Louisiana Administrative Code

A. The powers and duties of the chairman shall be: 1. to preside as chairman at al meetings of the board, with the right to vote on all motions; 2. to see that the laws of the state, pertaining to the purposes and functions, of the board, the motions of the board and its policies…

A. Whenever the chairman is absent from any regularly scheduled meeting, his duties shall be performed by the vice-chairman. Whenever the chairman is absent from a special meeting called by him, upon his own initiative, or upon written request of eight board members, his duties s…

A. To serve as chairman of Finance Committee. B. To perform such other duties that are usually incumbent on the secretary-treasurer of the Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board.

A. The following named committees shall be permanent standing committees. All members shall be appointed by the chairman and shall serve at his pleasure. Additional committees may be added by a majority vote of the board members at a regular or special meeting. B. The standing co…

A. The chairman of the board, in consultation with the executive director, shall prepare and submit to the board an agenda covering the items of business to be considered and acted upon at each meeting of the board. The agenda shall be submitted to the board seven days before a r…

A. Robert's Rules of Order shall be the parliamentary authority for all matters of procedures of this board not otherwise covered in these bylaws.

A. Amendments to these bylaws may be adopted at any regular meeting of the board by a majority vote of the board members present at the meeting. However, no such alteration or amendment shall be considered unless: 1. notice of the intention to amend the bylaws shall have been giv…

A. The election of the chairman, vice-chairman, secretary-treasurer will be held at the first regular meeting held in the third quarter of each state fiscal year.

A. The board, by a two-thirds vote of the members present, may remove a member for cause, including but not limited to abandonment of office, conviction of a felony, or a plea of nolo contendere thereto, malfeasance, or gross misconduct in office. B. A board member may be deemed …

A. The annual imported safety fee, as required by R.S. 40:31.35(C), shall be due on December 31 of each year for the following calendar year’s safety fee. B. For a newly permitted commercial seafood processor or distributor, the imported safety fee shall be due 30 days after the …

A. Commercial processors and distributors of imported and commingled seafood shall submit a quarterly report to the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. 1. Each quarterly report shall include the following: a. the amount of seafood bought and sold in the previous quarter; b. a…

A. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry adopts these regulations under the authority of R.S. 3:4706 for the purposes of regulating and enforcing the truthfulness in labeling crawfish, shrimp, and products thereof and to prohibit the misleading packaging and marketing of sea…

A. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply only to persons who place a label on retail food products sold or offered for sale.

A. No person shall engage in the marketing, labeling, packaging, or advertising of crawfish, shrimp, or any product thereof, that implies or suggests any association with Louisiana’s culture and heritage if the association is likely to deceive the public as to its origin. B. No p…

A. The department may receive complaints regarding violations of this Chapter. Complaints may be directed to the department’s Weights and Measures Division. B. Upon receipt of a complaint, the department may investigate the alleged violation. C. The department may also investigat…

A. Whenever the department has reason to believe that a violation of this Chapter or the Act has occurred, the department may present the alleged violations at an adjudicatory hearing before the Weights and Measures Commission. B. The department shall notify the respondent of the…

A. Penalties may be assessed only by a ruling of the commissioner based upon a recommendation by the Weights and Measures Commission adjudicatory hearing held pursuant to R.S. 3:4706 and the Administrative Procedure Act.

A. Information and loan services include: 1. filling requests for information; for specific titles, by specific authors, and for material on a particular subject; 2. verifying and locating books and/or other materials not in the State Library collection for direct borrowing by th…

A. Services include: 1. lending library materials from the Talking Books and Braille Library collection; 2. making every effort to locate outside the state any title the patron may request; 3. making selections from lists of requests submitted by the patron. Catalogs of the colle…

A. State Library employees shall not divulge information regarding the materials used by any patron nor shall they identify the users of particular library materials without the consent of the individuals concerned. Such privileged client information will only be made available b…

A. A remedial action is an action that reduces a threat to human health or the environment by eliminating or substantially reducing one or more pathways for exposure to a hazardous substance at a site or corrects a threat to human health or the environment that could become subst…

A. The Office of Environmental Assessment may, at its sole discretion, direct PRPs to perform any site investigation, remedial investigation, corrective action study, and/or remedial action in accordance with the following: 1. the site investigation, remedial investigation, corre…

A. The goal of site remediation activities is to achieve the minimum remediation standards defined in the RECAP standards in accordance with LAC 33:I.Chapter 13. The standards shall be used in determining the remedial goals at the site.

