Louisiana § 30:2192 Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities

Louisiana Statutes

§ 30:2192 — Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities

Louisiana § 30:2192

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La. Stat. Ann. § 30:2192 (2026).

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§2192. Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities A. The secretary, with the advice and cooperation of the Louisiana Department of Health and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, shall promulgate regulations providing for the identification and regulation of all hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. B. The regulations at a minimum shall require:

(1)Licensing or permit procedures for the operation of every such facility which treats, stores, or disposes of hazardous wastes.

(2)Design, construction, and operational standards which will assure safe treatment, storage, and disposal without substantial risk to the environment, water supplies, air, and human health, and in connection therewith, require the submission of plans, designs, engineering reports, geologic

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§2192. Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities
A. The secretary, with the advice and cooperation of the Louisiana Department of
Health and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, shall promulgate regulations providing
for the identification and regulation of all hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal
facilities.
B. The regulations at a minimum shall require:
(1) Licensing or permit procedures for the operation of every such facility which
treats, stores, or disposes of hazardous wastes.
(2) Design, construction, and operational standards which will assure safe treatment,
storage, and disposal without substantial risk to the environment, water supplies, air, and
human health, and in connection therewith, require the submission of plans, designs,
engineering reports, geological, hydrological, and other relevant data incidental to the
determination of the suitability of an existing or a proposed facility for the treatment, storage,
and disposal of hazardous wastes.
(3) Adequate record keeping to reflect the types and quantities of hazardous wastes
treated, stored, or disposed of, and the manner of treatment, storage, and disposal, together
with periodic reports thereon.
(4) A surety bond in favor of the state, a certificate of public liability insurance,
payments into the Environmental Trust Dedicated Fund Account, other financial assurance,
or any combination thereof, sufficient to assure financial responsibility for damages resulting
from accidents or negligence, when corrective action is required or as specified in the permit,
and to assure closure and post-closure care, said assurance to be consistent with the degree
and duration of risks associated with the treatment, storage, or disposal of the type of
hazardous waste handled.
(5) Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 392, §3, eff. June 30, 1989.
(6) Classification of facilities as necessary for the acceptance of only particular
categories of hazardous wastes.
(7) Such other regulations as are deemed necessary to effectively administer this
Chapter and to comply with federal law.
C. The secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality shall not grant a permit
or license for any commercial hazardous waste incinerator facility in the parish of St. Helena.

Legislative History

Acts 1979, No. 449, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Acts 1983, No. 97, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 826, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1986, No. 423, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 226, §1, eff. July 2, 1987; Acts 1989, No. 392, §§1, 3, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 2018, No. 612, §9, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 404, §1, eff. July 1, 2020.