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LA Rev Stat § 30:656 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§656. Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.

RS 656 - Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:657 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§657. Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.

RS 657 - Repealed by Acts 1997, Nos. 181, §1 and 1116, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:681 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§681. Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 482, §2 eff. July 13, 1977

RS 681 - Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 482, §2 eff. July 13, 1977
LA Rev Stat § 30:681.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§681.1. Legislative findings

RS 681.1 - Legislative findings The Legislature of Louisiana hereby finds that: (1) The state of Louisiana and the nation are rapidly depleting their reserves of oil and natural gas upon which the United States as a whole is heavily dependent for its energy requirements.  (2) States and the federal government are beginning to study the feasibility of alternative energy supplies to supplement the declining oil and gas reserves.  (3) Preliminary studies by professional staffs at Louisiana universities and by private firms within the state indicate that Louisiana may have within its borders uniquely large reservoirs of superheated, highly pressurized water which may also be saturated with natural gas in solution. (4) These reservoirs can be a potential source of commercial quantities of energy in the form of steam, hot water, and natural gas.  (5) Professional staffs at Louisiana State University have obtained a small grant from the federal Energy Research and Development Administration to begin studies to determine the location of commercial size reservoirs by utilizing the services of state geologists in the State Department of Conservation to examine and chart the massive numbers of well logs available.  (6) Parallel research efforts should be instituted simultaneously with the above mentioned study to tap known reservoirs to determine pressures, temperatures, and extent of gas saturation as well as numerous other scientific experiments necessary to provide an adequate basis from which to draw conclusions.  (7) Additionally, this potential energy resource opens a new area of legal consequences which must be examined and a determination made of the ramifications and effects of the development of this resource on private and public rights.  (8) By Act 16 of the 1973 Extraordinary Session,1 the Louisiana Legislature created the Louisiana Energy Commission and included in its duties the authorization to undertake or contract for studies and research regarding alternate fuel resources for the state; that the commissioner of conservation, by Act 16, is authorized to prepare all necessary studies on the sources of energy available to Louisiana and to conduct appropriate research in connection therewith; and that the State Department of Conservation is staffed and administratively capable of exercising this authority.  (9) This Act is intended to provide the framework and guidelines for the state, through the State Department of Conservation, to begin a concerted effort to exploit this potential geothermal and geopressure energy resource.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 735, §1. 1R.S. 30:681.
LA Rev Stat § 30:681.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§681.2. Definitions

RS 681.2 - Definitions For the purpose of this Subpart: (1) "Geothermal resources" means: (a) all products of geothermal processes, embracing indigenous steam, hot water, and hot brines; (b) steam and other gases, hot water, and hot brines resulting from water, gas, or other fluids artificially introduced into geothermal formations; (c) heat, dissolved natural gas, or other associated energy found in geothermal formations; and (d) any byproduct derived from them.  (2) the term "department" means the State Department of Conservation of the state of Louisiana; and (3) the term "commissioner" means the commissioner of conservation.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 735, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:681.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§681.3. State Department of Conservation; powers, duties

RS 681.3 - State Department of Conservation; powers, duties A. The State Department of Conservation shall be responsible for the effective management and coordination of a state geothermal and geopressure energy research and development program.  B. Such program shall include: (1) the determination and evaluation of the resource base; (2) research and development with respect to exploration, extraction, and utilization technologies, which shall include research toward development of reliable predictive methods and control techniques for the production of geothermal and geopressure resources from reservoirs or aquifers; (3) determination of the environmental ramifications of the production of this energy resource; and (4) examination of the legal, social, and economic consequences of development of this resource for the purpose of developing policy and providing a framework of policy alternatives for the commercial utilization of this resource.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 735, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:681.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§681.4. Participation by state, federal and private agencies; funds

RS 681.4 - Participation by state, federal and private agencies; funds A. The department is authorized to utilize the expertise, knowledge, equipment, and personnel available from other state agencies, from the federal government, or from the private sector in carrying out its responsibilities under this Subpart, either from a voluntary standpoint or under contract from funds made available therefor, and to that extent the commissioner is authorized to enter into contracts for services to be provided in connection with the goals of this program.  B. In addition to funds made available by the legislature the department is authorized to accept gifts, grants, and donations from whatever source available.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 735, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:681.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§681.5. Reports to legislature

RS 681.5 - Reports to legislature The department shall maintain accurate records of the progress of this program and shall make annual reports to the governor and the Joint Legislative Committee on Natural Resources as to such progress, discoveries, and needed legislation.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 735, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:691 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§691. Liquefied petroleum gas; defined

