Louisiana Administrative Code

A. All payments made by check, draft, or money order shall be made payable to the Department of Environmental Quality, and mailed to the department at the address provided on the invoice. B. Electronic Methods of Payment 1. Persons wishing to make payments using the electronic pa…

A. A late payment fee of 15 percent may be applied to an invoice remaining unpaid after a period of 90 days from the date of the invoice. This late payment fee shall be calculated based on the total outstanding amount of the invoice.

A. Failure to pay the prescribed application fee or annual fee as provided herein, within 90 days after the due date, will constitute a violation of these regulations and shall subject the person to applicable enforcement actions under the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act incl…

A. The owner or operator shall submit semiannual groundwater monitoring reports to the department in the format specified by LAC 33:VII.805.C.5.a within 90 days of initiation of the semiannual sampling and analysis events, in addition to the annual groundwater monitoring and corr…

A. Public Notice 1. Applicability. This Section applies to permit applications for initial permits, permit renewals, and major modifications of CCR landfills and surface impoundments, which are subject to the requirements of this Chapter. The public notice and public comments req…

A. Financial assurance for CCR units shall be established and maintained for the duration of the active life of the facility, post-closure care period, and any corrective action for known releases when needed in accordance with LAC 33:VII.519.B.8.c. B. The financial assurance req…

A. The failure of any person to comply with this Chapter or the terms and conditions of any permit granted or order issued thereunder shall constitute a violation of the Act. B. CCR units are subject to LAC 33:VII.Chapter 9, if a violation of the Act occurs. C. Investigation shal…

A. Any interstate or international transportation of explosives, flammable liquids, or any other hazardous materials is regulated by federal laws. Contact should be made with the Federal Highway Administration, Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety, Room 301, Federal Building, Baton Rou…

A. Intrastate Hauling 1. To operate intrastate in Louisiana, all common and contract for-hire carriers (except those exempt by Louisiana law) must obtain operating authority from the Louisiana Public Service Commission. The LPSC can be contacted at Louisiana Public Service Commis…

A. Local parish and municipal authorities may designate routes for freight-carrying vehicles in their own jurisdiction. B. They may create additional regulations for state-maintained highways so long as their ordinances do not conflict with state laws and have been approved by th…

A. Any time a vehicle, because of its size, requires the temporary or permanent removal of power poles, wires, or other structures or equipment belonging to a utility company, the mover must secure the permission and cooperation of the utility company to assist in the movement.

A. Any time a vehicle, because of its size, requires the temporary removal of trees, mailboxes, or other items owned privately, permission must be secured before the movement. The owner of such private property cannot be required to permit such movement, and the owner may impose …

A. The regulations in this Chapter establish procedures, criteria, and terms and conditions upon which the department issues licenses for the land disposal of wastes received from other persons. (Applicability of the requirements in this Chapter to department licenses for waste d…

A. As used in this Chapter, the following definitions apply. Active Maintenance―any significant remedial activity needed during the period of institutional control to maintain a reasonable assurance that the performance objectives in LAC 33:XV.1319 and 1320 are met. Such active m…

A. No person may receive, possess, and dispose of radioactive waste containing source, special nuclear or byproduct material at a land disposal facility unless authorized by a license issued by the department pursuant to this Chapter, and Chapter 3 of these regulations. B. Each p…

A. In addition to the requirements set forth in LAC 33:XV.325 of these regulations, an application to receive from others, possess, and dispose of wastes shall consist of general information, specific technical information, institutional information, and financial information as …

The general information shall include each of the following: A. identity of the applicant including: 1. the full name, address, telephone number, and description of the business or occupation of the applicant; 2. if the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each par…

The specific technical information shall include the following information needed for demonstration that the performance objectives and the applicable technical requirements of this Chapter will be met: A. a description of the natural and demographic disposal site characteristics…

The specific technical information shall also include the following analyses needed to demonstrate that the performance objectives of this Chapter will be met. A. Pathways analyzed in demonstrating protection of the general population from releases of radioactivity shall include …

The institutional information submitted to the Office of Environmental Compliance by the applicant shall include: A. a certification by the federal or state agency which owns the disposal site that the federal or state agency is prepared to accept transfer of the license when the…

A. The financial information shall be sufficient to demonstrate that the financial qualifications of the applicant are adequate to carry out the activities for which the license is sought and meet other financial assurance requirements of this Chapter.

