La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2397 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2397
Distribution of revenue
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall each fiscal year deposit the revenues generated under the provisions of this Chapter from taxes applicable to the sale of reclaimed water or other sources as provided for by law into the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. Out of the funds from such sources remaining in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall deposit an amount equal to one-quarter of the revenues generated from the reclaimed water program into the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, enacted in R.S. 30:2301 et seq., which shall be used for making grants to local governments to finance primary waste treatment facilities; one-quarter into the Coastal Resources Trust Dedicated Fund Account, created in R.S. 49:214.40; and the remainder shall be used by the Department of Conservation and Energy for the protection of groundwater resources. Use of these funds shall be subject to an appropriation by the legislature.

Acts 2003, No. 985, §1; Acts 2010, No. 296, §1, eff. June 17, 2010; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:547 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 547
Extraction of ethane and heavier hydrocarbons not prohibited; not regulated as natural gas
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall not have the authority to prohibit the extraction of ethane and heavier hydrocarbons from natural gas, nor shall these hydrocarbons be regulated as intrastate natural gas under this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:209.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 209.3
Storage of carbon dioxide; distribution of funds; state agency property
Status: in_force

A. Upon commencement of Class VI injection operations for the geologic storage of carbon dioxide beneath any land or water bottoms owned by a state agency, whether owned in a public or private capacity, any injection-based revenue collected by the state agency, or by the office of mineral resources on behalf of that agency, shall be immediately forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the state treasury. After complying with the provisions of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, the state treasurer shall remit the funds as provided in this Section.

B. Pursuant to the authority granted to the legislature by Article VII, Section 10-A(A)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana, for injection-based revenue collected on behalf of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, the revenue shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Thirty percent of the revenue shall be remitted to the governing authority of the parish or parishes within the area of review of the storage facility. If more than one parish is included in the area of review, each parish shall be entitled to a proportionate share of the revenue based on the relative proportion of surface area directly above the area of review located in each parish.

(2) The remainder shall be deposited into the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Fund.

C. For injection-based revenue collected on behalf of any other state agency, the revenue shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Thirty percent of the revenue shall be remitted to the governing authority of the parish or parishes within the area of review of the storage facility. If more than one parish is included in the area of review, each parish shall be entitled to a proportionate share of the revenue based on the relative proportion of surface area directly above the area of review located in each parish.

(2) The remainder shall be deposited into the state general fund.

D. For the purposes of this Section, the term "injection-based revenue" includes but is not limited to injection fees, contractual minimum guaranteed annual payments, and any other revenue derived from injection operations. Revenue collected from bonuses, rentals, pipeline rights-of-way, or other payments for surface use or surface facilities are not included in the distribution required by this Section.

E. The state agency, or the office of mineral resources on behalf of that agency, shall submit a monthly report to the Department of the Treasury and the relevant parish governing authority itemizing the prior month's collections from injection operations for each storage facility.

F. Upon request of a parish entitled to revenue pursuant to this Section, the Department of Conservation and Energy is authorized to disclose to the parish governing authority any storage facility data that is relevant to the calculation of payments due.

G. This Section only applies to property owned by state agencies and shall not be construed to apply to local governmental entities.

Acts 2025, No. 508, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2394 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2394
Use of potable groundwater; prohibition
Status: in_force

A. No public or private entity shall use groundwater of quality suitable for potable domestic use to irrigate the grassy non-developed areas of cemeteries, golf courses built and completed on and after August 15, 2003, parks, and highway landscaped areas, if there exists an available reclaimed water source as defined in R.S. 30:2393(1).

B. Public or private entities that use a source of potable water for cooling tower applications and industrial purposes or to irrigate the grassy areas of golf courses built and completed before August 15, 2003, shall examine the use of reclaimed water, if an available reclaimed water source exists as defined in R.S. 30:2393(1), and may use the reclaimed water for those purposes and applications.

C. Public or private entities that use a source of potable water to irrigate crops not intended for human consumption are encouraged, but not mandated, to use reclaimed water.

D. Public or private entities which grow, package, or produce food for human consumption are specifically excluded from this Chapter.

Acts 2003, No. 985, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2351.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2351.27
Use of accredited sampling laboratories
Status: in_force

A. When analyzing lead in paint films, persons engaged in lead hazard reduction activities may use nondestructive testing procedures utilizing lead detection instruments approved by the appropriate federal agency or agencies. When laboratory testing is used to analyze lead paint films, soils, or dust, the laboratory must be an environmental testing laboratory that is part of an accreditation program recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or approved pursuant to rules promulgated by the secretary.

B. The secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide joint oversight for laboratories that offer lead analysis services.

C. The analysis of lead in human specimens may only be performed by laboratories accredited to analyze the levels of lead in blood under the provisions of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, PL 100-578 and the Clinical Laboratory Personnel Law, R.S. 37:1311 et seq.

Acts 1993, No. 224, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1085, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2194.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2194.1
Prohibitions
Status: in_force

No person shall place or dispense a regulated substance into an underground storage tank that has not been registered with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

Acts 1995, No. 336, §1, eff. June 16, 1995; Acts 2016, No. 521, §1; Acts 2024, No. 167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2535 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2535
Litter receptacle; placement and use; logo; penalties
Status: in_force

A. Any owner or person in control of any property which is held out to the public as a place for parking consisting of fifteen or more parking spaces shall be responsible for the procurement, placement, and maintenance of litter receptacles. The section shall be authorized to adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to implement this Section for the purpose of abating litter throughout the state, including placement, minimum standards, and removal.

B. A "litter receptacle" means a container of not less than fifteen gallons constructed, appropriately marked, and placed for use as a temporary depository for litter. Any containers, commonly referred to as "dumpsters", and any garbage receptacle for deposit of litter for single or multi-family residences may be used and shall in no way be governed by this Section.

C. A litter receptacle shall be required at any parking lot consisting of thirty or more parking spaces operated for public use.

D. All such receptacles may bear a logo designed by the section and made available to the public without cost.

E. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in R.S. 30:2531(A).

Acts 1987, No. 936, §1; Acts 1989, No. 687, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1019, §§1, 9; Acts 2003, No. 950, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:131 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 131
Surveys, reports and investigations
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Works, parish surveyors, State Highway Engineers, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and any board, department or institution of the state and the governing authorities of political subdivisions shall make such surveys, reports and investigations, and furnish such records and information as may be required by the State Mineral and Energy Board for the purposes of determining boundaries, character, title, location and other matters relating to lands.

Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:1165 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 1165
Responsibility of assignee or sublessee to original lessor
Status: in_force

A. To the extent of the interest acquired, an assignee or sublessee acquires the rights and powers of the lessee and becomes responsible directly to the lessor for performance of the lessee's obligations. Except as otherwise expressly agreed to in writing by the lessor, an assignor or sublessor is not relieved of his obligations or liabilities under a renewable energy lease unless the lessor has discharged him expressly and in writing in a separate instrument executed at the time of the assignment or sublease or thereafter. The lessor shall not unreasonably withhold the discharge. A partial assignment or partial sublease does not divide a renewable energy lease. A renewable energy lease lessor shall accept performance by an assignee or sublessee whether or not the assignment or sublease is filed for registry.

B. If the assignor assigns his rights in the renewable energy lease, the assignor shall provide to the lessor a notice of assignment containing the name, address, phone number, and email address of the assignee. The assignee or his operator shall comply with all applicable requirements of R.S. 30:1154.

Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2418.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2418.1
Failure to obtain a generator identification number
Status: in_force

A. No person shall store more than twenty whole waste tires nor sell tires without holding a valid generator identification number or other authorization issued by the department.

B. No person subject to Subsection A of this Section shall allow the waste tires generated by his activities to be transported by a person without a valid transporter authorization certificate and a manifest satisfying the requirements of the department.

C. Any person who willfully or knowingly violates this Section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of five thousand dollars, or imprisonment for six months, or both.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a commercial farmer as defined in R.S. 47:301(30).

E. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to persons operating a vehicle fleet and performing on-site maintenance exclusively on their own vehicles.

Acts 2021, No. 291, §1; Acts 2022, No. 480, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2112 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2112
Tort claims
Status: in_force

In any and all tort claims against any person which arise while that person is rendering assistance during an emergency at the request of any authorized representative of the department or pursuant to an agreement for mutual state radiological assistance as provided for in this Chapter, such person shall be treated as if he were an employee of this state.

Acts 1979, No. 449, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1999, No. 303, §1, eff. June 14, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2183.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2183.2
Permitting in ozone nonattainment parishes
Status: in_force

The department shall not issue or grant any permit for the operation of any new, commercial hazardous waste incinerator whose primary business activity involves accepting hazardous wastes or hazardous waste products for a fee, as defined by the department as of July 10, 1997, in any parish that is on the nonattainment list for ozone standards and classified as "serious" or worse by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as of January 1, 1997. This Section shall not apply to temporary, mobile incinerators authorized by the department.

Acts 1997, No. 942, §1, eff. July 10, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:122 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 122
Compensation
Status: in_force

The appointed members shall receive no salaries, but attending members shall receive seventy-five dollars for each day or part thereof while attending regular or called board meetings, committee meetings, or attending to official business of the board, plus actual expenses as provided for state employees.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 59, §1; Acts 1955, No. 115, §1; Acts 1981, No. 514, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:4.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 4.3
Financial security
Status: in_force

A. As required by R.S. 30:4, an applicant for a permit to drill or to amend a permit to drill for change of operator shall provide financial security as provided in this Section in a form acceptable to the secretary. For an application for a permit to drill, the security shall be provided within thirty days of the completion date or from the date the operator is notified that financial security is required. For an application to amend a permit to drill for a change of operator, the security shall be provided as required by this Section or by establishing a site-specific trust account in accordance with R.S. 30:88 prior to the operator change.

B.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the amount of the financial security shall be provided for in rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The amounts may be on an individual-well or multiple-well basis and may be categorized based on the well's location.

(2) For an individual well located on land of a depth equal to or less than three thousand feet, the financial security required shall be two dollars per foot. However, the secretary may increase the financial security by rules and regulations promulgated after September 1, 2017, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

C. Financial security shall not be required for the following wells:

(1) Any well declared to be orphaned by the secretary and subsequently transferred to another operator.

(2) Any well to be drilled by an operator who has an agreement with the department to plug a well that has been declared to be orphaned by the secretary and that orphaned well is similar to the proposed well in terms of depth and location.

Acts 2016, No. 634, §1, eff. June 17, 2016; Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:703 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 703
Regulatory designation
Status: in_force

A. The secretary shall be the authority to regulate persons engaged in the transportation of hazardous liquids or who own or operate intrastate pipeline facilities for the transportation of hazardous liquids. The secretary shall establish by regulation minimum safety standards for pipeline facilities and the transportation of hazardous liquids and shall be consistent with those rules and regulations authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.

B. The secretary, as permitted by 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq., may certify annually to the secretary of the United States Department of Transportation that the state, through the Department of Conservation and Energy, has regulatory jurisdiction over the safety standards and practice of intrastate pipeline facilities and the transportation of hazardous liquids associated with those facilities. The secretary, as permitted by 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq., may enter into an agency relationship with the United States Department of Transportation to enforce compliance with safety standards with respect to interstate pipeline facilities or the transportation of hazardous liquids associated with those facilities.

Acts 1987, No. 794, §1; Acts 2015, No. 332, §1; Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:10.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 10.1
Authority of governor with advice of the secretary to enter unitization agreements affecting the production from state and federal waterbottoms
Status: in_force

A. Offshore production agreement. The governor or his designee is authorized to enter into an Offshore Production Agreement with the United States government concerning the procedures for joint conservation practices concerning minerals in common hydrocarbon bearing areas that underlie the federal and state boundary offshore of Louisiana.

B. Unit agreement. (1) In accordance with the terms of such Offshore Production Agreement or any act of the United States Congress providing with respect thereto, the governor or his designee is authorized to enter into agreements for the unit operations of all or any portion or portions of any common potentially hydrocarbon bearing area underlying the federal and state boundary offshore if reasonably necessary to prevent waste, protect correlative rights, or avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells.

(2) The authority of the governor or his designee to enter into unit agreements under this Subsection shall extend to all affected state lands, whether leased or unleased at the time, and all persons having interests therein.

(3) Upon a determination by the governor that a common potentially hydrocarbon bearing area may underlie the federal and state boundary offshore, all or any portion or portions of which the governor has reason to believe may be appropriate for unit operations, the governor shall direct the secretary to call a hearing for the purpose of receiving evidence from affected state or federal lessees or from any other interested persons. The secretary shall, after a review of all testimony and evidence, transmit to the governor an advisory opinion containing such information and recommendations as may be requested by the governor. The advisory opinion shall be deemed confidential and shall be exempt from the provisions of R.S. 44:1 et seq., in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 44:4(8) and 4.1(B).

