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LA Rev Stat § 30:2203 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2203. Remediation; evidence; prohibitions

RS 2203 - Remediation; evidence; prohibitions 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 § 30:2204.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2204.1. Limitations on responsibility of landowners for removal of hazardous waste

RS 2204.1 - Limitations on responsibility of landowners for removal of hazardous waste No landowner shall be held responsible, by an order of the secretary or the courts, for removal or the cost of removal of hazardous waste which has been disposed of on his land by the act of a third party without his knowledge or reasonable belief thereof or consent or by a fortuitous event. The burden of proof by clear and convincing evidence shall rest with the landowner. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any landowner engaged in the production, transportation, or disposal of solid or liquid waste with regard to the involvement of any specific property in any such operation. Acts 1993, No. 930, §1, eff. June 25, 1993.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2206 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2206. Contracting for hazardous waste site cleanup

RS 2206 - Contracting for hazardous waste site cleanup  A. Whenever a hazardous waste site must be permanently closed, isolated, cleaned up, or otherwise rendered safe and there is no responsible party other than the state to perform the work, the secretary, in the name and on behalf of the state, may enter into contracts with a responsible person or corporation to provide the necessary services and materials. Contracting for such cleanup shall be based on priorities to be determined by the department. Any party to such an agreement must be licensed according to law before negotiating or entering into such a contract. B. If the secretary cannot reach an agreement for the contract with a party to perform the work without inclusion within the contract of a hold-harmless clause, the secretary is hereby authorized to include such a clause, which shall be binding upon the state of Louisiana. The hold-harmless clause may obligate the state to hold harmless the party performing the work for property damages and personal injuries arising from the performance of the contract although the party may be found to be negligent in the performance of the contract. However, this agreement to hold the contractor harmless may only cover acts of ordinary negligence and shall not cover damages resulting from intentional acts or acts of gross negligence. C. Contracts pursuant to this Section shall be negotiated informally by the secretary and shall not be subject to any other requirements of law for entering into public contracts. Prior to the execution of such contract it shall be reviewed by the secretary of the department and the commissioner of the Division of Administration. Acts 1983, No. 97, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 1984. Acts 1986, No. 319, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2195.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2195.5. Audits

RS 2195.5 - Audits NOTE: §2195.5 eff. until July 1, 2022. See Acts 2021, No. 114.  An annual independent audit of the Tank Trust Fund shall be conducted. Such funds as are necessary to perform the audit shall be authorized from the Tank Trust Fund. The secretary shall authorize funding from the Environmental Trust Account, R.S. 30:2015, for the purpose of auditing bulk operators regarding the remittance of motor fuel delivery fees. NOTE: §2195.5 as amended by Acts 2021, No. 114, eff. July 1, 2022.  An annual independent audit of the Tank Trust Account shall be conducted. Such funds as are necessary to perform the audit shall be authorized from the Tank Trust Account. The secretary shall authorize funding from the Environmental Trust Account, R.S. 30:2015, for the purpose of auditing bulk operators regarding the remittance of motor fuel delivery fees.  Acts 1988, No. 767, §2, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1995, No. 336, §1, eff. June 16, 1995; Acts 2018, No. 612, §9, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 404, §1, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2195.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2195.6. Ownership of Tank Trust Fund

RS 2195.6 - Ownership of Tank Trust Fund  The Tank Trust Fund shall be used only for the purposes set forth in R.S. 30:2194 through 2195.11 and for no other governmental purposes, nor shall any portion thereof ever be available to borrow from by any branch of government; it being the intent of the legislature that this trust and its increments shall remain intact and inviolate. Any interest or earnings of the trust shall be credited only to the Tank Trust Fund. NOTE: §2195.6 as amended by Acts 2021, No. 114, eff. July 1, 2022. RS 2195.6 - Ownership of Tank Trust Account  The Tank Trust Account shall be used only for the purposes set forth in R.S. 30:2194 through 2195.11 and for no other governmental purposes, nor shall any portion thereof ever be available to borrow from by any branch of government; it being the intent of the legislature that this trust and its increments shall remain intact and inviolate. Any interest or earnings of the trust shall be credited only to the Tank Trust Account.  Acts 1988, No. 767, §2, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1995, No. 336, §1, eff. June 16, 1995; Acts 2004, No. 692, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2195.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2195.7. No inference of liability on the part of the state

