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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1112. Notice of geologic storage agreements; recordation

RS 30:1112 - Notice of geologic storage agreements; recordation
A.(1) In lieu of recording an agreement for the geologic storage of carbon dioxide or any amendment or modification thereof, as provided by Civil Code Article 3338, a party may record a notice of geologic storage agreement signed by the grantor who executed the agreement.
(2) Recordation of a notice shall make the geologic storage agreement and any subsequent amendment or modification effective as to third persons to the same extent as recordation of the instrument.
(3) The notice of geologic storage agreement shall contain the following:
(a) A declaration that the property is subject to the geologic storage agreement and the names and addresses of the parties who executed the agreement.
(b) A description of the surface and depths covered by the geologic storage agreement.
(c) The effective date of the geologic storage agreement, its term, and the provisions of any other extensions and renewals of the term provided for in the agreement.
(d) A description of any restrictions on drilling through or otherwise penetrating the carbon dioxide storage reservoir for purposes of exploring, developing, or producing minerals from or below the reservoir.
B.(1) A change in a geologic storage agreement with respect to any matter that is required to be included in a notice of geologic storage agreement pursuant to Subsection A of this Section is not effective as to third persons unless the parties record a signed amendment to the notice that describes the change.
(2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if the change is a transfer of a party's rights, the parties may do either of the following:
(a) Record an amendment to the notice signed by the transferor and transferee evidencing the transfer.
(b) Record the instrument transferring the party's rights.
C. The effect of recordation of a notice of geologic storage agreement ceases on occurrence of either of the following:
(1) Upon recordation of an instrument signed by the parties to the agreement or their successors declaring that the geologic storage agreement has terminated.
(2) On the date that the geologic storage agreement may finally terminate as set forth in the notice of geologic storage agreement.
D. The provisions of this Section authorizing the filing of a notice of geologic storage agreement are remedial and shall be applied retroactively to any notice of geologic storage agreement theretofore filed for record which is in substantial compliance with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, and such a notice shall affect third persons as of the date of recordation.
E. The grantee of any recorded notice of geologic storage agreement shall notify the governing authority of the parish in which the instrument is recorded within thirty days after recordation. Notice may be made by electronic mail to the parish president, police jury president, or mayor-president, depending on the form of parish government.
Acts 2023, No. 378, §1, eff. June 14, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1151. Definitions

RS 30:1151 - Definitions
As used in this Chapter:
(1) "Passive thermal system" means a system which utilizes the structural elements of a building and is not augmented by mechanical components to provide for collection, storage, and distribution of solar energy or coolness.
(2) "Semipassive thermal system" means a system which utilizes the structural elements of a building and is augmented by mechanical components to provide for collection, storage, distribution of solar energy or coolness.
(3) "Solar device" means the equipment associated with the collection, transfer, distribution, storage, and control of solar energy.
(4) "Solar system" means the integrated use of solar devices for the functions of collection, transfer, storage, and distribution of solar energy.
(5) "Standard" means a specification of design, performance, and procedure, or of the instrumentation, equipment, surrounding conditions, and skills required during the conduct of a procedure.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 542, §1; Acts 2023, No. 455, §2, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1152. Development and coordination of program; priorities

RS 30:1152 - Development and coordination of program; priorities
A. The secretary of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or his designee, hereafter in this Chapter referred to as the "secretary," shall develop and coordinate a program of research and development in solar energy supply, consumption, and conservation and the technology of siting facilities and shall give priority to those forms of research and development which are of particular importance to the state, including but not limited to all of the following:
(1)(a) Expansion and accelerated development of alternative sources of energy, including geothermal and solar resources, including, but not limited to, participation in large-scale demonstrations of alternative energy systems sited in Louisiana in cooperation with federal agencies, regional compacts, other state governments, and other participants.
(b) For purposes of this Paragraph, "participation" shall be defined as any of the following: direct interest in a project; research and development to insure acceptable resolution of environmental and other impacts of alternative energy systems; research and development to improve siting and permitting methodology for alternative energy systems; experiments utilizing the alternative energy systems; and research and development of appropriate methods to insure the widespread utilization of economically useful alternative energy systems.
(c) "Large-scale demonstrations of alternative energy systems" are exemplified by the one hundred kilowatt to ten kilowatt range demonstrations of solar, wind, and geothermal systems contemplated by federal agencies, regional compacts, other state governments, and other participants.
(2) Improved methods of construction, design, and operation of solar energy facilities.
B. To accomplish the purposes of Paragraph A(1), an amount not more than one-half of the total state funds appropriated for the solar energy research and development program shall be allocated for large-scale demonstration of alternative energy systems.
Acts 1983, No. 705, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2023, No. 455, §2, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1153. Technical assessment studies

