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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2461

  • Discharge: means the placing, releasing, spilling, percolating, draining, pumping, leaking, seeping, emitting, or other escaping of pollutants into the air, waters, subsurface water, or ground as the result of a prior act or omission; or the placing of pollutants into pits, drums, barrels, or similar containers under conditions and circumstances that leaking, seeping, draining, or escaping of the pollutants can be reasonably anticipated. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004

On notification of an actual or threatened unauthorized discharge of oil, the coordinator shall take immediate action to assess the discharge and prevent, abate, or contain any pollution from the discharge.  

Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §1, eff. April 23, 1991.