Louisiana Administrative Code

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of gill nets, trammel nets and fish seines in Hardwater Lake located in Grant Parish.

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of gill nets and trammel nets in that portion of Bayou DeSiard, Ouachita Parish, bounded on the north by U.S. Highway 165 near Sterlington, and on the south by Shorty Payne Road near Black Bayou.

A. All freshwater impoundments shall be closed to use of commercial fish netting during water drawdown periods, unless otherwise specified by the department based upon biological and technical data; the closure to begin on the date the drawdown control structure is opened and con…

A. It shall be unlawful to retain or possess black bass (Micropterus spp.) in John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir located in Red River Parish. This rule will expire at midnight, May 31, 1997.

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the possession and/or use of commercial nets, including, but not limited to, gill nets, trammel nets, flagg nets, hoop nets, wire nets and fish seines in John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir located in Red River Parish.

A. As required by Act 267 of the 1997 Regular Session of the Legislature, the Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries hereby adopts a minimum mesh size for commercial crawfish traps of 3/4 of 1 inch for the area consisting of the east side portion of the Atchafalaya…

A. The harvest regulations for black bass (Micropterus spp.) on the Lake Fausse Point/Lake Dauterive complex located west of the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee in Iberia and St. Martin Parishes, Louisiana are as follows: 1. size limit―no minimum length limit; 2. daily ta…

A. Recreational Limits. The daily take and possession limit for the recreational harvest of mullet shall be 100 pounds per person per day. No person shall take or possess mullet in excess of 100 pounds per day, except for legally licensed commercial fishermen. No person shall sel…

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of gill nets, trammel nets, hoop nets, slat traps, wire nets and fish seines in Cypress Lake and Black Bayou Reservoir, Bossier Parish, Louisiana; provided however there shall be a special season which shall run fr…

A. Poverty Point Reservoir (Richland Parish) 1. Daily Limit—25 fish per person: a. on water possession―same as daily limit per person. B. Bayou D’Arbonne Lake (Union and Lincoln Parishes) including all areas between the Bayou D’Arbonne spillway structure and Gill’s Ferry Landing …

A. The recreational daily limit and total length limit for black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) and white crappie (Pomoxis annularis) on Eagle Lake located east of the Mississippi River in Madison Parish, Louisiana shall be as follows: 1. The recreational daily creel limit shal…

A. Exotic Fish that may be Sold Commercially 1. For the purposes of this Section, the following species of nonindigenous fish are designated as exotic fish: a. grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella); b. silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix); c. bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys …

A. This rule establishes procedures by which governmental entities may nominate water supply and water pollution control projects for priority of funding through specific legislative appropriation for the purposes indicated in R.S. 38:32B(11). The rule also defines the procedures…

A. The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this rule. Annual Report―the report submitted by January 15 of each calendar year by the Office of Public Works to the governor and committees of the legislature pursuant to the requirements of R.S. 38:34, which r…

A. It is intended that the project priority evaluation and rating system provided for in this rule shall support the objective of the Louisiana Water Resources Program to provide an adequate and safe supply of water to Louisiana users through a policy and program addressing the s…

A.. Any entity may request that one or more projects be considered and ranked in priority order by the planning commission having jurisdiction.

A. By not later than January 15 of each calendar year, OPW shall prepare an annual report to the governor, the house Committee on transportation, Highways and Public Works, and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. The annual report shall contain a list of projects ranke…

A. Upon notification by OPW, the planning commissions shall prepare and submit to OPW by September 16 of each year a regional report. The regional report shall contain a list of projects located within the jurisdiction of the planning commission ranked in the priority order of fu…

A. All projects in the Annual Report of OPW are eligible for priority of funding during the subject fiscal year depending upon the amount of funds, if any, which may be appropriated for the purpose. B. Projects properly included and ranked in a regional report may be included in …

A. The following projects are not eligible for inclusion in an annual report: 1. projects eligible for funding under the Hazardous Waste "Superfund" Program; 2. projects eligible for funding under the Statewide Flood Control Program; 3. projects listed in a previous Annual Report…

A. The following project costs are eligible for priority of funding in the annual report: 1. project costs related to the achievement of the water resource management purposes for which priority ranking is established in the annual report; 2. the construction costs of a project i…

A. The following costs are not eligible for priority funding: 1. construction costs for facilities not needed to achieve the water resources management purposes for which priority ranking is established in the annual report; 2. operation and maintenance costs, ordinary repairs, l…

A. Entities desiring priority of funding for proposed projects may file requests with the planning commission in whose area of jurisdiction an applicant entity is located (see following list). The annual filing deadline with the regional planning commissions is June 30. The appli…

A. The following procedures shall be used by the Office of Public Works and the Regional Planning Commissions to rank projects in descending order of priority. Priority rank will be determined by the numerical value of points assessed to each project according to the urgency of n…

