Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2471 – General terms
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2471
- 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
- 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
A. Discharge prevention and response certificates are valid for a period of five years. The coordinator by rule shall require each registrant to report annually on the status of its discharge prevention and response plan and response capability.
B. The coordinator may review a certificate at any time there is a material change affecting the terminal facility‘s discharge prevention and response plan or response capability.
C. Certificates shall be issued subject to such terms and conditions as the coordinator may determine are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.
D. Certificates issued to any terminal facility shall take into account the vessels used to transport oil to or from the facility.
E. The coordinator, by rule, shall establish and require payment of a reasonable fee for processing applications for certificates. This fee is in addition to the fee levied under La. Rev. Stat. 30:2485 and must be reasonably related to the administrative costs of verifying data submitted pursuant to obtaining the certificates and reasonable inspections.
Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §1, eff. April 23, 1991.