to parishes; compromise of claims

Secretary and other employees

Funds, disposition and appropriation of; penalties

Proceeds from mineral royalties, leases, and bonuses; payment into the Bond Security and Redemption Fund; payment into the Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement (L.I.F.E.)

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1182, §11, eff. July 1, 2001.

Mineral and Energy Operation Fund

Agreements to offset, compensate, and recover from future royalties

Agreements to offset, etc., to be made against any payable royalty

Validation of agreements

Compliance with agreement as compliance with lease

Power of mineral board not derogated - Other rights and remedies not modified

Board as agency to receive, administer, and control royalties in-kind; contract authority

Transfer of solid mineral leases, approval by board

Sale of royalties in-kind to small refiners

Distribution of mineral royalties to parishes

Transfer of funds

Bonds of the parish

Lessor defined

Lands which may be leased

Application for lease

Advertisement

Submission and opening of bids; execution of leases

Restrictions on area; term; consideration

Supervision of leases

Oil, gas, and mineral rights not affected; exceptions

Oil; natural gas; liquid hydrocarbons; carbon dioxide; lease for underground storage

Louisiana Royalty Relief Dry Hole Credit Program; requirements; conditions; limitations; expiration

"Agency" defined

Agency lands; school boards sixteenth section lands; leases authorized

Agencies may lease or administer through State Mineral and Energy Board

Signing of papers and disposition of funds when agency leases own lands; deposit

Alternative procedures

Procedure when agency leases its own lands

Repealed by Acts 1950, No. 292, §1

Approval of lease by board

State banks in liquidation, leases subject to approval, how

State departments and agencies; permits to lessees for directional drilling; permits to erect structures, etc.

Lessees may construct breakwaters, etc.

Private rights not to be affected; United States government, permission of

Sections
174. 174 to 178

Repealed by Acts 1962, No. 9, §9.

§§179.1 to 179.7 Repealed by Acts 1964, No. 311, §6

§§179.8 to 179.10 [Blank]

Authorization to enter into agreements during controversy relating to submerged lands

Ratification by legislature of any final agreements or stipulations

Necessity for payment prior to ratification

Prior agreements not affected

Sections
181. 181 to 185

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 358, §1, effective July 8, 1960

Distribution of funds

Judicial procedure

Distribution of funds and administration of leases

Sections
201. 201 to 203

Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 185, §1, eff. July 5, 1977

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 294, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.

Publication of survey

Office space to be furnished

Exploration of public lands

State Mineral and Energy Board, authority of

Acquisition of geological information

Permits to prospect on highway rights of way, and on other lands subject to non-highway rights of way, servitudes and easements; injunctive relief and attorneys' fees

Geophysical and geological survey, and public lands defined

Permits for surveys on public lands

Furnishing state information obtained under permits

Permit for survey entailing use of public waters or bottoms

Nonexclusive geophysical permits

Exclusive geophysical permits

Unauthorized geological surveying on lands of another; registration requirements; penalties

Injunction not to lie in suits to restrain exploration for oil, etc., on state lands

Release from sequestration

Interlocutory decree for sale of sequestered oil

Aerial photographs or mosaics; filing; copies; penalty

Manner of measuring

Testing, repairing and correcting of measuring equipment

Policy and purpose

Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement (L.I.F.E.); established

Credits to the Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.

Repealed by Acts 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 6, §6, eff. July 14, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.

Advisory Commission for Louisiana's Energy, Environment, and Restoration; purpose

Commission membership; domicile; chair; term; vacancies; quorum; compensation

Operational plan; legislative recommendations

Failure to supply natural gas as result of compulsory reallocation or curtailment action; damages; service; exceptions

Measure of damages for failure to supply

Certified emergencies; suspension of act

Reallocation hearings; powers and duties of the assistant secretary; reports to the governor

Liquefied petroleum gas emergency; declaration; duration

Citation

Declaration of energy emergency; purpose of Chapter

Definitions

Division of Natural Resources and Energy

Merger and consolidation of agencies or functions

Effect of transfer of functions

Transfer of records, money and equipment

Commissioner or merged agencies as agency of state for accepting and expending federal funds and carrying out purposes of federal laws

Transfer of employees

Orderly transfer

Effective date of merger, consolidation and transfer of functions: appropriations