RS 2195.7 - No inference of liability on the part of the state NOTE: §2195.7 eff. until July 1, 2022. See Acts 2021, No. 114.  Nothing in R.S. 30:2194 through 2195.11 shall establish or create any liability or responsibility on the part of the department or the state of Louisiana to pay any cleanup cost or third-party claims from any source other than the Tank Trust Fund created by R.S. 30:2195, nor shall the department or the state of Louisiana have any liability or responsibility to make any payments for cleanup costs or third-party claims if the Tank Trust Fund created herein is insufficient to do so. NOTE: §2195.7 as amended by Acts 2021, No. 114, eff. July 1, 2022.  Nothing in R.S. 30:2194 through 2195.11 shall establish or create any liability or responsibility on the part of the department or the state of Louisiana to pay any cleanup cost or third-party claims from any source other than the Tank Trust Account created by R.S. 30:2195, nor shall the department or the state of Louisiana have any liability or responsibility to make any payments for cleanup costs or third-party claims if the Tank Trust Account created herein is insufficient to do so.  Acts 1988, No. 767, §2, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1995, No. 336, §1, eff. June 16, 1995; Acts 2004, No. 692, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2195.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2195.11. Voluntary cleanup; private contracts; exemptions

RS 2195.11 - Voluntary cleanup; private contracts; exemptions Nothing in R.S. 30:2194 through this Section shall be deemed to prohibit a person from conducting site rehabilitation and remediation through approved response action contractors. Voluntary rehabilitation of contaminated sites shall be encouraged by the department provided that such rehabilitation and remediation is conducted in a manner and to a level of completion which will protect the public health, safety, and welfare and will minimize damage to the environment. To accomplish this purpose, the department shall promulgate rules and regulations for the approval and compensation of response action contractors. Response action contracts shall not be construed as state contracts, and said contracts shall be exempt from the public bid laws as provided in R.S. 30:2031. Acts 2004, No. 692, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2221 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2221. Citation

RS 2221 - Citation  This Chapter, consisting of Sections 2221 through 2226 of Title 30, may be cited as the "Louisiana Inactive and Abandoned Hazardous Waste Site Law."  Added by Acts 1983, No. 547, §2, eff. July 14, 1983.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2222 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2222. Policy and purpose; duties

RS 2222 - Policy and purpose; duties A. The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Hazardous wastes in inactive or abandoned pits, ponds, lagoons, landfills, or other pollution sources pose a present and future hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare. (2) State laws and regulations must comprehensively address those situations where the state must direct or participate in the clean-up, closure, or post-closure of inactive and abandoned hazardous waste sites through the exercise of its police powers and the expenditure of public monies or both. B. In order to eliminate the hazards associated with inactive and abandoned hazardous waste sites, it is in the public interest and within the police power of this state to establish an inactive and abandoned hazardous waste site program and to establish a Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Fund to provide for the control, prevention, abatement, and cleanup of inactive and abandoned hazardous waste sites through administrative or legal action and expenditures from the Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Fund and to provide for the recovery of all monies so expended therefrom. C. The secretary shall assign the duties, responsibilities, and authority provided for by this Chapter as appropriate within the department. Acts 1983, No. 547, §2, eff. July 14, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 232, §1, eff. June 26, 1989; Acts 1999, No. 303, §1, eff. June 14, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2223 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2223. Definitions

