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49:953 Procedure for adoption of rules
B. (1)(a) If an agency finds that an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare requires adoption of a rule upon shorter notice than that provided in Subsection A of this Section and within five days of adoption states in writing to the governor of the state of Louisiana, the attorney general of Louisiana, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president of the Senate, and the Office of the State Register, its reasons for that finding, it may proceed without prior notice or hearing or upon any abbreviated notice and hearing that it finds practicable, to adopt an emergency rule. The provisions of this Paragraph also shall apply to the extent necessary to avoid sanctions or penalties from the United States, or to avoid a budget deficit in the case of medical assistance programs or to secure new or enhanced federal funding in medical assistance programs. The agency statement of its reason for finding it necessary to adopt an emergency rule shall include specific reasons why the failure to adopt the rule on an emergency basis would result in imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare, or specific reasons why the emergency rule meets other criteria provided in this Paragraph for adoption of an emergency rule.
C. An interested person may petition an agency requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule. Each agency shall prescribe by rule the form for petitions and the procedure for their submission, considerations, and disposition. Within ninety days after submission of a petition, the agency shall either deny the petition in writing, stating reasons for the denial, or shall initiate rule making proceedings in accordance with this Chapter.
D. When a rule is adopted, amended, or repealed in compliance with federal regulations, the adopting agency’s notice of intent and the actual text of the rule as published in the Louisiana Register, must be accompanied by a citation of the Federal Register issue in which the determining federal regulation is published, such citation to be by volume, number, date, and page number.
F. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, if the Department of Environmental Quality proposes a rule that is not identical to a federal law or regulation or is not required for compliance with a federal law or regulation, the Department of Environmental Quality shall adopt and promulgate such proposed rule separately from any proposed rule or set of proposed rules that is identical to a federal law or regulation or required for compliance with a federal law or regulation. However, if the only difference between the proposed rule or set of proposed rules and the corresponding federal law or regulation is a proposed fee, the Department of Environmental Quality shall not be required to adopt and promulgate such proposed rule or set of proposed rules separately. For purposes of this Subsection, the term “identical” shall mean that the proposed rule has the same content and meaning as the corresponding federal law or regulation.
(2) When the Department of Environmental Quality proposes a rule that is not identical to a corresponding federal law or regulation, or is not required for compliance with a federal law or regulation, the Department of Environmental Quality shall provide a brief summary which explains the basis and rationale for the proposed rule, identifies the data and evidence, if any, upon which the rule is based, and identifies any portions of the proposed rule that differ from federal law or regulation if there is a federal law or regulation which is not identical but which corresponds substantially to the proposed rule. Such summary shall be provided along with the notice of intent and shall be published in the Louisiana Register or made available along with the proposed rule as provided in Item A(1)(b)(ii) of this section. The Department of Environmental Quality may also provide such a summary when proposing a rule identical to a corresponding federal law or regulation or proposing a rule which is required for compliance with federal law or regulation to explain the basis and rationale for the proposed rule.
G. (1) Prior to or concurrent with publishing notice of any proposed policy, standard, or regulation pursuant to Subsection A of this Section and prior to promulgating any policy, standard, or final regulation whether pursuant to R.S. 49:954 or otherwise under the authority of the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act, R.S. 30:2001 et seq., the Department of Environmental Quality, after August 15, 1995, shall publish a report, or a summary of the report, in the Louisiana Register which includes:
(4) For purposes of this Subsection, the term “identical” shall mean that the proposed rule has the same content and meaning as the corresponding federal law or regulation.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 382, § 3, eff. July 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 284, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Acts 1975, No. 730, § 1; Acts 1976, No. 279, § 1; Acts 1978, No. 252, § 1; Acts 1980, No. 392, § 1; Acts 1983, No. 713, § 1; Acts 1984, No. 953, § 1; Acts 1985, No. 371, § 1, eff. July 9, 1985; Acts 1986, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 11, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1987, No. 853, § 1; Acts 1990, No. 1063, § 1; Acts 1990, No. 1085, § 1, eff. July 31, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 104, § 1, eff. June 30, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 119, § 1; Acts 1993, No. 274, § 1; Acts 1993, No. 386, § 1; Acts 1995, No. 512, § 1; Acts 1995, No. 642, § 1; Acts 1995, No. 1057, § 1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1996, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 36, § 3, eff. May 7, 1996; Acts 1999, No. 1183, § 1; Acts 2008, No. 580, § 6; Acts 2010, No. 777, § 1; Acts 2012, No. 781, § 1, eff. June 13, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 854, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, No. 220, § 23, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 791, § 18.