Agencies created at same session

General power; assistant secretary, requirements

Administration and enforcement

Suit by party in interest upon commissioner's failure to sue

Violation; penalties, civil and criminal

Noncompliance not excused by contractual obligations

General powers to control natural resources and energy

Extraction of ethane and heavier hydrocarbons not prohibited; not regulated as natural gas

Exercise of powers

Accounting

Compilation and publication of information by commissioner

Regulatory designation

Regulation by commissioner of gas transporter exempt from FPC

Excess capacity

Certificates of transportation; expropriation

Construction, extension or abandonment of facilities; condemnation proceedings

Lease and sublease of pipelines by commissioner

Construction and operation of pipelines by commissioner

Bond issue for pipeline

Registration and information required by the assistant secretary

Pipeline safety inspection fees

Collection of inspection fees

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.

Establishment, promulgation and implementation of plan

Priorities

Application of priorities; exceptions

Curtailment orders

Curtailment of lower priority before curtailment of higher priority

Deliveries not to be reduced more than ten per cent

Amendments of existing contracts; effects

Change in priorities; hearings

Change in priorities without hearing; emergency

Results contrary to intent of plan; hardship cases

Discrimination by suppliers prohibited

Prohibitions; bonded indebtedness of political subdivisions

Definition

Necessity for regulation

Sales direct to industrial users

Public utilities

Exemption

Waiver of requirements

Notice filing

Prices; schedules; suspension of new rates

Fixing prices

Periodic and special reports

Services, records, information from other agencies

Complaints

Investigations by commissioner; attendance of witnesses; depositions

Hearings; rules of procedure

Administrative powers of commissioner; rules, regulations, and orders

Rehearings; court review of orders

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 8, §1, eff. May 13, 1999.

Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 482, §2 eff. July 13, 1977

Legislative findings

Definitions

State Department of Conservation; powers, duties

Participation by state, federal and private agencies; funds

Reports to legislature

Liquefied petroleum gas; defined

Application of Chapter

Short title

Definitions

Regulatory designation

Administration and enforcement

Violation; penalties, civil and criminal

Fees

Collection of fees

Definitions

Application

Expropriation authority

Number of pipelines

Definitions

Regulation of compressed natural gas

Policy

Definitions

Regulation of exploration, drilling, production and subsurface disposal

Conservation and environmental protection

Jurisdiction over state geothermal resources and products

Leasing procedures

Terms; rentals; royalties

Regulations of board

Records; execution of documents; disposition and appropriation of funds

Preservation of rights

Short title

Declaration of policy

Purposes

Definitions

Jurisdiction and powers; rules and regulations

Abandoned mine reclamation; fund participation

Reclamation Plan

Implementation of the plan

Exclusion and exemption of water resources

Mining permits

Surface mining and reclamation fees

Collection of surface mining and reclamation regulatory fees

Department of Revenue; surface mining and reclamation fees

Application requirements

Reclamation plan requirements

Performance bonds

Permit approval or denial

Revision of permits

Coal exploration and development permits

Public notice and public hearings

Decisions of commissioner and appeals

Environmental protection performance standards

Confidentiality

Inspections and monitoring

Penalties

Release of performance bonds or deposits

Citizen suits

Enforcement

Designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining

Federal lands

Public agencies, public utilities, and public corporations

Review by commissioner

Judicial review

Surface coal mining operations not subject to this Chapter

Employee protection

Experimental practices

Water rights and replacement

Effective date; time of issuance of regulations

Effect of amendments to public law 95-87

Findings and purpose

Membership

Limitations

Expenses

General power of governor; withdrawal

Cooperative endeavor agreements; withdrawal of surface water; intent

Definitions

Management by the Department of Natural Resources

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 245, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 594, §3

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 8, §1, eff. May 13, 1999.

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 8, §1, eff. May 13, 1999.

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 8, §1, eff. May 13, 1999.

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 8, §1, eff. May 13, 1999.

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 8, §1, eff. May 13, 1999.

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 8, §1, eff. May 13, 1999.

Sections
1008. 1008 to 1010

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 594, §3

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 8, §1, eff. May 13, 1999.

