§ 40:1281.21 — Secretary; powers; sewage discharges; certain waters

Louisiana § 40:1281.21

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§1281.21. Secretary; powers; sewage discharges; certain waters
A. The secretary shall establish such standards, guidelines, or criteria as he deems
necessary or appropriate to prohibit, control, or abate the discharge of untreated or
improperly treated sewage into Lake Pontchartrain, Toledo Bend Reservoir, the Sabine
River, and their drainage basins, and into all estuaries, streams, canals, and water courses
within the state which empty into Lake Pontchartrain, Toledo Bend Reservoir, the Sabine
River, or their drainage basins. However, the secretary may not authorize any such
discharges into the Mississippi River.
B. The secretary shall ascertain and determine the sufficiency of the sewage
treatment of commercial and residential dwellings, including camps, which drain or empty
into any of the waters described in Subsection A of this Section.
C. The secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations consistent with the
general intent and purposes of this Subpart, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure
Act, to prevent water pollution of any of the waters described in Subsection A of this
Section, from untreated or improperly treated sewage, notwithstanding any other provision
of law establishing any special sewage or water districts or commissions.

Legislative History

Acts 1991, No. 300, §1; Acts 1993, No. 681, §1; Acts 1999, No. 289, §§1, 2; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1152 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.