RS 691 - Liquefied petroleum gas; defined "Intrastate liquefied petroleum gas" is defined as those gases derived from petroleum or natural gas which are in a gaseous state at normal temperature and pressure and those maintained in the liquid state at normal atmospheric temperature by means of suitable pressure, exclusive of anhydrous ammonia, when such gas is produced, transported and utilized wholly within the state of Louisiana where the transportation thereof is exempt from federal regulation.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:692 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§692. Application of Chapter

RS 692 - Application of Chapter Except as may otherwise specifically be provided in the constitution of this state, the provisions of this Chapter, including the powers, duties and functions of the commissioner and the Louisiana Energy Commission, shall apply to intrastate liquefied petroleum gas.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:701 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§701. Short title

RS 701 - Short title This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Law".  Acts 1987, No. 794, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:702 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§702. Definitions

RS 702 - Definitions As used in this Part, the following words and phrases have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them: (1) "Assistant secretary" means the assistant secretary of the office of conservation of the Department of Natural Resources.  (2) "Hazardous liquid" means: (a) Petroleum or any petroleum product, except as specifically excluded in this Paragraph, and (b) Any substance or material which is in liquid state, excluding liquefied natural gas and hydro-carbons incidental thereto, when transported by pipeline facilities and which, as determined by the assistant secretary by rule or regulation in accordance with R.S. 49:950 et seq., may pose an unreasonable risk to life or property when transported by pipeline facilities. (3) "Intrastate pipeline facility" means pipeline facilities situated wholly within the boundaries of this state and which are used in the transportation of hazardous liquids in intrastate commerce.  (4) "Person" means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, any political subdivision of this state, municipality, cooperative association, or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative thereof.  (5) "Pipeline facility" means and shall include, without limitation, new and existing pipe, right of way, and any equipment, facility, or building used or intended for use in the transportation of hazardous liquids; but, rights of way as used in this Chapter does not authorize the assistant secretary to prescribe the location or the routing of any pipeline facility.  (6) "Transportation of hazardous liquids" means the movement of hazardous liquids by pipeline, or their storage incidental to such movement, in or affecting intrastate commerce; however, it shall not include any such movement through gathering lines in rural locations, onshore production, refining, or manufacturing facilities, or storage or in-plant piping systems associated with any of such facilities.  Acts 1987, No. 794, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:703 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§703. Regulatory designation

RS 703 - Regulatory designation  A. The assistant 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 assistant 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 assistant 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 office of conservation, has regulatory jurisdiction over the safety standards and practice of intrastate pipeline facilities and the transportation of hazardous liquids associated with those facilities. The assistant 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.
LA Rev Stat § 30:704 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§704. Administration and enforcement

RS 704 - Administration and enforcement A. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, the provisions of R.S. 30:6, 30:8, 30:13, 30:15 and 30:21 shall apply to the administration and enforcement of this Part.  B. The assistant secretary may employ such officers, agents, employees, and professional personnel, including legal counsel, as he deems necessary for the performance of his powers and duties and prescribe the powers and duties and fix the compensation of such officers, employees, and professional personnel.  C. The legal counsel employed or retained by the assistant secretary, when authorized by the assistant secretary, shall be entitled to represent the state and the assistant secretary and to appear in the courts and before agencies of this state, the United States, and other states in order to carry out the purposes of this Part.  D. Whenever it appears to the assistant secretary that any person has engaged, is engaged, or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of this Part or of any regulation, rule, or order issued hereunder, the assistant secretary may bring an action in the court having jurisdiction, to enjoin such acts or practices and to enforce compliance with this Part or any rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder. Upon a proper showing a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction shall be granted without bond. The relief sought may include a mandatory injunction commanding any person to comply with this Part or any such regulation, rule, or order issued hereunder, and to make restitution of money received in violation of any such regulation, rule, or order. The assistant secretary may transmit such evidence as may be available concerning such acts or practice or concerning apparent violations to the district attorney having jurisdiction over same who, in his discretion, may institute appropriate criminal proceedings.  E. Upon application by any person engaged in the transportation of hazardous liquids or the operation of intrastate pipeline facilities, the assistant secretary shall, by order, after notice and opportunity for hearing and under such terms and conditions and to such extent as the assistant secretary may deem reasonable and proper, waive in whole or in part compliance with any standard established under this Part, if he determines that compliance with such standard works a substantial hardship on an owner or operator of pipeline facilities or is not in the public interest and a waiver of compliance with such standard is not inconsistent with pipeline safety, provided that such waiver shall not be effective until the requirements of 49 U.S.C.A. Section 2001 et seq. relative to such a waiver have first been satisfied.  Acts 1987, No. 794, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:705 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§705. Violation; penalties, civil and criminal