Sections
1051. 1051 to 1150

96 redesignated as Subtitle II of Title 30 (R.S. 30:2001 to 2396)

Short title

Policy; jurisdiction

Definitions

Duties and powers of the commissioner; rules and regulations; permits

Hearings; notice; rules of procedures; emergency; service of process; public records; request for hearings; orders and compliance orders

Underground injection control

Certificates of public convenience and necessity; certificate of completion of injection operations

Eminent domain; expropriation

Cessation of storage operations; liability release

Carbon Dioxide Geologic Storage Trust Fund

Site-specific trust accounts

Definitions

Development and coordination of program; priorities

Technical assessment studies

Regulations governing solar devices; solar leases

Mass market deployment of solar systems; preparation; thermal systems

Manual of design types, costs, performance and evaluation procedures for certain thermal systems

Conferences to coordinate adoption of regulations

Effective date of regulations

Contracts for materials and services

Findings, policy, and purpose

Definitions

Rule-making authority of the secretary

Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 873, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 1981

Exemptions

Statement of purpose

Definitions

Incentives, consumption of gasohol by state vehicles

Enabling clause

Short title

Statement of findings

Purpose

Definitions

Administrator; secretary, duties

Approval of rules, regulations, or guidelines

Statement of findings

Joint legislative committee on federal oil overcharge monies

Segregation of federal oil overcharge refund monies

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §6B, eff. July 1, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

Section
2000.10

Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 606, §2.

Section
2000.11

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

Section
2000.12

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4.

Short title

Findings and declaration of policy

Purposes

Definitions

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

Department of Environmental Quality created; duties; powers; structure

Toxics release inventory; annual report

Environmental justice

Enforcement inspections

Monitoring equipment operation liability

Environmental Control Commission authority; transfer to secretary

Permits, licenses, registrations, variances, and fees

Permit review; prohibition

Permits; qualifications

Review of secretary's public trustee decisions

Transfer of permits; disclosure

Expedited permitting program

Null and void as of Jan. 1, 2009. See Acts 2006, No. 779, §3.

Environmental Trust Dedicated Fund Account

Purpose; remediation of usable ground water

Public hearing; fact-finding; investigation; inquiry; rulemaking

Public hearings; presiding officer; authority

Environmental assessment hearings

Promulgation of rules and regulations

Promulgation of rules and regulations affecting agriculture

Implementation plans, rules, regulations, and orders unaffected

Interstate compacts on environmental control; environmental impact statements

Permit applications and variance requests; notification

Permits; application; listing

Existing permits, registrations, variances, and licenses

Finality of action; trial de novo

Enforcement

Citizen suits

Environmental violations reported by employees; reprisals prohibited

Environmental training programs

Complainants bond; liability

Confidential information; restricted access via the internet

Donations or assistance for pollution sources

Cooperative agreements

Declaration of emergency

Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 392, §3, eff. June 30, 1989.

Environmental Emergency Response Training Program

Easements, rights of way, eminent domain

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 303, §3, eff. June 14, 1999.

Degradable or recyclable plastics; state agencies

Recordation of notice of solid or hazardous waste site by landowner

Siting disposal facilities in Rapides Parish

Siting disposal facilities near Acadiana Regional Airport

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 123, §2.