RS 2223 - Definitions As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context or use clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Hazardous wastes" or "wastes" means those elements or compounds defined or identified as hazardous wastes pursuant to the Louisiana Hazardous Waste Control Law, La. R.S. 30:2171 et seq., and regulations thereunder. (2) "Waste site" means a landfill, pit, pond, lagoon, or other pollution source that contains hazardous wastes, including such surrounding property necessary to contain and impound the site and to secure or quarantine the area from access by the general public. (3) "Office" means the office or offices within the Department of Environmental Quality to which the secretary has assigned the duties, responsibilities, and authority provided for by this Chapter. (4) "Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Fund" means the fund established by Act 194 of 1980 as provided for in R.S. 30:2205. Acts 1983, No. 547, §2, eff. July 14, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 232, §1, eff. June 26, 1989; Acts 1999, No. 303, §1, eff. June 14, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2224 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2224. Contingency plans; agency coordination

RS 2224 - Contingency plans; agency coordination A. In administering this Chapter, the department shall: (1) Develop contingency plans and adopt guidelines for the containment, closure, and post-closure maintenance of inactive and abandoned hazardous waste sites; and (2) Develop and periodically revise cooperative agreements with the state Departments of Wildlife and Fisheries, Public Safety and Corrections, the Military Department, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Coast Guard, and all other appropriate local, state, and federal agencies, whereby personnel, equipment, and materials in possession or under control of these departments and agencies may be diverted and utilized to address inactive or abandoned hazardous waste sites under the following, nonexclusive conditions: (a) Personnel, equipment, and materials may be diverted only with the approval of the heads of the respective state departments and agencies, or their designated representative, or by order of the governor; (b) All expenses and costs of use or acquisition of equipment and materials and their replacement, costs of sampling and testing, or other expenses that result directly from responding to an inactive or abandoned hazardous waste site, shall be paid by responsible persons or from the Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Fund; and (c) Subsequent to activities in response to waste sites, a full report of all expenditures and significant actions shall be prepared and submitted to the governor and secretary by the heads of all state agencies and departments involved in the activities. B. The secretary or his representative shall coordinate the state response to a waste site with any on-scene coordinator designated by federal law. Nothing in this Chapter, however, shall prevent the department from responding independently to an inactive or abandoned waste site where no on-scene coordinator is present or no action is being taken by the federal government. In all appropriate cases the secretary shall seek reimbursement from the designated agencies of the federal government for all costs incurred in addressing inactive or abandoned hazardous waste sites including but not limited to costs of personnel, equipment, use of equipment, and supplies. C. The secretary or his representative shall be the state contact and coordinator for all negotiations and site responses under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. Added by Acts 1983, No. 547, §2, eff. July 14, 1983; Acts 1999, No. 193, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 303, §1, eff. June 14, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2242 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2242. Imposition

RS 2242 - Imposition  There is hereby levied a one time tax upon the hazardous waste content, as of July 1, 1984, of land in Louisiana, as determined in this Chapter.  Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 27, 1984. Acts 1984, No. 108, §1, eff. June 15, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2243 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2243. Rate

RS 2243 - Rate  The one time tax levied in this Chapter shall be levied upon the hazardous waste content of land in Louisiana at the rate of two dollars a dry weight ton of hazardous waste content. The one time tax shall be determined and shall be due at the time and in the manner provided in this Chapter.  Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 27, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2244 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2244. Tax collectible from disposers and generators

RS 2244 - Tax collectible from disposers and generators  The one time tax levied in this Chapter shall be collectible from and shall be paid by the generators or disposers who have contributed to the hazardous waste content of land in Louisiana to the extent of their contribution to such hazardous waste content as determined in this Chapter.  Acts 1984, 1st. Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 27, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2246 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2246. Failure to file contribution report timely; false reports

