Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2191.1 – Hazardous Waste Importation and Exportation Report
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2191.1
- Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004
- Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such waste, or any constituent thereof, may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2173
- Hazardous waste: means any waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, physical, or chemical characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2173
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004
- Storage: means the containment of hazardous waste on a temporary basis, for such time as may be permitted by regulations, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such hazardous waste. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2173
- Treatment: means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste so as to neutralize such waste or render it nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery or storage, or reduced in volume. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2173
- Waste: means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2173
The secretary shall file an annual Hazardous Waste Importation and Exportation Report with the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment regarding the amount of hazardous waste imported into or exported from Louisiana for treatment, storage, or disposal during each twelve-month period, or such other annual period determined appropriate by the secretary. In preparing the report, the secretary shall utilize information concerning the total quantity of each hazardous waste, by units of weight in tons, or, if the weight is unknown, by the volume and estimated weight, as is acquired by the department from original manifests filed with the department by hazardous waste facilities pursuant to rules and regulations of the secretary, and may use such other information as the secretary deems appropriate.
Acts 1992, No. 337, §1; Acts 2008, No. 580, §2.