(4) After a final unit agreement by the state of Louisiana and the United States or by final decision of an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, or otherwise, the secretary shall, if directed by the governor, issue an order ratifying the terms of the agreement or final decision. In the event that a reservoir-wide unit is created, the secretary is exempt from the requirements of R.S. 30:5(B) and (C) in issuing such order. Neither the agreement nor any order issued pursuant to it shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 30:12.

(5) The secretary shall have full authority to enforce the unit agreement and order in the same manner as any other order issued under the provisions of this Chapter, and to issue such additional rules, regulations, or orders as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section.

Acts 1988, No. 651, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 2010, No. 861, §13; Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:1352 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 1352
Statement of findings
Status: in_force

A. The legislature declares that there now exists in certain areas of Louisiana, where lignite and lignite-related developments are occurring, the need for adequate and safe water, sewer, educational facilities, police and fire protection, and other public services and facilities to serve the citizens of the affected governmental units. This need has arisen because of the impact of the development of the state's lignite resources and the consequent rapid growth without adequate planning or financial assistance.

B. The legislature finds and declares that problems associated with rapid growth cannot be dealt with by some governmental units because of their inadequate bonding capacity, the lag time between development and the generation of revenue, the financial burden placed upon the area's low-income citizens by high millage assessments required for financing of public projects, and because private financial sources consider such loans to such areas to be risky. It is further found that the United States government has provided programs through the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Farmers Home Administration, and similar other agencies of the federal government for public services and facilities development and construction, and that such programs are inadequate and do not anticipate or provide funding and assistance for problems arising from rapid lignite related development.

C. The legislature hereby finds and declares that to aid in remedying these conditions and to help alleviate the shortage of sanitary, safe, and adequate local government services, the state should provide financial assistance. A program should be created to review proposals and to designate priorities among the proposals submitted by various governmental units and make recommendations to the governor and legislature for approval and financing under the provisions of this Chapter. This financial assistance will alleviate many of the problems arising from the rapid growth in areas near the development of lignite resources.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 824, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:81 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 81
Policy and purpose
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds and declares that:

(1) A present and future benefit to the environment, public health, safety, and welfare would be to clean up, close, and restore oilfield sites.

(2) State laws and regulations must comprehensively address those situations where proper and timely cleanup, closure, and restoration of orphaned oilfield sites must be assured.

B. It is in the public interest and within the police power of this state to establish an oilfield site restoration fund to provide for the proper and timely cleanup, closure, and restoration of oilfield sites, to be administered by the Department of Conservation and Energy.

C. Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to alter or impair any rights and responsibilities established by contract between private parties.

Acts 1993, No. 404, §2; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2024, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1, eff. July 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:1106 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 1106
Underground injection control
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner shall have authority to perform any and all acts necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, relating to this state's participation in the underground injection control program established under that act with respect to the storage and sequestration of carbon dioxide. To that end, the commissioner is authorized and empowered to adopt, modify, repeal, and enforce procedural, interpretive, and administrative rules in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

B. Whenever the commissioner or an authorized representative of the commissioner determines that a violation of any requirement of this Chapter has occurred or is about to occur, the commissioner or his authorized representative shall either issue an order requiring compliance within a specified time period or shall commence a civil action for appropriate relief, including a temporary or permanent injunction.

C. Any compliance order issued under this Chapter shall state with reasonable specificity the nature of the violation and specify a time for compliance and, in the event of noncompliance, assess a civil penalty, if any, which the commissioner determines is reasonable, taking into account the seriousness of the violation and any good faith efforts to comply with the applicable requirements.

D.(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, any person to whom a compliance order is issued and who fails to take corrective action within the time specified in the order or any person found by the commissioner to be in violation of any requirement of this Chapter may be liable for a civil penalty to be assessed by the commissioner or court, of not more than two hundred thousand dollars per day for each day of violation and for each act of violation. The commissioner in order to enforce the provisions of this Section may suspend or revoke any permit, compliance order, license, or variance that has been issued to said person in accordance with law.

(2) No penalty shall be assessed until the person charged has been given notice and an opportunity for a hearing on such charge. In determining whether or not a civil penalty is to be assessed and in determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the gravity of the violation and the demonstrated good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve rapid compliance, after notification of a violation, shall be considered.

E. The commissioner, or attorney general if requested by the commissioner, shall have charge of and shall prosecute all civil cases arising out of violation of any provision of this Section including the recovery of penalties.

F. Except as otherwise provided herein, the commissioner may settle or resolve as he may deem advantageous to the state any suits, disputes, or claims for any penalty under any provisions of this Section or the regulations or permit license terms and conditions applicable thereto.

Acts 2009, No. 517, §2; Acts 2025, No. 397, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2050.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2050.16
Hearing officers; orders, recommendations, decisions
Status: in_force

A. A hearing officer shall file orders issued and recommendations or decisions rendered by the hearing officer at the conclusion of the hearing in the record of adjudication and with the secretary. The hearing officer shall give notice to each party or the party's counsel of record of such order, recommendation, or decision.

B. An order or decision of a hearing officer becomes final thirty days after the last notice is given, without a request for administrative review being filed. However, the secretary may reserve the right to make the final decision.

Acts 1995, No. 947, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:1143 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 1143
Permitting
Status: in_force

A. No person shall construct, install, or operate a solar power generation facility with a footprint of seventy-five or more acres without holding a permit issued by the department pursuant to this Part.

B. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries may submit comments regarding construction, installation, and operation of any power generation facility to the department.

Acts 2025, No. 279, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:98.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 98.10
Funding and financial assistance
Status: in_force

The department may seek, receive, and administer funding, grants, and financial assistance from federal, state, local, and private sources to implement the objectives of this Chapter.

Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2369 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2369
Responsibilities of owners and operators
Status: in_force

A. Owners or operators shall be responsible for filing inventory forms for all hazardous materials manufactured, used, or stored at their facilities and for immediately reporting releases of certain hazardous materials in certain reportable quantities to be established by rule as provided for in R.S. 30:2373(B) and (C)(2).

B.(1) Owners or operators shall have the responsibility to obtain inventory forms and submit them to the Emergency Response Commission by way of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, Right-to-Know unit by March 1, 1988, and by March first of each year thereafter.

(2) This does not relieve the owner or operator from having to file inventory forms or make emergency release notification to other agencies, e.g., local fire departments or local planning committees, as may be required by federal law.

C. Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 565, §2.

