Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Signatories. All reports required by permit or regulation and other information requested by the Office of Conservation shall be signed as in applications by a person described in §3305.D or §3305.E. B. Financial Responsibility 1. Closure and Post-Closure. The owner or operato…

A. Applicability. This Section contains procedures for issuing and transferring permits to operate a solution-mining well. Any person required to have a permit shall apply to the Office of Conservation as stipulated in

A. Applicability. This Section applies to all applicants, owners or operators of solution-mining wells. The applicant, owner or operator shall be responsible for showing that the solution-mining operation shall be accomplished using good engineering and geologic practices for sol…

A. This Section provides general standards for design of caverns to assure that project development can be conducted in a reasonable, prudent, and a systematic manner and shall stress physical and environmental safety. The owner or operator shall continually review the design thr…

A. General Requirements 1. All materials and equipment used in the construction of the solution-mining well and related appurtenances shall be designed and manufactured to exceed the operating requirements of the specific project. Consideration shall be given to depth and litholo…

A. Cavern Roof. Without exception or variance to these rules and regulations, no cavern shall be used for solution-mining if the cavern roof has grown above the top of the salt stock. The operation of an already permitted cavern shall cease and shall not be allowed to continue if…

A. Emergency Action Plan. An Emergency Action Plan containing emergency contact telephone numbers, procedures and specific information for facility personnel to respond to a release, upset, incident, accident, or other site emergency shall be kept at the facility and shall be rev…

A. Pressure Gauges, Pressure Sensors, Flow Sensors 1. Pressure gauges or pressure sensors/transmitters that show pressure on the fluid injection string, fluid withdrawal string, and any annulus of the well, including the blanket material annulus, shall be installed at each wellhe…

A. The operator shall submit a report describing, in detail, the work performed resulting from the approved permitted activity. The report shall be submitted in paper and electronic form and shall include all information relating to the work and information that documents complia…

A. The operator of the solution-mining well and cavern shall have the burden of meeting the requirements for well and cavern mechanical integrity. The Office of Conservation shall be notified in writing at least seven days before any scheduled mechanical integrity test. The test …

A. Sonar caliper surveys shall be performed on all caverns. With prior approval of the Office of Conservation, the operator may use another similar proven technology designed to determine cavern configuration and measure cavern capacity as a substitute for a sonar survey. B. Freq…

A. The operator shall comply with the following minimum requirements when there has been no injection into a solution-mining cavern for one year or the operator is prepared to conclude mining activities, regardless of the reason: 1. notify the Office of Conservation in writing wi…

A. The operator shall submit quarterly operation reports to the Office of Conservation. Reports are due no later than 15 days following the end of the reporting period. B. Quarterly reports shall be submitted electronically on the appropriate form (Form UIC-50 r successor) and re…

A. The owner or operator shall retain copies of all records, data, and information concerning the design, permitting, construction, workovers, tests, and operation of the solution-mining well, cavern, and related surface facility. Records shall be retained throughout the operatin…

A. Closure. The owner or operator shall close the solution-mining well, cavern, surface facility or parts thereof as approved by the Office of Conservation. Closure shall not begin without written authorization from the Office of Conservation. 1. Notice of Intent to Close a. The …

A. In order to participate in the Bayou Health Program after January 31, 2015, a coordinated care network shared savings model (CCN-S) must be an entity that operated as a CCN-S contracted with the department during the period of February 1, 2012 through January 31, 2015. B. Part…

A. The department or its fiscal intermediary shall make lump sum savings payments to the CCN-S, if eligible, as described in the CCN-S contract. B. The department will determine savings realized or refunds due to the department on a periodic basis. 1. The department may make an i…

A. Any basic, intermediate, or paramedic emergency medical technicians certified pursuant to the terms of this Part who renders emergency medical care to a person while in the performance of his medical duties and following the instructions of a physician shall not be individuall…

A. Whoever shall impersonate, refer to himself, or otherwise hold himself out as a basic, intermediate, or paramedic emergency medical technician without maintaining a current certification as such shall be fined up to $1,000, or imprisoned for six months, or both.

A. The shares of stock of all banks, banking companies, firms, associations or corporations doing a banking business in this state, chartered by the laws of this state or of the United States are hereby declared subject to taxation for all purposes in this state. (R.S. 47:1967) B…

A. All property assessments not directly attributable to a specific office will be allocated, for purposes of the 100 percent credit from shareholders assessments, according to the following methods: 1. If the institution has one or more office(s) in the parish where such propert…

A. When any bank, banking company, firm, association, corporation or capital stock association operates one or more branch office(s) in any parish or parishes other than the parish of its legal domicile, its assessment shall be divided for state and local purposes, and the number…

A. Under guidelines hereby established, a financial institution is granted the discretion of electing either of the following approved methods of allocating both capital stock and net income for each branch office when more than one parish is involved: 1. actual (per accounting r…