Payment under protest

Public records; forms and methods; electronic signatures

Voluntary environmental self-audits

Enforcement; policies; list; legal review

Enforcement; compliance orders

Enforcement; notice of violation; penalties

Enforcement; adjudicatory hearing; public comment

Enforcement; final action

Enforcement; informal procedures

Enforcement; settlement or compromise

Enforcement; cease and desist orders

Enforcement; abandonment

Section
2050.10

Declaratory rulings

Section
2050.11

Adjudicatory hearings, in general; intervention; withdrawal; public hearing

Section
2050.12

Public hearing; location; public comment; transcript

Section
2050.13

Hearing officers; employment

Section
2050.14

Hearing officers; qualifications; ethical standards

Section
2050.15

Hearing officers; powers; contemptuous conduct

Section
2050.16

Hearing officers; orders, recommendations, decisions

Section
2050.17

Hearing officers; administrative review by secretary

Section
2050.18

Hearing officers; interlocutory order or ruling; judicial review

Section
2050.19

Order or decision of the secretary

Section
2050.20

Record of decision

Section
2050.21

Judicial review; appeal

Section
2050.22

Judicial review; appeal; stays

Section
2050.23

Notice

Section
2050.24

Subpoenas and witnesses; fees; expenses; notice

Section
2050.25

Powers of the secretary

Section
2050.26

Duties of assistant secretary

Section
2050.27

Computation of time

Section
2050.28

Applicability of the Administrative Procedure Act

Section
2050.29

Mandamus

Section
2050.30

Bond; exception

Section
2050.31

Appeals; district court decisions

Citation

Policy; purpose

Definitions

Air quality control; secretary of environmental quality; powers and duties

Permits; licenses

Sport shooting range; regulation; noise pollution; nuisance

Odor nuisance ordinances

Variances

Prohibitions; exceptions

Air quality regions; redesignation

Hazardous air pollutant emission control program

Toxic air pollutant emission control program

The Louisiana Carbon Dioxide Emission Fossil Fuel-Fired Electrical Generating Units Control Act

Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program

Louisiana Small Business Compliance Advisory Panel

Prevention of accidental releases

Louisiana Automobile Retirement Act

Fees

Fees; severe and extreme ozone nonattainment areas

Citation

Policy; purpose

Definitions

Water quality control; secretary of environmental quality; powers and duties

Permits, variances, and licenses

Permits and licenses; surcharge

Sewage treatment facility; privately owned; surety required; nonfunctional system

Receivership for sewerage systems

Prohibitions

Civil enforcement

Criminal penalties for violation of the Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Remediation of pollution

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 296, §5, eff. June 17, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 296, §5, eff. June 17, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 296, §5, eff. June 17, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 296, §5, eff. June 17, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 296, §5, eff. June 17, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 296, §5, eff. June 17, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 296, §5, eff. June 17, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 296, §5, eff. June 17, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 296, §5, eff. June 17, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 296, §5, eff. June 17, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 296, §5, eff. June 17, 2010.

Fees

Mississippi River Interstate Pollution Phase-Out Compact

Compact funding

Member of compact for Louisiana; secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality

Citation

Policy; purpose

Definitions

Radiation protection; secretary of environmental quality; powers and duties

Permits, licenses, and registrations

Nuclear power facilities; emergency planning; findings; and fees

Records; authority of department

Impounding of materials by the department

Nuclear power facilities; emergency planning; findings

Inspection agreements and training programs by the department; approval of governor

Federal-state agreements by governor; effect on licenses or permits

Tort claims

Transportation; regulations

Posting of bond

Perpetual care payments

Naturally occurring radioactive material

Radioactive waste disposal; prohibition of disposal of radioactive wastes in salt domes; salt dome usage

Preemption

Prohibitions

Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact; adoption

Member of compact for Louisiana; secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality

Disposal rates at compact regional facilities; approval by secretary

Compact funding

Citation

Policy; purpose

Definitions

Powers; duties; restrictions; prohibitions; penalties

Prohibitions

Solid waste disposal fees; exemptions

Limitations on responsibility of landowners for removal of solid waste

Post-use polymers; management; use

Type 2 and type 3 emergency response standards

Sanitary landfills; regional establishment; planning

Landfill siting near airports

Landfill siting near airports

Bauxite waste impoundments

Waste to energy management authority; contractual provisions

Solid waste capacity

Citation

Policy and purpose

Definitions

Administration; interim authority

Hazardous waste control program; time frame

§§2176, 2177 Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 776, §2, eff. July 9, 1989.

Authority of the secretary to assess location

Hazardous waste management assessment

General powers and duties of the secretary

Notice to legislators

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 303, §3, eff. June 14, 1999.

Notice; permits and licenses; enforcement; violations; penalties; notification

Commercial hazardous waste recycling and incineration facilities; standards and criteria for operation; permits and licenses

Permitting in ozone nonattainment parishes

Commercial hazardous waste recycling and resource recovery facilities; standards

Hazardous waste cooperatives

Identification of hazardous wastes; exemptions

Monitoring of drinking water wells which provide public water supplies located near commercial hazardous waste facilities

Generators

Transporters

Hazardous wastes from foreign nations; findings; prohibitions

Importation of hazardous waste from foreign countries; prohibition

Hazardous Waste Importation and Exportation Report

Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities

Land disposal of hazardous waste; restrictions; prohibition

Underground storage tanks; registration

Prohibitions

Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 336, §2, eff. June 16, 1995.

