§ 30:2366 — Responsibilities of cooperating departments

§2366. Responsibilities of cooperating departments
A. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environmental Quality
shall consult with the deputy secretary regarding implementation of this Chapter. They shall,
whenever practical and feasible, coordinate reporting efforts and requirements with the
department through representation on the commission and through any established or created
methods of cooperation and coordination among agencies covered by this Chapter.
B. The department shall forward information it develops or receives regarding long-term toxic effects of hazardous materials to the Louisiana Department of Health, which shall
coordinate such information with the Louisiana Regional Poison Control Center.
C. The department shall communicate these laws and regulations to all state
departments. The department shall coordinate its efforts in developing an electronic or
telephonic notification system with all departments of state government. All departments of
the state shall adjust the reporting requirements to allow for the development of the
electronic or telephonic notification system for emergency release notifications. The
Department of Environmental Quality shall also adjust its requirements for the prompt
reporting of a release that does not cause an emergency condition, but is nonetheless reported
to the department because it is in excess of an applicable reportable quantity.
D.(1) Upon development of the electronic or telephonic notification system for
emergency release notifications, proper notification to the department of a release shall
satisfy all emergency reporting obligations of the person making the notification, including
all emergency reporting obligations of such person to the Department of Environmental
Quality, other state agencies, and local response agencies.
(2) Upon development of the electronic or telephonic notification system for
emergency release notifications, proper notification to the department of a release that is in
excess of an applicable reportable quantity but does not cause an emergency condition shall
satisfy all prompt reporting obligations, under LAC 33:I.3917(A), of the person making the
notification, provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to the reporting of any
release of radionuclides in excess of a reportable quantity determined in accordance with
LAC 33:I.3929.

Legislative History

Acts 1985, No. 435, §1, eff. July 11, 1985; Acts 1987, No. 347, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1046, §1; Acts 2008, No. 81, §1, eff. June 5, 2008; Acts 2014, No. 311, §1.