Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2116 – Naturally occurring radioactive material
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2116
- Facility: means a pollution source or any public or private property or facility where an activity is conducted which is required to be regulated under this Subtitle and which does or has the potential to do any of the following:
(a) Emit air contaminants into the atmosphere. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004
- Radioactive material: means any material, whether solid, liquid, or gas, which emits radiation spontaneously. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2103
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004
- Specific license: means a license issued after application to the department to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own, or possess quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing, byproduct, source, or special nuclear materials, technologically enhanced natural radioactive material, or other radioactive material occurring naturally or produced artificially. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2103
On and after July 1, 1995, the secretary, upon receipt of an application for any commercial facility seeking a specific license for the treatment, storage, or disposal of naturally occurring radioactive material shall promptly notify the governing authority of any parish affected by the application and any public interest group or individual within the affected parish who has requested notice in writing and provided a mailing address. The parish governing authority shall promptly notify each municipality within said parish affected by the application. The secretary shall promptly consider such application and take such action thereon as he deems appropriate in accordance with law; however, the failure by the secretary or the parish governing authority to give the notice required by this Section shall not affect the validity of the action taken on the application. For the purposes of this Subsection, “any public interest group within the affected parish” shall mean any association having not less than twenty-five members who reside in the parish in which the relevant facility is or will be located.
Acts 1995, No. 1055, §1.