Uses of the Tank Trust Fund

Source of funding; limitations on disbursements from the Tank Trust Fund; limit on amount in Tank Trust Fund

Procedures for disbursements from the Tank Trust Fund

Audits

Ownership of Tank Trust Fund

No inference of liability on the part of the state

Advisory board

Financial responsibility

Section
2195.10

Financial responsibility for noncompliance

Section
2195.11

Voluntary cleanup; private contracts; exemptions

Section
2195.12

Alternate generated power capacity for motor fuel dispensing facilities; and other uses of the Tank Trust Fund

Manifest system

Payment of tax on disposal of hazardous waste

Hazardous Waste Protection Fund

Applications; comments; local government

Subsurface injection

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 348, §2, eff. June 16, 1999.

Prohibitions

Remediation; evidence; prohibitions

Hazardous waste sites; cleanup

Limitations on responsibility of landowners for removal of hazardous waste

Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Fund

Contracting for hazardous waste site cleanup

Citation

Policy and purpose; duties

Definitions

Contingency plans; agency coordination

Abandoned hazardous waste sites

Hazardous Waste Assessment Report; requirements; submission

Definitions

Imposition

Rate

Tax collectible from disposers and generators

Contribution report of disposers and generators

Failure to file contribution report timely; false reports

Extension of time to file Contribution Report

Modification of contribution report

Disposition of tax

Notice of determination of tax imposed

Payment of tax

Collection

Delinquency penalty

Findings and purpose

Definitions

Minimum remediation standards

Persons who must comply with requirements of this Chapter

Notification and demand of secretary

Demand by secretary; remedial action

Finding of liability by the court

Defenses

Indemnification agreements

Other laws

Rules and regulations

Privilege; cost of remediation

Capitol lakes

Reporting requirements

Findings and purpose

Voluntary remedial actions; liability exemption

Responsible landowner

Partial remedial action plans

Submission and approval of voluntary remedial action plans

Performance liability

Certification of completion

Persons exempt from liability

Voluntary remedial actions by responsible persons

Persons not exempt from liability

Requests for review, investigation, and oversight; fees

Other rights and authorities; rules

Citation

Policy; purpose; primacy of waste reduction

Definitions

Secretary of environmental quality; powers and duties

Waste reduction history; planning report

Definitions

Clean Water State Revolving Fund; established

Clean Water State Revolving Fund; authorized activities

Clean Water State Revolving Fund; political subdivisions and public trusts; loans

Authority of the department; incur debt; issue and undertake guarantees of debt of other entities

Manner of authorizing, issuing, executing, and delivering debt or guarantees of debt of other entities

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 524, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Section
2331.10

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Section
2331.11

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Section
2331.12

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Section
2331.13

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Section
2331.14

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Section
2331.15

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Section
2331.16

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Section
2331.17

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Short title

Findings and declaration of policy

Definitions

Rules and regulations

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 295, §2.

Prohibitions

Findings and purpose

Definitions

Requirement of licensure or certification

Licensing and certification categories

Standards for licensure

License renewal

Standards for certification

Refresher training

Accreditation of training providers

Approval of training courses

Section
2351.10

Renewal of training provider accreditation

Section
2351.11

Reciprocity agreements

Section
2351.12

Applicability to public entities, homeowners, and industrial facilities

Section
2351.21

Standards of conduct

Section
2351.22

Conformance with building codes

Section
2351.23

Permits and notifications

Section
2351.25

Enforcement

Section
2351.26

Appeals and hearings

Section
2351.27

Use of accredited sampling laboratories

Section
2351.28

Data collection program

Section
2351.29

Medical surveillance; preservation of records

Section
2351.41

Lead Hazard Reduction Fund

Section
2351.51

Public education

Section
2351.52

Reporting of lead exposure

Section
2351.53

Reporting of lead hazards at child-occupied facilities

Section
2351.54

Reporting of hazardous conditions

Section
2351.55

Discriminatory and retaliatory actions

Section
2351.56

Relationship to federal law

Section
2351.57

Promulgation of regulations

Section
2351.58

Interim procedures

Section
2351.59

Fees

Section
2351.60

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1253, §2.