D. Owners or operators shall post signs at their facilities, subject to a rule adopted by the deputy secretary, indicating that a hazardous material reported pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter is present on the premises. The deputy secretary shall develop, adopt, and disseminate rules and regulations which provide for such posting.

E.(1) Owners or operators who manufacture, use, store, or release a hazardous material at their facility shall so notify their present employees and each new employee within a reasonable time of his beginning employment. Such notification shall be made by posting a notice in a place in the facility where it is easily accessible to employees.

(2) Whenever the owner or operator has information regarding the toxic effects of a hazardous material manufactured, used, stored, or released at the facility, he shall so advise his employees, and make the information available to them on request for their examination only on the premises.

(3) Louisiana manufacturers, distributors, and packagers of hazardous materials and mixtures manufactured, blended, packaged, mixed, or distributed within Louisiana for those materials listed under the Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III, Sections 302, 304, 311, and 312, or Louisiana's Right-to-Know Law, R.S. 30:2361 et seq., shall incorporate on the hazardous material's material safety data sheet or supply a separate statement with the verbiage "This material may be regulated by Louisiana's Right-to-Know Law, R.S. 30:2361 et seq." for identifying the hazardous materials as regulated by the state of Louisiana or the Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III, Sections 302, 304, 311, and 312, or use language of similar nature. This Paragraph shall be effective only upon the promulgation by the deputy secretary of rules and regulations setting forth the criteria for the notice required herein. The deputy secretary may exempt from this requirement materials and mixtures with generic material safety data sheets used nationally or internationally.

Acts 1985, No. 435, §1, eff. July 11, 1985; Acts 1987, No. 347, §1; Acts 1992, No. 565, §§1, 2; Acts 1997, No. 1046, §1; Acts 1999, No. 424, §1, eff. June 18, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 31
Permitting gas well to go wild or burn prohibited; capping or plugging; notice
Status: in_force

No person shall negligently permit a natural gas well to become uncontrollable, or to wastefully burn. The owner, or person in possession of such a well shall prevent waste by escape or burning by securely closing the well by cap or plug or in any other fashion after five days written notice to do so. This notice may be given by any person with an interest in stopping the waste or, by a constable or justice of the peace of the parish wherein the well is located.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 802
Regulation of exploration, drilling, production and subsurface disposal
Status: in_force

A. Full regulatory authority over all geothermal exploration, drilling, development, and production as well as subsurface disposal of geothermal waters and/or waste is hereby vested in the Department of Conservation and Energy. The provisions of the Louisiana Conservation Act, R.S. 30:1 et seq., including particularly, but without limitation, R.S. 30:5 and 9 thereof, are hereby extended to all geothermal operations. The secretary is further authorized to promulgate such additional rules and regulations relating specifically to geothermal operations that are deemed by him to be needed in the interest of conservation if they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter. All geothermal operations shall be exempt from the provisions of R.S. 38:3091 et seq.

B. Any disposal of any kind or nature made pursuant to this Chapter into any navigable or nonnavigable streams or waters shall be done under the supervision of the Stream Control Commission of the state.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 784, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 134, §1; Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:543 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 543
Suit by party in interest upon commissioner's failure to sue
Status: in_force

If the commissioner fails to bring suit within ten days to restrain a violation as provided in Subsection C of R.S. 30:542 any person in interest adversely affected by the violation who has notified the commissioner in writing of the violation or threat thereof and has requested the commissioner to sue, may bring suit to prevent any or further violations, in the district court of any parish in which the commissioner could have brought suit. If the court holds that injunctive relief should be granted, the commissioner shall be made a party and shall be substituted for the person who brought the suit and the injunction shall be issued as if the commissioner had at all times been the complaining party.

Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:50 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 50
Gas to be sold, purchased, and accounted for on basis of standard cubic foot of gas; penalties
Status: in_force

A. Each and every sale, and each and every purchase, delivery and receipt of gas by volume hereafter made in this state, for which any accounting for the price paid or received for the gas so sold, purchased, delivered, or received must be made to an oil and gas lease owner, royalty owner thereunder, or other mineral interest owner, shall be made and such gas shall be measured, calculated, purchased, delivered, and accounted for on the basis of a standard cubic foot of gas as defined in R.S. 30:47, and as determined under this Part.

B. Whenever the provisions of this Part operate to change the basis of measurement provided for in existing contracts, then the price for gas, including royalty gas, provided for in such contracts shall, if either the purchaser or seller so desires, be adjusted to compensate for the change in the method of measuring the volume of gas delivered thereunder. This provision is intended to protect parties to contracts now in existence, so that after August 21, 1992, the total amount of money paid for a volume of gas purchased, or required to be accounted for, under existing contracts shall remain unaffected by this Part.

C. Nothing in this Section shall affect or apply to purchases or sales made on any basis other than a volume basis.

D. Any person, association of persons, or corporation who, as purchaser thereof, shall knowingly fail or refuse to so measure, calculate, or account for any such gas so purchased, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense recoverable in the name of the state in the district court of the parish in which the state capital is located, and each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.

E. Nothing in this Section shall prevent any aggrieved party from maintaining a civil suit for damages in the parish or parishes in which the gas is produced.

Acts 1992, No. 55, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2203 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2203
Remediation; evidence; prohibitions
Status: in_force

A. Any person who causes, suffers, allows, or permits hazardous waste to be transported, generated, treated, stored, or disposed in such manner that it enters any groundwaters of the state upon obtaining knowledge of such shall notify the secretary and if necessary take prompt remedial action pursuant to regulations adopted under this Subtitle or as ordered by the secretary or by the appropriate assistant secretary.

B. The pollution of any waters of the state beneath or adjacent to any site to or from which hazardous waste has been transported or where hazardous waste has been treated, stored, or disposed, intentionally or accidentally, shall be presumed to be evidence of pollution from such site unless evidence is shown to rebut it, and the secretary may issue such orders in accordance with R.S. 30:2025 as may be necessary to contain, abate, control, and cleanup the pollution and may suspend, revoke, or terminate the operating authority of the site in addition to any other action provided by this Subtitle.

C. This Section shall not apply to discharges into waters of the state in accordance with state or federal licenses or permits issued under the authority of this Subtitle or the regulations promulgated hereunder.