A. When any bank, banking company, firm, association, corporation or capital stock association operates a branch office or offices in different municipalities wholly within the limits of the parish of its legal domicile, its tax assessment for state and local purposes may be asse…

A. All garbage, rubbish and refuse shall be handled in accordance with Part XXVII of the state sanitary code.

A. All garbage, rubbish and refuse shall be handled in accordance with Part XXVII of the state sanitary code.

A. Equipment and receptacles for refuse, recyclables, returnables, and for use with materials containing food residue shall be durable, cleanable, insect and rodent resistant, leakproof, and nonabsorbent. B. Plastic bags and wet strength paper bags may be used to line receptacles…

A. Equipment and receptacles for refuse, recyclables, returnables, and for use with materials containing food residue shall be durable, cleanable, insect and rodent resistant, leakproof, and nonabsorbent. B. Plastic bags and wet strength paper bags may be used to line receptacles…

A. Where garbage, rubbish or refuse is burned on the premises, it shall be done by incineration in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

A. Where garbage, rubbish or refuse is burned on the premises, it shall be done by incineration in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

A. Indoor garbage or refuse storage rooms, if used, shall be constructed of easily cleanable, nonabsorbent washable materials, shall be kept clean, shall be insect and rodent proof and shall be large enough to store the garbage and refuse that accumulates. B. Outdoor garbage or r…

A. Indoor garbage or refuse storage rooms, if used, shall be constructed of easily cleanable, nonabsorbent washable materials, shall be kept clean, shall be insect and rodent proof and shall be large enough to store the garbage and refuse that accumulates. B. Outdoor garbage or r…

2. pressure test conducted in accordance with Chapter 23 of this Subpart. The use of Chapter 23 pressure testing is appropriate for threats such as internal corrosion; external corrosion and other environmentally assisted corrosion mechanisms; manufacturing and related defects th…

4. excavation and in situ direct examination by means of visual examination, direct measurement, and recorded non-destructive examination results and data needed to assess all threats. Based upon the threat assessed, examples of appropriate non-destructive examination methods inc…

1. Temporary Pressure Reduction [49 CFR 192.933(a)(1)] a. If an operator is unable to respond within the time limits for certain conditions specified in this section, the operator must temporarily reduce the operating pressure of the pipeline or take other action that ensures the…

2. Long-Term Pressure Reduction. When a pressure reduction exceeds 365 days, an operator must notify PHMSA under §518 and explain the reasons for the remediation delay. This notice must include a technical justification that the continued pressure reduction will not jeopardize th…

A. This Chapter prescribes minimum requirements for an integrity management program on any gas transmission pipeline covered under this Part. For gas transmission pipelines constructed of plastic, only the requirements in §§3317, 3321, 3335 and 3337 apply. [49 CFR 192.901]

A. The following definitions apply to this Chapter. Assessment―the use of testing techniques as allowed in this Chapter to ascertain the condition of a covered pipeline segment. Confirmatory Direct Assessment―an integrity assessment method using more focused application of the pr…

A. General. To determine which segments of an operator's transmission pipeline system are covered by this Chapter, an operator must identify the high consequence areas. An operator must use Method a or b from the definition in §3303 to identify a high consequence area. An operato…

A. General. No later than December 17, 2004, an operator of a covered pipeline segment must develop and follow a written integrity management program that contains all the elements described in §3311 and that addresses the risks on each covered transmission pipeline segment. The …

A. General. An operator must document any change to its program and the reasons for the change before implementing the change. [49 CFR 192.909(a)] B. Notification. An operator must notify OPS, in accordance with §518, of any change to the program that may substantially affect the…

A. An operator's initial integrity management program begins with a framework (see §3307) and evolves into a more detailed and comprehensive integrity management program, as information is gained and incorporated into the program. An operator must make continual improvements to i…

A. General. ASME/ANSI B31.8S (ibr, see §507) provides the essential features of a performance-based or a prescriptive integrity management program. An operator that uses a performance-based approach that satisfies the requirements for exceptional performance in Subsection B of th…

A. Supervisory Personnel. The integrity management program must provide that each supervisor whose responsibilities relate to the integrity management program possesses and maintains a thorough knowledge of the integrity management program and of the elements for which the superv…

C. Assessment Methods. In conducting the integrity reassessment, an operator must assess the integrity of the line pipe in each covered segment by applying one or more of the following methods for each threat to which the covered segment is susceptible. An operator must select th…

A. An operator must include each of the following elements in its written baseline assessment plan: [49 CFR 192.919] 1. identification of the potential threats to each covered pipeline segment and the information supporting the threat identification (see §3317); [49 CFR 192.919(a…

A. Assessment Methods. An operator must assess the integrity of the line pipe in each covered segment by applying one or more of the following methods for each threat to which the covered segment is susceptible. An operator must select the method or methods best suited to address…