Citation

Declaration of policy and purpose

Definitions

Emergency Response Commission

Responsibilities of the department

Responsibilities of cooperating departments

Alternative compilation of data through certain agencies

Designated repositories

Responsibilities of owners and operators

Extraordinary circumstances; deputy secretary's discretion to permit alternative reporting procedures; residential and retail use; exemptions

Trade secret protection

Trade secrets; emergency treatment disclosure

Failure to report; penalties

Fees

Access to facilities for emergency response

Monitoring and enforcement

Reports

Administrative procedures

Preemption

Right-to-Know Fund

Short title

Purpose

Definitions

Use of potable groundwater; prohibition

Identification of uses and customers

Costs

Distribution of revenue

Capital improvements

Design of reclaimed water system

Legislative findings; purpose; intent; application

Definitions

Powers and duties of the secretary; fees; local government

Debris management plan

Exemptions

Procurement by public bodies of material with recycled content; reduction in solid waste

Preference for recycled paper products

Compost standards and applications

Used oil; collection; recycling and reuse; disposal

Waste tires

Failure to obtain a generator identification number

Failure to obtain a waste tire transporter authorization certificate

Lead acid batteries; land disposal prohibition; scrap and scrap metal recycling, prohibited items

Lead acid batteries; collection for recycling

White goods; disposal prohibited; collection for recycling

Containers and packaging

Publicly owned aluminum materials; prohibitions; penalties

Title

Legislative findings

Legislative intent

Definitions

Office of the Louisiana oil spill coordinator

General powers and duties of the coordinator

Regulatory authority; coordinator

Interagency council

State oil spill contingency plan

Contingency plan provisions

Coordinator; notification

Administration of oil spill response and cleanup

Notification and response

Response coordination

Assistance and compensation

Qualified immunity for response actions

Equipment and personnel

Refusal to cooperate

Derelict vessels and structures

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 740, §2.

Registration of terminal facilities

General terms

Information

Issuance

Suspension

Contingency plans for vessels and facilities

Entry into port

Audits, inspections, and drills

Financial responsibility

Limitation of liability

Natural resource damages

Regional Restoration Planning Program

Natural Resource Restoration Trust Fund

Defenses

Claims against third parties

Oil Spill Contingency Fund

Uses of fund

Oil spill contingency fee

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 394, §2, eff. July 1, 2014.

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 394, §2, eff. July 1, 2014.

Liability of the fund

Reimbursement of fund

Awards exceeding fund

Exclusive remedies

Enforcement

Federal funds

Interstate compacts

Institutions of higher education

Exclusive authority

Redesignated to R.S. 17:200 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:201 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:202 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:203 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:204 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:205 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:206 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:207 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:208 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:209 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:210 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:211 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:212 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:213 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated

Redesignated to R.S. 17:215 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:216 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:217 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:218 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:219 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Redesignated to R.S. 17:220 by Acts 2020, No. 317.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Intentional littering prohibited; criminal penalties; simple littering prohibited; civil penalties; special court costs

Gross littering prohibited; criminal penalties; indemnification

Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 950, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.

Commercial littering prohibited; civil penalties; indemnification; special court costs

Community service litter abatement work program; establishment; limited liability

Legal enforcement; penalties; payment by mail or credit card

Citations; unlawful acts; records; failure to pay or appear; procedures

Rules and regulations

Duties of law enforcement officers

Application of other laws

Collection and distribution of fines; litter abatement and education account

Litter violations bureau

Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 89, §2, eff. June 5, 2008.

Litter receptacle; placement and use; logo; penalties

Beautification and litter clearing by prisoners

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 509, §4.

Litter-free zones; temporary signs, handbills, flyers and notices; notice to remove; penalties

Beaches; glass container prohibition

Littering of waters; definitions; penalties

Adopt-a-byway program

Adopt a Water Body program

Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund; purpose

Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Program; authority to make loans and grants; incur debt; tax exemption

Citation

Policy; purpose

Definitions

Louisiana Environmental Regulatory Innovations Programs

Excellence and Leadership Program

Regulations

Citation

Legislative declaration; control of mercury releases

Definitions

Notifications

Restrictions on the sale of certain mercury-added products

Exemptions and phase outs

Labeling of mercury-added products

Labeling for specific products

Alternative methods of public notification

Disposal ban and proper management of mercury in scrap metal facilities

Collection of mercury-added products

Disclosure for mercury-containing formulated products used in health care facilities

Limitations on the use of elemental mercury

Existing inventories

Public education and outreach

State procurement preferences for low or non-mercury-added products

Water and wastewater system use prohibition

Enforcement