Acts 1984, No. 319, §1, eff. July 2, 1984; Acts 1999, No. 303, §1, eff. June 14, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:906.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 906.1
Surface mining and reclamation fees
Status: in_force

There is hereby imposed on all permittees under the supervision of the secretary pursuant to this Chapter, Surface Mining and Reclamation Act, an annual regulatory fee of eight cents per ton on all coal and lignite mined in this state and an annual reclamation fee of six dollars for each acre of land included within the approved mine permit area. The revenue received from these fees shall be used for the purpose of enforcing the Louisiana Surface Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Acts 1986, No. 351, §1; Acts 2019, No. 150, §1; Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:954 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 954
Expenses
Status: in_force

Dues and expenses incurred as a consequence of membership by the state in the Interstate Mining Compact shall be paid only pursuant to appropriations therefor by the legislature.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 714, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2281 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2281
Privilege; cost of remediation
Status: in_force

Consistent with the findings of R.S. 30:2271, the legislature hereby finds that it is in the best interest of this state and a part of the exercise of its police powers that this state have a lien or privilege against immovable property for the recovery of remedial cost incurred in discharging its responsibility pursuant to this Chapter. Following the expenditure of funds by the state of Louisiana through the department, such lien or privilege may be perfected against such property by filing a notice of lien containing the name of the current record owner and the legal description of the immovable property in the mortgage records of the parish in which the immovable property is located. Except as provided below, the lien of the state of Louisiana through the Department of Environmental Quality shall have priority in rank over all other privileges, liens, encumbrances, or other security interests affecting the property. As to all privileges, liens, encumbrances, or other security interests affecting the property that are filed or otherwise perfected before the filing of the notice of lien of the state authorized by this Section, such prior recorded security interests shall have priority over the state lien but only to the extent of the fair market value that the property had prior to remedial action by the state, and prior recorded security interests shall be subordinate to the state lien for any amount in excess of such pre-remediation fair market value.

Acts 1990, No. 681, §1, eff. July 20, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 773, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1047, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1990, NO. 681, §2.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:98.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 98.4
Regional districts; water resource management
Status: in_force

A. The secretary may in consultation with the Natural Resources Commission promulgate rules and regulations for the appointment or designation of regional water districts, which when so appointed may be delegated the powers, authorities, and duties of the department for groundwater or surface water resource management within the regional district.

B. In addition to its other powers and authorities established in law, the department is authorized to:

(1) Receive and collect water resource data and water use data throughout the state.

(2) Cooperate with and enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with other governmental units and agencies of this state, with governments and agencies of other states and of the United States, and with private agencies or other water conservation districts as necessary to fulfill the provisions of this Part.

(3) Conduct studies and investigations of all problems concerning water resources in the state.

(4) Identify and protect water recharge areas.

(5) Monitor and evaluate water resources including current and projected demands, inventory the state's water resources, identify technical research and previously developed information on water, identify future potential deficit areas, study alternatives to surface water use including treatment, transmission systems, and reclamation, and investigate incentives for conservation and the use of alternative technologies including public education and conservation programs.

(6) Promote water conservation measures and best practices for water resource sustainability.

Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:219 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 219
Release from sequestration
Status: in_force

The defendant may obtain release of the sequestered product or proceeds by giving bond. This bond shall be payable to the clerk of court and in an amount fixed by the judge as being the value of the product at the time of its release, with legal interest from final judgment.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2341 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2341
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana School Asbestos Abatement Act".

Acts 1985, No. 394, §1, eff. July 10, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:76 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 76
Oilfield waste site cleanup
Status: in_force

Except as provided in R.S. 30:77 in any cases where monies are expended to conduct investigative, testing, control, pit, or other cleanup activities at a waste site, the commissioner shall institute a civil action to recover from any responsible person all such monies so expended. Any monies so recovered shall be paid into the state general fund.

Acts 1986, No. 892, §1, eff. July 10, 1986; Acts 1992, No. 984, §9.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2002 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2002
Findings and declaration of policy
Status: in_force

The legislature finds and declares that:

(1) The maintenance of a healthful and safe environment for the people of Louisiana is a matter of critical state concern.

(2) It is necessary and desirable for the protection of the public welfare and property of the people of Louisiana that there be maintained at all times, both now and in the future, clean air and water resources, preservation of the scenic beauty and ecological regimen of certain free flowing streams, and strictly enforced programs for the safe and sanitary disposal of solid waste, for the management of hazardous waste, for the control of hazards due to natural and man-made radiation, considering sound policies regarding employment and economic development in Louisiana.

(3) It is necessary and essential to the success of the regulatory program established in this Subtitle that the enforcement procedures include unannounced regular inspections of all facilities which may be regulated by this Subtitle or any facility in violation of this Subtitle.

Acts 1983, No. 97, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:1355 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 1355
Administrator; secretary, duties
Status: in_force

A. The secretary or his designee shall administer the provisions of this Chapter and appoint necessary personnel, all in accordance with applicable civil service rules and regulations and departmental budgetary and personnel policies.

B. The administrator shall provide monies from funds appropriated therefor to eligible applicants in the form of loans and/or grants for the purpose of providing and maintaining public services and facilities within energy impacted areas where such services and facilities have been adversely affected by lignite resources development.

C. In addition, the administrator shall:

(1) Designate energy impacted areas and eligible applicants. Criteria for these designations shall be established not later than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of the Chapter, and copies thereof shall be made available on request.

(2) Establish rules governing the application for and disbursal of loans and/or grants to eligible applicants. These rules shall be promulgated not later than one hundred and eighty days after the effective date of this Chapter, and copies thereof shall be made available on request.

(3) Solicit and receive applications from eligible applicants for loans and/or grants.

(4) Develop a list of eligible projects and a recommended level of funding for each annually, and present this list, after review by the office of the governor, to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment for approval.

(5) Conduct or cause to be conducted investigations, studies, planning, and research in the assessment of impacts associated with lignite resource development.

(6) Provide necessary technical expertise to fulfill requests for information within the limitations established under the provisions of this Chapter.

(7) Coordinate closely with the secretary and local, state, and federal agencies with respect to lignite resource development.

D. The administrator is authorized to:

(1) Request information from appropriate state agencies to fulfill information requests.

(2) Coordinate with and request information from private industries engaged in lignite resources development in Louisiana in an effort to assess the level of lignite-associated impacts.

(3) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the requirements of this Chapter.

(4) Provide technical assistance to local governmental units requesting information on lignite resources development.

(5) Conduct such activities or make such decisions as may be delegated or authorized by the secretary.

(6) Apply to any appropriate agency of the United States Government for participation in and receipt of aid from any program designed to assist areas of rapid growth resulting from energy resource development.

(7) Administer federal and other funds which are received, controlled or disbursed for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Chapter.