RS 2246 - Failure to file contribution report timely; false reports  A. Unless an extension is granted in writing by the secretary as provided for in R.S. 30:2247, contribution reports are due from all disposers and generators for hazardous waste in Louisiana by October 1, 1984. B. Upon the failure of a disposer or generator to file the contribution report by October 1, 1984, or upon the timely filing of an incorrect report with the circumstances indicating negligence or intentional disregard of the requirements of this Chapter or the requirements and rules and regulations of the secretary in preparing the incorrect report, the secretary shall:  (1) Make an estimate from the best sources available to the secretary of the dry weight tons of hazardous waste generated or disposed in Louisiana by the disposer or generator or their predecessors at the same site, which estimate shall be deemed to be the extent of the disposer's or generator's contribution to the hazardous waste content of the land in Louisiana; provided that no adjustments provided in R.S. 30:2248 shall be allowed to any estimate made under this Subsection. (2) Add a penalty of twenty-five percent of the tax determined to be due under this Chapter, which penalty shall be collected and enforced by the secretary of the Department of Revenue as part of the assessment and tax debt created by this Chapter against the generator or disposer, their successors, or any persons who are directors and officers of the generator or disposer on October 1, 1984. C. In addition to the actions described above, if the facts and circumstances indicate that the contribution report was not filed by October 1, 1984 or was grossly incorrect intentionally, the secretary shall add a penalty of fifty percent. D. If any assessment has already been issued under this Chapter by the secretary of revenue, that assessment shall be increased by the amount of any estimate and penalty levied herein, which tax shall be due from the date levied. E. The intentional failure to file a return or the intentional filing of a grossly incorrect report by the individual or officer submitting it shall be punishable by imprisonment at hard labor for up to one year. Acts 1984, 1st. Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 27, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 104, §1; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2247 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2247. Extension of time to file Contribution Report

RS 2247 - Extension of time to file Contribution Report  Upon timely written application therefor, the secretary may grant an extension of time in which to file the contribution report not in excess of sixty days.  Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 27, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2249 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2249. Disposition of tax

RS 2249 - Disposition of tax  The secretary shall determine the tax imposed on each disposer or generator according to the rate set forth in R.S. 30:2243 as applied to the disposer's or generator's contribution to the dry weight tons of hazardous waste content of land as provided in each contribution report, as adjusted; except that the tax based on any estimate made or the penalty levied under R.S. 30:2246 shall be determined as provided in that Section.  Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 27, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2250 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2250. Notice of determination of tax imposed

RS 2250 - Notice of determination of tax imposed  Upon determining the tax imposed on each disposer or generator of hazardous waste in Louisiana, the secretary shall mail a written notice of such determination to each disposer or generator and to the secretary of the Department of Revenue, setting out the amount of tax imposed on the disposer or generator, the fact that the notice is being mailed to the Department of Revenue, and the fact that the amount of tax in the written notice will be due on January 1, 1985, and that the secretary of the Department of Revenue will proceed to collect the tax on that date. Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 27, 1984; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2251. Payment of tax

RS 2251 - Payment of tax  The tax determined to be due under this Chapter shall be due January 1, 1985, and payable on January 1, 1985.  Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 27, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2252 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2252. Collection

RS 2252 - Collection  Upon receipt of the written notice provided for in R.S. 30:2250 by the secretary of the Department of Revenue of the amount of tax determined to be imposed and due under this Chapter, said secretary shall proceed to collect and enforce the tax in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. In addition to the authority given to the secretary of the Department of Revenue, said secretary shall have any additional authority conferred by this Chapter, and shall specifically have the authority to audit and investigate all books and records of taxpayers under this Chapter and any reports and records of the Department of Environmental Quality and to impose interest and penalties as provided in that Chapter. Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 27, 1984; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:2253 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§2253. Delinquency penalty

RS 2253 - Delinquency penalty  Failure to pay the tax due to the secretary of the Department of Revenue on January 1, 1985, shall result in the imposition of a penalty of twenty-five percent of the tax due hereunder in addition to interest as provided by Chapter 18 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 27, 1984; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2.