§ 272.951 Louisiana State-Administered Program: Final Authorization.
(a) History of the State of Louisiana authorization. Pursuant to section 3006(b) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), the EPA granted Louisiana final authorization for the following elements as submitted to EPA in Louisiana's base program application for final authorization which was approved by EPA effective on February 7, 1985. Subsequent program revision applications were approved effective on January 29, 1990; October 25, 1991 as corrected October 15, 1991; January 23, 1995 as corrected April 11, 1995; March 8, 1995; January 2, 1996; June 11, 1996; March 16, 1998; December 22, 1998; October 25, 1999; November 1, 1999; April 28, 2000; March 5, 2001; February 9, 2004; August 9, 2005; January 12, 2007; October 15, 2007; July 20, 2009; October 4, 2010; August 23, 2011; August 27, 2012; September 11, 2012; November 25, 2013; November 13, 2015; December 20, 2016; September 11, 2017; and December 26, 2018.
(b) Enforcement authority. The State of Louisiana has primary responsibility for enforcing its hazardous waste management program. However, EPA retains the authority to exercise its inspection and enforcement authorities in accordance with sections 3007, 3008, 3013, 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6927, 6928, 6934, 6973, and any other applicable statutory and regulatory provisions, regardless of whether the State has taken its own actions, as well as in accordance with other statutory and regulatory provisions.
(c) State Statutes and Regulations—(1) Incorporation by reference. The Louisiana statutes and regulations cited in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section are incorporated by reference as part of the hazardous waste management program under subtitle C of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. You may obtain copies of the Louisiana regulations that are incorporated by reference in this paragraph from the Office of the State Register, P.O. Box 94095, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9095; Phone number: (225) 342-5015; website: www.doa.la.gov/Pages/osr/lac/Code.aspx. The statutes are available from Thomson Reuters, 610 Opperman Drive, Eagan, Minnesota 55123; Phone: 1-888-728-7677; website: https://legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com. You may inspect a copy at EPA Region 6, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 75270 (Phone number (214) 665-8533), or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, email fedreg.legal@nara.gov, or go to: www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
(i) The compilation entitled “EPA-Approved Louisiana Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Applicable to the Hazardous Waste Management Program”, dated December 2018. Only those provisions that have been authorized by EPA are incorporated by reference. Those provisions are listed in appendix A to this part.
(ii) [Reserved]
(2) Legal basis. The following provisions provide the legal basis for the State's implementation of the hazardous waste management program, but they are not being incorporated by reference and do not replace Federal authorities:
(i) Louisiana Statutes Annotated, Revised Statutes, 2017 Main Volume (effective April 23, 2017), Volume 17B, Subtitle II of Title 30, Louisiana Environmental Quality Act: Chapter 1, Section 2002; Chapter 2, Sections 2011.A(1), 2011.B and C, 2011.D (except 2011.D(4), (10)-(12), (16), (19), (20), (23) and (25)), 2011.E-G, 2012, 2013, 2014.A (except 2014.A.3), 2014.2, 2017, 2019.A-C, 2020, 2021, 2022.A (except the first sentence of 2022.A(1)); 2022.B and C; 2022.1(B), 2023 (except phrase “Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection,” in 2023.A(1) and 2023.A(2)); 2024, 2025 (except 2025.D, .F(3), .H, and .K), 2026 through 2029, 2033.A-D; Chapter 2-A, Section 2050.8; Chapter 3, Sections 2054.B(1), 2054.B(2)(a); Chapter 9, Sections 2172, 2174, 2175, 2180.A-C, 2181, 2183.C, and .F-.H, 2183.1.B, 2183.2, 2184.B, 2186, 2187, 2188.A and C, 2189.A and B, 2190.A-D, 2191.A-C, 2192, 2193, 2196, 2199, 2200, 2203.B and C, 2204.A(2), A(3) and B; Chapter 13, Sections 2294(6), 2295.C; Chapter 16, Section 2369; Chapter 18, Section 2417.A.
(ii) Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 33, Part I, Office of The Secretary Part I, Subpart 1: Departmental Administrative Procedures: Chapter 5, Sections 501.A, effective October 20, 2007, 501.B, effective October 20, 2005, 502, effective September 20, 2008, and 503 through 511, effective October 20, 2005; Chapter 7, Section 705, effective October 20, 2006; Chapter 19, Sections 1901 through 1909, effective November 20, 2010; Chapter 23, Sections 2303 through 2309, effective October 20, 2009.
(iii) Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 33, Part V, Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials, Louisiana Hazardous Waste Regulations, dated January 2018, unless otherwise specified: Chapter 1, Sections 101, 107.A.-.C; Chapter 3, Sections 301, 311.A, 311.C, 315 introductory paragraph, 323.B.3, 323.B.4.d and e; Chapter 5, Section, 503; Chapter 7, Sections 703, 705, 707, 709 through 721; and Chapter 22, Sections 2201.A, 2201.E, 2201.F.