(8) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out its purpose and exercise the powers granted under the provisions of this Chapter.

E. Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 705, §7.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 824, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981. Acts 1983, No. 705, §§2, 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 2008, No. 580, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:707 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 707
Collection of fees
Status: in_force

A. The annual fees imposed by R.S. 30:706 shall be paid to the department no later than January fifteenth of each year on forms to be prescribed by the secretary. If any person fails to pay the fees imposed by this Part, the secretary may proceed to enforce the collection thereof by utilizing the remedies and procedures set forth in Chapter 1 of this Title, specifically including any authority to obtain and audit information and authority to impose interest and penalties.

B. All money received or collected by the secretary under R.S. 30:706 and this Section shall be deposited immediately upon receipt in the state treasury and shall be credited to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Dedicated Fund Account.

Acts 1987, No. 794, §1; Acts 1992, No. 984, §9; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2; Acts 2003, No. 711, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2040 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2040
Siting disposal facilities in Rapides Parish
Status: in_force

The secretary shall not authorize or permit within Rapides Parish any new commercial solid or hazardous waste disposal facility or new commercial solid waste or sanitary landfill within two miles of the corporate limits of any municipality or the nearest boundary line of any property on which is located a public elementary or secondary school or health care facility licensed by the state.

Acts 1990, No. 1037, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1990, NO. 1037, §2.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:592 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 592
Necessity for regulation
Status: in_force

A. It is declared that the business of selling intrastate natural gas is affected with a public interest, and that state regulation in matters relating to the sale of intrastate natural gas is necessary in the public interest to conserve the natural resources of the state and prevent the physical and economic waste, wasteful use and wasteful utilization thereof. It is further declared that the sale of intrastate natural gas at a price below the fair market value of such gas, especially as compared to the price of other fuels, is one of the primary causes of the present energy crisis in the state in that it has caused and is causing the physical and economic waste, wasteful use and wasteful utilization of intrastate natural gas.

B. The provisions of this Part shall only apply to contracts for the sale of intrastate natural gas executed and completed after December 8, 1973, except that in no case shall the provisions of this Part apply to the sale of intrastate natural gas at the wellhead.

C. If a contract for the sale of intrastate natural gas existing on December 8, 1973, is thereafter amended in any respect, such amendment or amendments shall not subject such contracts to the provisions of this Part to any greater extent than if such contracts had not been amended subsequent to December 8, 1973, unless the effect of such amendment or amendments is to increase the volume of intrastate natural gas to be delivered to the purchaser under such contract. If any such amendment has the effect of increasing the volume of intrastate natural gas to be delivered to the purchaser under the contract, the provisions of this Part shall not apply until the volume of gas contracted for as of December 8, 1973, has been delivered but the provisions of this Part shall apply to the amount by which the volume of gas is increased over that volume.

Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 637, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2075.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2075.1
Permits and licenses; surcharge
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds and declares that discharges of substances into the waters of the state have damaged and endangered the Louisiana molluscan shellfish industry and have increased the costs of molluscan regulation and sanitation in the state, and that it is in the best interests of the state to impose a surcharge on discharges permitted or licensed pursuant to R.S. 30:2075.

B. A surcharge at a flat rate of twenty percent of the department imposed permit fee, with a maximum of one hundred fifty dollars, shall be added to the fee for each water discharge permit issued pursuant to R.S. 30:2075 for discharges in the Atchafalaya, Terrebonne, Barataria, Lake Pontchartrain, and Mississippi River water quality management basins as defined by the department Water Quality Management Basin Plans.

C. The proceeds of the surcharge authorized in Subsection B of this Section shall be deposited into the Oyster Sanitation Dedicated Fund Account, established in R.S. 40:5.10.

D. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to modify the rules adopted pursuant to this Subtitle.

Acts 1993, No. 911, §1, eff. June 23, 1993; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2293 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2293
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Omnimedia" refers to all manners in which and all sources from which a pollutant escapes into the environment, and for the purposes of this Chapter shall encompass any emission, effluent, or discharge which escapes into the air, water, or land, whether permitted or not.

(2) "Waste" means all nonproduct outputs from all environmental media, even though they may be within permitted or licensed limits.

(3) "Waste management" means any of the various methods or means of reducing waste which are applied after the waste is generated or is outside of the location where waste is generated.

(4) "Waste reduction" means in-plant practices that reduce, avoid, or eliminate the generation of hazardous or solid waste so as to reduce the risks to human health and the environment.

(a) When recycling is environmentally acceptable and is an integral part of the waste generating industrial process or operation, such as a closed-loop application which returns potential waste as it is generated for reuse within the process, it shall be considered waste reduction. Recycling is not considered waste reduction if waste exits a process, exists as a separate identity, undergoes significant handling, or is transported from the waste generating location.

(b) Actions that reduce waste volume by concentrating the hazardous content of a waste or that reduce hazard level by diluting the hazardous content are not considered waste reduction.

(c) Actions that change the chemical composition and the concentrations of the components of the waste, but do not change the degree of hazard of the waste are not considered waste reduction.

Acts 1987, No. 657, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:207 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 207
Office space to be furnished
Status: in_force

The president of the Louisiana State University and the director of the school of geology shall furnish the State Department of Conservation with adequate office space to carry out the survey under R.S. 30:206.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:600 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 600
Periodic and special reports
Status: in_force

A. Every natural gas company shall file with the commissioner such annual and other periodic or special reports as the commissioner may by rules and regulations or order prescribe as necessary or appropriate to assist the commissioner in the proper administration of this Part. The commissioner may prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made.

B. It shall be unlawful for any natural gas company willfully to hinder, delay, or obstruct the making, filing, or keeping of any information, document, report, memorandum, record, or account required to be made, filed, or kept under this Part or any rule, regulation, or order hereunder.

Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2548 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2548
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Status: repealed

NOTE: See Acts 2018, No. 509 in which the substance of this provision was amended and redesignated as R.S. 30:2515.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:914 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 914
Decisions of commissioner and appeals
Status: in_force

A. If an informal conference has been held pursuant to Section 913B, the commissioner shall, within sixty days after such conference, issue and furnish the applicant for a permit and persons who are parties to the administrative proceedings with the written finding of the commissioner granting or denying the permit in whole or in part and stating the reasons therefor.

B. If there has been no informal conference held pursuant to Section 913B, the commissioner shall notify the applicant for a permit within a reasonable time as determined by the commissioner and set forth in regulations, taking into account the time needed for proper investigation of the site, the complexity of the permit application, and whether or not written objection to the application has been filed, but not later than sixty days after the last publication of the notice required in Section 913A, whether the application has been approved or disapproved in whole or in part.