A. Each project for which a request for priority is received by a planning commission is given a base priority point value depending on the urgency of need. Situations involving an acute and serious threat to community health and safety shall receive highest base point numerical …

A. To the base priority value indicated for each project according to the preceding table is added additional numerical value for each of the following purposes: 1. an amount not to exceed 1.0 in value, representing the ratio of persons benefitted directly by the project per $100…

A. After determining project priority value for each candidate project according to the base priority value table found in §125, each planning commission shall then consider the relative merits of each project requesting funding, including past and present measures to conserve an…

A. Each planning commission shall then rank all projects in priority order beginning with the project having the highest total priority point score and ending with the lowest. In the event of tie scores, lower cost projects shall be ranked ahead of higher cost projects. This list…

A. OPW, upon receipt of the regional reports containing recommended project priority ranking from the planning commissions, shall rank all recommended projects in priority order according to priority value. OPW may add up to 4.0 priority value points on one or more of the nominat…

A. The application of an entity claiming project priority due to an immediate and substantial hazard in the community drinking water system shall contain a certificate from the state health officer or his duly authorized representative verifying existence of the hazard. Any entit…

A. Planning commissions and OPW shall give full consideration to past and present efforts by an entity to limit waste and conserve water in comparing need for a requested project with other requested projects. B. Entities requesting priority of funding for a project shall provide…

A. Entities requesting priority of funding shall provide accurate estimates of project costs. B. The state shall retain the entire amount of overestimated state and local project costs up to the total amount of any state grant. C. Any grant monies retained by the state may be use…

A. Entities requesting project priority shall assure compliance with all state and federal rules and regulations applicable to a project of the type undertaken, including those pertaining to financing, construction, maintenance and operator certification. No state grant funds sha…

A. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words and terms used in this Part of the Sanitary Code, and all other Parts which are adopted or may be adopted, are defined for the purposes thereof as follows. Abandoned Well―a water well that has been permanently …

A. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words and terms used in this Part of the sanitary code and all other Parts which are adopted or may be adopted, are defined for the purposes thereof as follows. Animal―all animals, any part of the body of which is us…

A. Words not defined in any Part or Chapter of the code shall have their common usage and meaning as stated in the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary-Tenth Edition, as revised, and other similarly accepted reference texts. When the same word or term is defined in more than o…

A. U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, clauses 15 and 16; Article II, Section 2, clause 1; Article VI; Amendment X. B. Title 10, Chapter 47, U.S. Code (UCMJ); Title 32 U.S. Code, Sections 326-333. C. Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 2008 (MCM). D. Army Regulation 27…

A. This regulation shall apply to all persons engaged in the transportation of gas by pipeline within the state of Louisiana, including the transportation of gas within the coastal zone limits as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331). B. Notwithstandin…

A. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words and terms used in this Part of the sanitary code, and all other Parts which are adopted or may be adopted, are defined for the purposes thereof as follows. Camp―any structure used temporarily or occasionally as…

A. The commissioner is authorized to administer the requirements of the Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.

A. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words and terms used in this Part of the sanitary code and all other Parts which are adopted or may be adopted are defined for the purpose thereof as follows. Boarding House―a building or group of buildings where per…

A. This Regulation prescribes policies and procedures pertaining to the administration of military justice within the Louisiana National Guard and implements the Louisiana Code of Military Justice (LCMJ). Its format is designed to be of practical assistance to the commander in hi…

A. The purpose of these rules is to establish minimum requirements for the design, construction, quality of materials, location, testing, operation and maintenance of facilities used in the gathering, transmission and distribution of gas, to safeguard life or limb, health, proper…

A. Any premises to be used as a corral, stable, poultry yard, hog pen, aviary, or for the holding of any animals or fowls, shall be open to inspection by the state health officer at any reasonable time.

A. Any person operating a hotel, lodging house or boarding house must obtain a permit from the state health officer. B. [Formerly paragraph 15:002-2] Such permits are non-transferable.

A. The commissioner is responsible for exercising the authority delegated to him under the Act, including the following: 1. designation of lands as unsuitable for all or certain types of surface coal mining operations under §922 of the Act; 2. authority to approve or disapprove m…

A. If any provision of this code, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this code, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be …

A. General. This Regulation applies to all persons in the military forces and applies at all places. [LCMJ Article 5.] B. Extraterritorial Application. Courts Martial and Courts of Inquiry may be convened and held in units of the Louisiana National Guard while those units are ser…

A. The proponent agency of this Regulation is the Office of the State Judge Advocate. Any questions and/or recommendations for improvements concerning these materials should be directed to Joint Forces Headquarters Louisiana, Consolidated Law Center, 5445 Point Clair Road, Box 28…

A. Any documents or portions thereof incorporated by reference in this Part are included in this Part as though set out in full. When only a portion of a document is referenced, the remainder is not incorporated in this Part. B. To the extent consistent with this regulation, all …