Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2465 – Assistance and compensation
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2465
- 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
- Person: means any individual, municipality, public or private corporation, partnership, firm, the United States Government, and any agent or subdivision thereof or any other juridical person, which shall include, but not be limited to, trusts, joint stock companies, associations, the state of Louisiana, political subdivisions of the state of Louisiana, commissions, and interstate bodies. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004
A. Subject to the coordinator’s authority as authorized by this Chapter to determine otherwise, any person or discharge cleanup organization may assist in abating, containing, or removing pollution from any unauthorized discharge of oil.
B. Any person or discharge cleanup organization that renders assistance in abating, containing, or removing pollution from any unauthorized discharge of oil may receive compensation from the fund for removal costs, provided the coordinator approves compensation prior to the assistance being rendered. Prior approval for compensation may be provided for in the state oil spill contingency plan. The coordinator, on petition and for good cause shown, may waive the prior approval prerequisite.
Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §1, eff. April 23, 1991.