C. If the application is approved, the permit shall be issued. If the application is disapproved, specific reasons therefor must be set forth in the notification. Within thirty days after the applicant is notified of the final decision of the commissioner on the permit application, the applicant or any person with an interest which is or may be adversely affected may request a hearing before the commissioner on the reasons for the final determination. The commissioner or his representative shall hold a hearing within thirty days of such request and provide notification to all interested parties at the time that the applicant is so notified. Such hearing shall be of record and adjudicatory in nature, and no person who presided at a conference under Section 913B shall either preside at the hearing or participate in the decision thereon or in any administrative appeal therefrom. Within thirty days after the hearing the commissioner shall issue and furnish the applicant, and all persons who participated in the hearing, with the written decision of the commissioner granting or denying the permit in whole or in part and stating the reasons therefor.

D. Where a hearing is requested pursuant to Subsection C, the commissioner may, under such conditions as he may prescribe, grant such temporary relief as he deems appropriate pending final determination of the proceedings if:

(1) All parties to the proceedings have been notified and given an opportunity to be heard on a request for temporary relief.

(2) The person requesting such relief shows that there is a substantial likelihood that he will prevail on the merits of the final determination of the proceeding, and

(3) Such relief will not adversely affect the public health or safety or cause significant imminent environmental harm to land, air, or water resources.

E. For the purpose of such hearing, the commissioner or his representative may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses or written or printed materials, compel attendance of the witnesses or production of the materials and take evidence including but not limited to site inspections of the land to be affected and other surface coal mining operations carried on by the applicant in the general vicinity of the proposed operation. A verbatim record of each public hearing required by this Chapter shall be made, and a transcript made available on the motion of any party or by order of the commissioner.

F. Any applicant or any person with an interest which is or may be adversely affected who has participated in the administrative proceedings as an objector, and who is aggrieved by the decision of the commissioner, or if the commissioner fails to act within the time limits specified in this Chapter, shall have the right to appeal in accordance with Section 926.

Acts 1978, No. 406, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 13
Temporary restraining order or injunction; notice and hearing; bond
Status: in_force

A. No temporary restraining order or injunction shall be granted against the secretary, the attorney general, or any agent, employee, or representative of the secretary restraining the secretary, or any of his agents, employees, or representatives, or the attorney general, from enforcing a statute of this state relating to conservation of oil and gas, or any of the provisions of this Chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order made hereunder, except after due notice to the secretary, and to all other defendants, and after a hearing. It shall be clearly shown to the court that the act done or threatened is without sanction of law, or that the provisions of this Chapter, or the rule, regulation, or order complained of, is invalid, and that, if enforced against the complaining party, will cause an irreparable injury. The nature and extent of the probable invalidity of the law, or provision of this Chapter, or of any rule, regulation, or order thereunder involved in the suit, shall be recited in the order or decree granting the temporary relief, as well as a clear statement of the probable damage relied upon by the court as justifying temporary injunctive relief.

B. No temporary injunction against the secretary, or the department, or its agents, employees, or representatives, or the attorney general, shall become effective until the plaintiff shall execute a bond in an amount and upon such conditions as the court directs.

Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:139 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 139
Validation of agreements
Status: in_force

All agreements of the character contemplated by R.S. 30:137 which have heretofore been entered into by the State Mineral and Energy Board are hereby ratified, confirmed, and validated; however, such agreements may be modified or amended in accordance with the terms of R.S. 30:137 through 141.

Acts 1963, No. 13, §3; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2241 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2241
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. The terms used in this Chapter shall be defined as provided in R.S. 30:2004 and R.S. 30:2173, with R.S. 30:2173 governing in any case of conflict between them, unless another definition is specifically provided or a definition is specifically modified herein.

B. For the purposes of this Chapter the following terms shall be defined as follows:

(1) "Accurate and complete manifest records" means records that conform to the requirements of the Department of Environmental Quality or its predecessors for the reporting of generation, handling, or disposing of hazardous waste in effect at the time the records were created.

(2) "Contributor's list" means that list prepared by the Department of Environmental Quality indicating known and ongoing generators and disposers of hazardous wastes.

(3) "Contribution report" is the report prepared by a generator or disposer under the provisions of this Chapter that calculates the estimate of dry weight tons of hazardous waste, for which the generator or disposer is responsible under this Chapter, disposed in such manner as to incur tax liability under this Chapter.

(4) "Dispose" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, or placing of any hazardous waste into or on any land or into water so that any of the hazardous waste so disposed becomes part of the surrounding or underlying land.

(5) "Disposer" means any person who disposes or who receives for disposal the hazardous waste of a generator.

(6) "Dry weight ton" means a ton of hazardous waste excluding the weight of the water and for underground injection shall include no more than one percent of the inorganic solids contained in the hazardous waste.

(7) "Generator of hazardous waste" means any person whose act or process produces hazardous waste or whose act first causes a hazardous waste to become subject to regulation by the department.

(8) "Hazardous waste" means a substance identified and listed as a hazardous waste in the Louisiana Hazardous Waste Regulations of the Department of Environmental Quality in effect on the effective date of this Chapter; except that the term "hazardous waste" shall not include special waste as defined in this Chapter.

(9) "Special waste" means and includes the following:

(a) Spent bauxite (red mud) resulting from production of alumina.

(b) Byproduct gypsum and related wastes resulting from the production of phosphoric acid, phosphate fertilizers, and hydrofluoric acid.

(c) Coal residue (bottom ash and slag, fly ash, and flue-gas emission control waste) after use as a boiler fuel.

(d) Cement kiln dust.

(e) Industrial waste water in a NPDES treatment train when that train includes ponds, impoundments, or similar facilities.

(10) "Tax" means the amount of tax due under this Chapter, and any amount of interest due under this Chapter, unless the intention to give it a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context.

(11) "Taxpayer" means any person liable to pay any tax or file any return under this Chapter, regardless of whether such person has paid any tax or filed the required return.

Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 27, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:601 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 601
Services, records, information from other agencies
Status: in_force

In carrying out the purposes of this Part, the commissioner shall, so far as practicable, avail himself of the services, records, reports, and information of the executive departments and other agencies of the government, and the governor may, from time to time, direct that such services and facilities be made available to the commissioner.

Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:43 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 43
Discrimination by purchaser
Status: in_force

No common purchaser shall discriminate between like grades and pressures of natural gas, or in favor of its own production or of production in which he may be directly or indirectly interested, either in whole or in part, but for the purpose of pro-rating the natural gas to be marketed, this production shall be treated in like manner as that of any other producer or person, and shall be taken only in the ratable proportion this production bears to the total production available for marketing.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2343 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2343
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter:

(1) "Abatement" means maintenance and repair, encapsulation, enclosure, or removal of friable asbestos-containing materials in school buildings.

(2) "Asbestos" means the asbestiform varieties of: chyrsotile (serpentine); crocidolite (riebeckite); amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite); anthophyllite; tremolite; and actinolite.

(3) "Asbestos-containing material" means any material which contains more than one percent asbestos by weight.

(4) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality.

(5) "Encapsulation" means coating, binding, or resurfacing asbestos-containing materials with a sealant to prevent the release of asbestos fibers.

(6) "Friable material" means any material applied onto ceilings, walls, structural members, piping, ductwork, or any other part of a building structure which, when dry, may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

(7) "Enclosure" means the erection of airtight and impact-resistant barriers to prevent the release of asbestos fibers into the air circulating in a building.

(8) "Removal" means the removal or stripping of friable asbestos-containing materials in a building.

(9) "Repair" means patching or other work on asbestos-containing materials to eliminate damaged conditions that make fiber release more likely.

(10) "School" means any public or private day or residential school that provides elementary, secondary, college, or post graduate education as determined under state law, or any school of any agency of the United States.

(11) "School building" means:

(a) Structures used for instruction, including classrooms, laboratories, libraries, research facilities, and administrative facilities.

(b) School eating facilities and kitchens.

(c) Gymnasiums or other facilities used for athletic or recreational activities, or for courses in physical education.

(d) Dormitories or other living areas or residential schools.

(e) Maintenance, storage, or utility facilities essential to the operation of the facilities described in this Paragraph.

Acts 1985, No. 394, §1, eff. July 10, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2050.28 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2050.28
Applicability of the Administrative Procedure Act
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Chapter are supplementary to those of the Administrative Procedure Act and are applicable specifically to the subject matter of agency proceedings within the department and judicial review by appeal of those agency proceedings. In the event of conflict between the provisions of this Chapter and those of the Administrative Procedure Act or other laws, the provisions of this Chapter shall prevail. If this Chapter does not expressly or impliedly provide for a particular situation, the Administrative Procedure Act or other laws are applicable.

Acts 1995, No. 947, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:705 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 705
Violation; civil and criminal penalties
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any person who shall be determined by the secretary, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to have violated any provision of this Part or any final rule, final regulation promulgated or order issued under this Part shall be liable to the department for a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each violation for each day that the violation persists except that the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for any related series of violations.

(2) The amount of the penalty shall be assessed by the secretary by written notice.

(3) In determining the amount of the penalty, the secretary shall consider the nature, circumstances, and gravity of the violation; and, with respect to the person found to have committed the violation, the degree of culpability, any history of prior violations, the effect on ability to continue to do business, any good faith in attempting to achieve compliance, ability to pay the penalty, and such other matters as justice may require.

B. The legal counsel employed or retained by the secretary may recover the assessed civil penalty by bringing action against the person so assessed in the court having jurisdiction. The secretary may compromise the civil penalty.

C. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates this Part or any rule, regulation, or order issued under this Part shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and, upon conviction, shall be subject for each offense to a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

Acts 1987, No. 794, §1; Acts 1990, No. 599, §1, eff. July 19, 1990; Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2108 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2108
Impounding of materials by the department
Status: in_force

In the event of emergency, the department may impound or order the impounding of any sources of radiation in the possession of any person who is not equipped to comply with or fails to comply with the provisions of this Chapter or any rules or regulations issued hereunder.

Acts 1979, No. 449, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1999, No. 303, §1, eff. June 14, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:2133 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 2133
Disposal rates at compact regional facilities; approval by secretary
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the provisions of Article III, Section c. of the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, the secretary is authorized to approve fair and reasonable rates to be charged any user by the operator of any Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact regional facility located within Louisiana. Such approval shall be based upon criteria established by the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission. The secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations, consistent with the provisions of said Article III, Section c. of the compact, establishing procedures for approving such rates and setting criteria by which proposed rates shall be judged fair and reasonable. No operator of such a regional facility shall charge or alter such rates without the prior approval of the secretary.

Acts 1983, No. 97, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:575.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 575.1
Deliveries not to be reduced more than ten per cent
Status: in_force

Any other provisions of this Chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, no daily allocation, curtailment or priority of intrastate natural gas shall result in a reduction of more than ten per cent of the maximum daily quantity of intrastate natural gas contracted to be delivered to a purchaser under any contract existing on the effective date of this Chapter, or to natural gas not in excess of 25,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day owned by a person at or near the field where produced and transported by said person through his own pipe line for his own consumption not in excess of 25,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day. This exception shall not apply to contracts for the purchase of gas hereafter executed. The price to be charged by the intrastate natural gas transporter to any person receiving reallocated natural gas shall be the arithmetic average of the price of intrastate natural gas delivered or deliverable pursuant to contracts entered into in the state of Louisiana within ninety days prior to such reallocation, and in the event that no such contract has been executed during that period, then the price shall be based upon similar contracts entered into within one hundred eighty days prior to such reallocation, but in no event shall such price be less than the price stipulated in such contract. Such allocation made pursuant to this Section shall be redistributed and only to those persons purchasing intrastate natural gas for use within priorities one through five as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (e) inclusive of Subsection (1) of R.S. 30:572.

Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 30:148.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 30 / Section 148.5
Submission and opening of bids; execution of leases
Status: in_force

A. Sealed bids shall be mailed or delivered to the lessor at the time and place designated in the advertisement and shall be held confidential by the lessor.

B. On the date and at the time and place advertised, the bids shall be publicly opened by the lessor. The lessor may accept the bid or bids submitted that are determined to be the most advantageous to the lessor and may execute any lease granted under such terms and conditions as it may deem proper in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart. The lessor, however, shall have the right to reject all bids in its sole discretion. All leases signed by the lessor or by the lessor's duly authorized representative shall be executed in as many copies as may be necessary to meet the following requirements: one copy shall be furnished to the lessee; one copy shall be furnished to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; one copy shall be recorded in the conveyance records of the parish or parishes wherein the land or water bodies lie; and one copy shall be retained in the records of the lessor.

Acts 1995, No. 88, §1, eff. June 12, 1995; Acts 2008, No. 315, §1.