A. A removal action is a remedial action performed by the department, or by one or more PRPs as directed by the department, wherein hazardous substances, contaminated soils, and/or other contaminated media are taken from the site to a permitted facility for treatment, storage, or…

A. A remedial investigation (RI) includes: 1. the determination of the nature and extent of potential threats to human health and the environment through data collection and site characterization; and 2. the development of preliminary RECAP standards. B. A RI shall be performed a…

A. A corrective action study (CAS) includes: 1. the development of appropriate remedial alternatives for achieving the preliminary RECAP standards identified in the RI report; and 2. the provision of performance and cost data for use in evaluating these alternatives and selecting…

A. The final remedy shall: 1. protect human health and the environment; 2. comply with the RECAP standards determined in accordance with these regulations; and 3. comply with federal and state ARARs. An alternative remedy that does not meet an ARAR under federal environmental or …

A. Remedial Design. The department, or PRPs as directed by the department, shall develop a remedial design (RD) that will successfully implement the remedy defined by the decision document approved by the administrative authority for that site. Any remedial design prepared by PRP…

A. Information may become available during the remedial design process or during the implementation of the final remedy that requires a modification to the final remedy for the site. B. If such information is discovered by a PRP, the PRP shall: 1. notify the Office of Environment…

A. The department reserves the right to perform site and/or construction inspections at all sites where remedial work is being performed. B. The department may require that any and all activities be halted at a site if the activity: 1. is not consistent with approved plans; 2. is…

A. Following completion of the implementation of the remedial design, the success of the remedial action in achieving the remedial goals shall be assessed by the department. B. Departmental assessment may result in: 1. No Further Action (NFA). Remedial actions that result in the …

A. General 1. Sites shall be placed under post-remedial management performed by the department, or by PRPs as directed by the department, where: a. hazardous substances remain on-site at levels above remedial goals; or b. post-remedial management is part of the approved remedy. 2…

A. All remedial actions and post-remedial management activities performed by PRPs shall be subject to oversight by the department or the department's authorized representative. Nothing in this Section shall affect the responsibility or liability of any PRP. B. The department's ob…

A. A small museum matching grant program was established within the Louisiana State Museum by Section 15 of Act 19, the General Appropriations Act of 1998, Regular Session. B. This program is limited annually to only those funds appropriated by the legislature within the state mu…

A. Small museums throughout the state of Louisiana may apply for a grant based on a one-to-one match in accordance with the guidelines below. 1. Eligibility is restricted to museums with documented total annual operating budgets of less than $100,000 from all sources of income. 2…

A. The program year will be the state's fiscal year for the purposes of appropriations by the legislature for the program. B. Small museums receiving grants will have one year from the date of the award to complete their program and submit a final report. C. Grant recipients must…

A. Solid Waste Accumulation 1. No solid waste shall be stored or allowed to be stored long enough to cause a nuisance, health hazard, or detriment to the environment as determined by the administrative authority, and after November 20, 2011, no solid waste shall be stored on-site…

A. Vehicle Requirements 1. The types and sizes of vehicles shall comply with the regulations and licensing of the Department of Transportation and Development and with applicable local ordinances governing weight and size for the streets that must be traveled for solid waste pick…

A. Annual Reports 1. Generators of industrial solid waste shall submit annual reports to the Office of Management and Finance listing the types and quantities, in wet-weight tons per year, of industrial solid waste they have disposed of off-site. This requirement does not apply t…

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A. Owners/operators of collection facilities shall comply with existing local zoning and comprehensive land-use regulations and ordinances. The owner/operator shall be responsible for the management of the collection facility, in accordance with this Section. B. Containers shall …

A. Owners/operators of non-processing transfer stations shall: 1. provide advanced written notice, at least 30 days prior to construction, to the parish governing authority whose jurisdiction may be affected, of the intent to operate a non-processing transfer station or other typ…

A. Scope 1. A permit shall be secured by any person who processes and/or disposes of solid waste, with the exception of those wastes or processing and disposal facilities described in LAC 33:VII.301, 303, and 305. Facilities (existing and proposed) subject to the permitting requi…

A. Applicability. Solid waste permit applications and application processing shall be subject to the following requirements. 1. Permit holders who have been issued a final permit or modification prior to November 20, 2011, and have been issued an order to commence prior to Novemb…

A. Closure Plan Review and Evaluation. LAC 33:VII.403 and Chapters 7 and 8 establish the criteria used by the Office of Environmental Services in evaluating closure plans. B. Submittal of Closure Plans 1. Permit holders for facilities classified for closure shall submit to the Of…

A. Modification Requests 1. The permit holder shall submit a permit modification request to the Office of Environmental Services, for any changes in a facility or deviation from a permit. All permit modification requests shall detail the proposed modifications and shall include a…