Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Confidential information in the files of the corporation and its accounts, acquired in the course of duty, is to be used solely for the corporation. The corporation is not obliged to give credit rating or confidential information regarding applicant. Also see Attorney General …

A. No member of the corporation, employee thereof, employee of the Department of Economic Development, nor members of their immediate families, shall either directly or indirectly be a party to or be in any manner interested in any contract or agreement with the corporation for a…

A. Attachment A. The application for financial assistance should consist of a completed LEDC application form and a comprehensive business plan/loan proposal which contains, but is not limited to, the following guidelines: 1. a LEDC Contract Loan Application Form; 2. Executive Su…

A. This Chapter implements Sections 204(b)(1)(C), 208(b)(2)(C)(iii), 301(b)(l)(A)(ii), 301(b)(2)(A)(ii), 301(h)(5) and 301(i)(2), 304(e) and (g), 307, 308, 309, 402(b), 405, and 501(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 9…

By establishing the responsibilities of government and industry to implement national pretreatment standards this regulation fulfills three objectives: A. to prevent the introduction of pollutants into POTWs which will interfere with the operation of a POTW, including interferenc…

A. For purposes of this Chapter, except as discussed below, the general definitions, abbreviations, and methods of analysis set forth in 40 CFR Part 401 shall apply to this regulation. Act―the Clean Water Act (CWA as defined in LAC 33:IX.2313 and the appropriate provisions of the…

A. Nothing in this regulation is intended to affect any pretreatment requirements, including any standards or prohibitions, established by state or local law as long as the state or local requirements are not less stringent than any set forth in national pretreatment standards, o…

A.1. General Prohibitions. A user may not introduce into a POTW any pollutant(s) which cause pass through or interference. These general prohibitions and the specific prohibitions in Subsection B of this Section apply to each user introducing pollutants into a POTW whether or not…

National pretreatment standards specifying quantities or concentrations of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged to a POTW by existing or new industrial users in specific industrial subcategories will be established as separate regulations under the appropria…

A. Introduction 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this Section: Overflow―the intentional or unintentional diversion of flow from the POTW before the POTW treatment plant. Removal―a reduction in the amount of a pollutant in the POTW's effluent or alteration of the nature of a pol…

A. POTWs Required to Develop a Pretreatment Program. Any POTW (or combination of POTWs operated by the same authority) with a total design flow greater than 5 million gallons per day (mgd) and receiving from industrial users pollutants which pass through or interfere with the ope…

A. Who Approves Program. A POTW requesting approval of a POTW pretreatment program shall develop a program description that includes the information set forth in Paragraphs B.1-4 of this Section. This description shall be submitted to the Office of Environmental Services, which w…

A. Approval of State Programs. No state NPDES program shall be approved under Section 402 of the Act after the effective date of these regulations unless it is determined to meet the requirements of Subsection F of this Section. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Regulat…

The following procedures shall be adopted in approving or denying requests for approval of POTW Pretreatment Programs and applications for removal credit authorization. A. Deadline for Review of Submission. The approval authority shall have 90 days from the date of public notice …

A. Reserved. B. Reporting Requirements for Industrial Users upon Effective Date of Categorical Pretreatment Standard―Baseline Report. Within 180 days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, or 180 days after the final administrative decision made upon a c…

A. Definition. The term requester means an industrial user or a POTW or other interested person seeking a variance from the limits specified in a categorical pretreatment standard. B. Purpose and Scope. In establishing categorical pretreatment standards for existing sources, the …

A. DEQ Authorities. In accordance with R.S 30:2030 and R.S 30: 2074(D), any information submitted to DEQ pursuant to these regulations may be claimed as confidential by the submitter. Any such claim must be asserted at the time of submission. If no claim is made at the time of su…

A. Application. Categorical pretreatment standards may be adjusted to reflect the presence of pollutants in the industrial user's intake water in accordance with this Section. Any industrial user wishing to obtain credit for intake pollutants must make application to the control …

A. Definition. For the purposes of this Section, upset means an exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with categorical pretreatment standards because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the industrial user. An upset does not incl…

A. Definitions Severe Property Damage―substantial physical damage to property, damage to the treatment facilities that causes them to become inoperable, or substantial and permanent loss of natural resources that can reasonably be expected to occur in the absence of a bypass. Sev…

A. General. Either the approval authority or a POTW with an approved POTW pretreatment program may initiate program modification at any time to reflect changing conditions at the POTW. Program modification is necessary whenever there is a significant change in the operation of a …

A. The Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office of Behavioral Health hereby implement a section 1115(a) demonstration waiver called the Healthy Louisiana Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder (OUD/SUD) Waiver which is designed to maintain crit…

A. The Medicaid Program provides coverage under the Medicaid State Plan for mental health services rendered to adults with mental health disorders. These services shall be administered under the authority of the Department of Health and Hospitals, in collaboration with the manage…

A. Individuals 21 years of age and older who meet Medicaid eligibility shall qualify to receive adult mental health services referenced in LAC 50:XXXIII.6307 if medically necessary in accordance with LAC 50:I.1101, if the recipient presents with mental health symptoms that are co…