A license for the receipt, possession, and disposal of waste containing or contaminated with radioactive material will be issued by the department upon finding that: A. the issuance of the license will not constitute an unreasonable risk to the health and safety of the public; B.…

A. A license issued under this Chapter, or any right thereunder, may be transferred, assigned, or in any manner disposed of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the license to any person, only if the department finds, after …

A. An application for renewal or an application for closure under LAC 33:XV.1314 must be filed at least 90 days prior to license expiration. B. Applications for renewal of a license must be filed in accordance with LAC 33:XV.1305-1310. Applications for closure must be filed in ac…

A. Prior to final closure of the disposal site, or as otherwise directed by the department, the applicant shall submit an application to the Office of Environmental Compliance to amend the license for closure. This closure application shall include a final revision and specific d…

A. The licensee shall observe, monitor, and carry out necessary maintenance and repairs at the disposal site until the site closure is complete and the license is transferred by the department in accordance with LAC 33:XV.1316. Responsibility for the disposal site must be maintai…

Following closure and the period of postclosure observation and maintenance, the licensee may apply for an amendment to transfer the license to the disposal site owner. The license shall be transferred when the department finds: A. that the closure of the disposal site has been m…

A. Following any period of institutional control needed to meet the requirements found necessary under LAC 33:XV.1311, the licensee may apply for an amendment to terminate the license. B. This application will be reviewed in accordance with the provisions of LAC 33:XV.324 of thes…

A. Land disposal facilities shall be sited, designed, operated, closed, and controlled after closure so that reasonable assurance exists that exposures to individuals are within the requirements established in the performance objectives in LAC 33:XV.1319-1322.

A. Concentrations of radioactive material which may be released to the general environment in ground water, surface water, air, soil, plants, or animals shall not result in an annual dose exceeding an equivalent of 25 millirems (0.25 mSv) to the whole body, 75 millirems (0.75 mSv…

A. Design, operation, and closure of the land disposal facility shall ensure protection of any individual inadvertently intruding into the disposal site and occupying the site or contacting the waste at any time after institutional controls over the disposal site are removed.

A. Operations at the land disposal facility shall be conducted in compliance with the standards for radiation protection set out in Chapter 4 of these regulations, except for releases of radioactivity in effluents from the land disposal facility, which shall be governed by LAC 33…

A. The disposal facility shall be sited, designed, used, operated, and closed to achieve long-term stability of the disposal site and to eliminate, to the extent practicable, the need for ongoing active maintenance of the disposal site following closure so that only surveillance,…

A. Disposal Site Suitability for Near-Surface Disposal. The primary emphasis in disposal site suitability is given to isolation of wastes and to disposal site features that ensure that the long-term performance objectives are met. 1. The disposal site shall be capable of being ch…

A. Disposal Site Design for Near-Surface Disposal 1. Site design features shall be directed toward long-term isolation and avoidance of the need for continuing active maintenance after site closure. 2. The disposal site design and operation shall be compatible with the disposal s…

A. Near-Surface Disposal Facility Operation and Disposal Site Closure 1. Wastes designated as Class A pursuant to LAC 33:XV.438 shall be segregated from other wastes by placing in disposal units which are sufficiently separated from disposal units for the other waste classes so t…

A. At the time a license application is submitted, the applicant shall have conducted a preoperational monitoring program to provide basic environmental data on the disposal site characteristics. The applicant shall obtain information about the ecology, meteorology, climate, hydr…

A. The department may, upon request or on its own initiative, authorize provisions other than those set forth in LAC 33:XV.1324-1326 for the segregation and disposal of waste and for the design and operation of a land disposal facility on a specific basis, if it finds reasonable …

A. Land Ownership. Disposal of waste received from other persons may be permitted only on land owned in fee by the federal or a state government. B. Institutional Control. The land owner or custodial agency shall conduct an institutional control program to physically control acce…

A. Refer to LAC 33:XV.499.Appendix E.

A. Each applicant shall show that it either possesses the necessary funds or has reasonable assurance of obtaining the necessary funds, or by a combination of the two, to cover the estimated costs of conducting all licensed activities over the planned operating life of the projec…

A. The applicant shall provide assurances prior to the commencement of operations that sufficient funds will be available to carry out disposal site closure and stabilization, including: 1. decontamination or dismantlement of land disposal facility structures; and 2. closure and …

A. Prior to the issuance of the license, the applicant shall provide for Office of Environmental Compliance approval a binding arrangement between the applicant and the disposal site owner that ensures that sufficient funds will be available to cover the costs of monitoring and a…

A. Each licensee shall maintain any records and make any reports in connection with the licensed activities as may be required by the conditions of the license or by the rules, regulations, and orders of the department. B. Records which are required by these regulations or by lic…

Each licensee shall perform, or permit the department to perform, any tests the department deems appropriate or necessary for the administration of the regulations in this Chapter, including, but not limited to, tests of: A. wastes; B. facilities used for the receipt, storage, tr…

A. Each licensee shall afford to the department at all reasonable times opportunity to inspect waste not yet disposed of, and the premises, equipment, operations, and facilities in which wastes are received, possessed, handled, treated, stored, or disposed of. B. Each licensee sh…

A. The purpose of this Chapter is to specify any pumping limits and prohibitions.

A. Except for those wells already approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation Commission that are currently producing in the 1,000-foot, 1,500-foot and 1,700-foot sands subject to the jurisdiction of the Capital Area Ground Water Conservat…

A. Any pumping limits that are in place by the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation Commission shall be subject to annual review and re-adoption at the last commission meeting each calendar year. B. Any pumping limits in place by the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation Commi…

A. The Louisiana Union Catalog Program provides a continually updated electronic file listing and description of all library materials by publicly funded public and academic libraries.