RS 705 - Violation; penalties, civil and criminal A.(1) Any person who shall be determined by the assistant 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 office of conservation 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 assistant secretary by written notice.  (3) In determining the amount of the penalty, the assistant 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 assistant secretary may recover the assessed civil penalty by bringing action against the person so assessed in the court having jurisdiction. The assistant 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.
LA Rev Stat § 30:706 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§706. Fees

RS 706 - Fees  In order to implement this Part, every person engaged in the transportation of hazardous liquids or who owns or operates intrastate pipeline facilities for the transportation of hazardous liquids shall be assessed an annual fee which shall not exceed forty-four dollars and eighty cents for each mile or fraction thereof of pipeline operated or eight hundred dollars per pipeline facility, whichever is greater. The commissioner shall annually review the fee amount and may revise it not to exceed forty-four dollars and eighty cents per mile in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. All fees collected by the commissioner shall be reasonably related to the services provided and shall be used by the office of conservation solely for the purposes of that program.  Acts 1987, No. 794, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 86, §1; Acts 2003, No. 711, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 222, §1; Acts 2016, No. 435, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:707 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§707. Collection of fees

RS 707 - Collection of fees  A. The annual fees imposed by R.S. 30:706 shall be paid to the office of conservation no later than January fifteenth of each year on forms to be prescribed by the commissioner of conservation. If any person fails to pay the fees imposed by this Part, the commissioner of conservation 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. NOTE: Subsection B eff. until July 1, 2022. See Acts 2021, No. 114.   B. All money received or collected by the commissioner of conservation 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 Fund. NOTE: Subsection B as amended by Acts 2021, No. 114, eff. July 1, 2022.   B. All money received or collected by the commissioner of conservation 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.
LA Rev Stat § 30:721 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§721. Definitions

RS 721 - Definitions "Coal or lignite slurry transportation" is defined as the transportation through a pipeline in the state of Louisiana of coal, lignite or any mixture of substances which includes coal or lignite, in any form.  Added by Acts 1977, No. 561, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:722 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§722. Application

RS 722 - Application A. Except as may otherwise be specifically provided by the constitution of this state, the provisions of Parts I, II and III of this Chapter, including the powers, duties and functions of the assistant secretary, shall apply to coal or lignite slurry transportation.  B. The assistant secretary shall promulgate regulations governing the licensing and operation of slurry pipelines in this state and shall implement procedures necessary for the orderly and efficient administration of this Part, including assessment of reasonable fees to cover the costs of administration. Added by Acts 1977, No. 561, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:724 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§724. Number of pipelines

RS 724 - Number of pipelines Unless otherwise specified in the original right of way agreement, only one pipeline shall be located on the right of way. Additional pipelines may be located thereon only with the written permission of the landowner. Added by Acts 1977, No. 561, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:731 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§731. Definitions

RS 731 - Definitions As used in this Part, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them: (1) "Assistant secretary" means the assistant secretary of the office of conservation of the Department of Natural Resources.  (2) "Compressed natural gas" means natural gas designated for vehicular use that is under pressures exceeding twenty-four hundred pounds per square inch.  (3) "Compression and conversion equipment" means all equipment used in the compression, storage, transmission, and decompression of natural gas for the purpose of powering motor vehicles.  Acts 1990, No. 927, §1.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1990, NO. 927, §3.}}
LA Rev Stat § 30:732 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§732. Regulation of compressed natural gas

RS 732 - Regulation of compressed natural gas The assistant secretary shall have the authority to regulate all activities related to the safety of compressed natural gas and shall establish by regulation minimum safety standards for compressed natural gas compression and conversion equipment including the installation and operation of such equipment. For vehicles equipped for and capable of using liquefied petroleum gas, each vehicle shall first be inspected for safety of operation by an inspector of the Louisiana Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission.  Acts 1990, No. 927, §1.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1990, NO. 927, §3.}}
LA Rev Stat § 30:800 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§800. Policy

RS 800 - Policy It is declared to be the policy of Louisiana that: (1) The rapid and orderly development of geothermal resources within the state of Louisiana is in the interest of the people of the state of Louisiana; (2) In developing the state's geothermal resources, the primary purpose is to provide a dependable supply of electrical energy and process heat at reasonable rates for the people of the state of Louisiana; (3) Maximum possible consideration shall be afforded to protection of the environment and to conservation of natural resources by all agencies and officials of the state of Louisiana involved in prescribing rules and regulations governing the development, production and distribution of geothermal energy in Louisiana.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 784, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 134, §1.