(3) Related legal provisions. The following statutory and regulatory provisions are broader in scope than the Federal program, are not part of the authorized program, and are not incorporated by reference:
(i) Louisiana Statutes Annotated, Revised Statutes, 2017 Main Volume (effective April 23, 2017), Volume 17B, Subtitle II of Title 30, Louisiana Environmental Quality Act: Chapter 2, Sections 2014.B and D; Chapter 9, Sections 2178 and 2197.
(ii) Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 33, Part I, Office of The Secretary Part I, Subpart 1: Departmental Administrative Procedures: Chapter 19, Section 1911, effective November 20, 2010.
(iii) Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 33, Part V, Hazardous Waste And Hazardous Materials, Louisiana Hazardous Waste Regulations, dated January 2018, unless otherwise specified: Chapter 1, Sections, 105.D.1.y, 105.O.1.f, 105.O.2.d, 105.R.5, 108.F.5, 108.G.5 and 109 Analogous Product; 109 Analogous Raw Material; 109 Intermediate; Chapter 3, Section 327; Chapter 4, Sections 401 through 409; Chapter 11, Sections 1101.G and 1109.E.7.f; Chapter 13, Section 1313; Chapter 51.
(4) Unauthorized State amendments and provisions. (i) Louisiana has adopted but is not authorized to implement the HSWA rules that are listed in the Table in lieu of the EPA. The EPA will enforce the Federal HSWA standards for which Louisiana is not authorized until the State receives specific authorization from EPA.
Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(4)(i)
| Federal requirement |
Federal Register reference |
Publication date |
| Standards for Hazardous Waste Storage and Treatment Tank Systems (HSWA portions) (Rule 28H) |
51 FR 25422 |
July 14, 1986. |
| Exports of Hazardous Waste (HSWA) (Checklist 31) |
51 FR 28664 |
August 8, 1986. |
| HSWA Codification Rule 2: Requirements addressing Corrective Action for Injection Wells and Post-Closure Permits (HSWA) (Checklists 44 C and 44G) |
52 FR 45788 |
December 1, 1987. |
| Removal of Saccharin and its Salts from the Lists of Hazardous Wastes (Non-HSWA) (Checklist 225) |
75 FR 78918 |
December 17, 2010. |
(ii) The Federal rules listed in the table below are not delegable to States. Louisiana has adopted these provisions and left the authority to the EPA for implementation and enforcement.
Table 2 to Paragraph (c)(4)(ii)
| Federal requirement |
Federal Register reference |
Publication date |
| Imports and Exports of Hazardous Waste: Implementation of OECD Council Decision (HSWA) (Checklist 152) |
61 FR 16290 |
April 12, 1996. |
| OECD Requirements; Export Shipments of Spent Lead-Acid Batteries (Non-HSWA) (Checklist 222) |
75 FR 1236 |
January 8, 2010. |
(iii) (A) The following authorized provisions of the Louisiana regulations include amendments published in the Louisiana Register that are not approved by EPA. Such unauthorized amendments are not part of the State's authorized program and are, therefore, not Federally enforceable. Thus, notwithstanding the language in the Louisiana hazardous waste regulations incorporated by reference at paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section, EPA will enforce the State provisions that are actually authorized by EPA. The effective dates of the State's authorized provisions are listed as follows.
Table 3 to Paragraph (c)(4)(iii)(A)
| State provision |
Effective date of
authorized provision |
| LAC 1111.B.1.c |
March 20, 1984. |
| LAC 1113 |
March 20, 1984. |
(B) The actual State regulatory text authorized by EPA (i.e., without the unauthorized amendments) is available as a separate document, Addendum to the EPA-Approved Louisiana Regulatory and Statutory Requirements Applicable to the Hazardous Waste Management Program, dated December, 2018. Copies of the document can be obtained electronically through https://www.regulations.gov, and from U.S. EPA Region 6, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75207.
(5) Memorandum of Agreement. The Memorandum of Agreement between EPA Region 6 and the State of Louisiana, signed by the Secretary of the State of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) on January 30, 2018 and the EPA Regional Administrator on August 28, 2018 is referenced as part of the authorized hazardous waste management program under subtitle C of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.
(6) Statement of Legal Authority. “Attorney General's Statement for Final Authorization”, signed by the Attorney General of Louisiana on May 10, 1989 and revisions, supplements and addenda to that Statement dated May 13, 1991, May 3, 1994, December 2, 1994, May 31, 1995, July 24, 1995, November 30, 1995, December 13, 1996, April 15, 1998, January 13, 1999, January 27, 1999, August 19, 1999, August 29, 2000, October 17, 2001, February 25, 2003, December 19, 2005, September 5, 2006, October 9, 2008, January 14, 2010, April 18, 2012, June 11, 2014, July 27, 2016, and July 17, 2017 are referenced as part of the authorized hazardous waste management program under subtitle C of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.
(7) Program Description. The Program Description and any other materials submitted as part of the original application or as supplements thereto are referenced as part of the authorized hazardous waste management program under subtitle C of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.
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