A. This Subpart requires operators of pipeline facilities subject to LAC 43:XIII or LAC 33:V.Subpart 3 (49 CFR Part 192 and 195) to test covered employees for the presence of prohibited drugs and alcohol. [49 CFR 199.1]

A. This Subpart applies to pipeline operators' only with respect to employees located within the territory of the United States, including those employees located within the limits of the Outer Continental Shelf as that term is defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43…

A. As used in this Chapter: Accident―an incident reportable under 49 CFR Part 191 involving gas pipeline facilities or LNG facilities, or an accident reportable under CFR Part 195 involving hazardous liquid pipeline facilities. Administrator―the Administrator, Pipeline and Hazard…

A. The anti-drug and alcohol programs required by this Subpart must be conducted according to the requirements of this Subpart and the DOT procedures. Terms and concepts used in this Subpart have the same meaning as in the DOT procedures. Violations of DOT procedures with respect…

A. Each operator who seeks a waiver under 49 CFR §40.21 from the stand-down restriction must submit an application for waiver in duplicate to the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation…

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, this Subpart preempts any state or local law, rule, regulation, or order to the extent that: [49 CFR 199.9(a)] 1. compliance with both the state or local requirement and this Subpart is not possible; [49 CFR 199.9(a)(1)] 2. c…

A. Virtual hearings or conferences may be conducted in workers’ compensation courts.

A. Motions to continue shall be governed by R. S. 23:1310.5.1. B. An opposed continuance shall not be granted for the absence of a subpoenaed witness if the subpoena was not issued in accordance with LAC 40:I.5909 of these rules. C. A continuance will not be entertained based upo…

A. Uncontested motions to stay shall be governed by R.S. 23:1310.5.2. Upon contested motion of a party and for good cause shown after a contradictory hearing, the workers’ compensation judge may order a stay of certain proceedings or the claim. B. When a stay is granted, a teleph…

A. The purpose of this Chapter is to implement the Motion Picture Investor Tax Credit Program as established by R.S. 47:6007. B. This Chapter shall be administered to achieve the following: 1. to encourage development of a strong capital base within the state for the motion pictu…

A. For application received on or after July 1, 2017, state-certified productions may be eligible for up to a 40 percent tax credit on total qualified in-state expenditures, including resident and non-labor as follows: 1. Base Investment Credit a. Base Rate. State-certified produ…

A. Terms not otherwise defined in this Chapter shall have the same meaning given to them in R.S. 47:6007, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. B. In this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings provided herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise…

A. Application and Expenditure Verification Report Fees 1. An application for initial certification shall be submitted with an application fee of 0.5 percent of the estimated total tax credits, with a minimum fee of $500, and a maximum fee of $15,000, payable to the office, as re…

A. The following additional provisions shall apply to applications received on or after July 1, 2017: 1. LED total program issuance cap. The aggregate dollar amount of tax credits issued for all state-certified productions shall not exceed $150,000,000 per fiscal year; 2. LDR tax…

A. No motion picture production tax credit may be earned, certified, issued to, transferred by, or used to reduce a Louisiana tax liability if there exists a delinquent federal, state or local tax obligation. B. Compliance with this requirement shall now be certified by the motio…

A. Prior to claiming a tax credit on any tax return, or transferring any tax credit, a person must apply for and obtain a final certification. The investor tax credit may be earned, transferred, allocated, and claimed as follows. 1. Earn. Individuals or entities may earn investor…

A. For applications received on or after July 1, 2017, as a general rule, motion picture production tax credits may not be transferred or sold to another taxpayer; 1. except that, the motion picture production company that earned the tax credits, or the company’s irrevocable desi…

A. For applications for state-certified productions received on or after July 1, 2017 and prior to July 1, 2023 at time of request for final certification, state certified productions shall be required to acknowledge the financial assistance of the state of Louisiana either throu…

A. Except as provided in this Section, no person shall excavate or demolish in any street, highway, public place, or servitude of any operator, or near the location of an underground pipeline, or on the premises of a customer served by an underground pipeline without having first…

A. The notice required pursuant to §6101 shall not apply to any person conducting an emergency excavation. Oral or electronic notice of the emergency excavation shall be given as soon as practicable to the regional notification center or each operator having underground pipelines…

1. Qualifying Criteria. In order to qualify for the quarterly supplemental payment, the non-rural, non-state public acute care hospital must be designated as a non-teaching hospital by the department and must: a. be located in a MSA per 42 CFR 413.231(b)(1); b. provide inpatient …

A. Interim payment for outpatient hospital services other than clinical diagnostic laboratory services, outpatient surgery services, rehabilitation services, and outpatient hospital clinic services shall be at a hospital-specific cost to charge ratio. Final payment shall be a per…

A. Effective for dates of service on or after July 1, 2008, the reimbursement amount paid to small rural hospitals for outpatient hospital services other than clinical diagnostic laboratory services, outpatient surgeries, rehabilitation services, and outpatient hospital facility …