RS 30:1153 - Technical assessment studies
The secretary shall carry out technical assessment studies on all forms of solar energy and energy-related problems in order to influence federal research and development priorities and to be informed on future energy options and their impacts.
Acts 1983, No. 705, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 2023, No. 455, §2, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1155. Mass market deployment of solar systems; preparation; thermal systems

RS 30:1155 - Mass market deployment of solar systems; preparation; thermal systems
The secretary shall prepare for mass market deployment of solar systems by developing designs and specifications for prototype housing to utilize passive or semipassive thermal systems for heating or heating and cooling purposes.
Acts 1983, No. 705, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 2023, No. 455, §2, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1156. Manual of design types, costs, performance and evaluation procedures for certain thermal systems

RS 30:1156 - Manual of design types, costs, performance and evaluation procedures for certain thermal systems
The secretary shall develop a manual of design types, costs, performance, and evaluation procedures for passive and semipassive thermal systems. The evaluation procedures shall be such as will facilitate the determination of the performance of different passive and semipassive designs in different regions of Louisiana. The secretary shall also procure thermal performance data from monitoring a number of existing passive or semipassive thermal systems in buildings in Louisiana to generate data for the manual.
Acts 1983, No. 705, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 2023, No. 455, §2, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1157. Conferences to coordinate adoption of regulations

RS 30:1157 - Conferences to coordinate adoption of regulations
The secretary shall confer with officials of federal agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Bureau of Standards, the Energy Research and Development Administration, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to coordinate adoption of regulations pursuant to R.S. 30:1154 and 30:1155. Acts 1983, No. 705, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 2023, No. 455, §2, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1158. Effective date of regulations

RS 30:1158 - Effective date of regulations
The secretary may, in adopting regulations pursuant to this Chapter, specify the date when the regulations shall take effect. The secretary may specify different dates for different regulations.
Acts 1983, No. 705, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 2023, No. 455, §2, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1159. Contracts for materials and services

RS 30:1159 - Contracts for materials and services
For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Chapter, the secretary may, subject to departmental contract management, contract with any person for materials and services that cannot be performed by his staff or other state agencies and may apply for federal grants or any other funding.
Acts 1983, No. 705, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 2023, No. 455, §2, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1161. Renewable energy lease

RS 30:1161 - Renewable energy lease
A "renewable energy lease" is a lease of immovable property that is entered for the primary purpose of the lessee's engaging in the production of wind, solar, or hydroelectric energy using the leased immovable and any other lease pursuant to which the lessee's primary activity on the leased immovable is the production of wind, solar, or hydroelectric energy. A renewable energy lease is not a mineral lease. The lessee's rights in a renewable energy lease and his rights in the buildings, improvements, and other constructions on the leased immovable are susceptible of mortgage.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1162. Preservation of rights

RS 30:1162 - Preservation of rights
The owner of land burdened by a renewable energy lease and the lessee of a renewable energy lease shall exercise their respective rights with reasonable regard for those of the other. Subject to the laws of registry, the lessee of a renewable energy lease shall not unreasonably interfere with the rights of others lawfully exercising their rights in the land.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1163. Lessee's obligation to act as reasonably prudent operator

RS 30:1163 - Lessee's obligation to act as reasonably prudent operator
A lessee of a renewable energy lease is not under a fiduciary obligation to his lessor, but the lessee is bound to perform the contract in good faith and to develop and operate the property leased as a reasonably prudent operator for the mutual benefit of himself and his lessor. Parties may stipulate what shall constitute reasonably prudent conduct of the lessee to develop and operate the leased property.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1164. Lessee's right to assign or sublease

RS 30:1164 - Lessee's right to assign or sublease
The lessee's interest in a renewable energy lease may be assigned or subleased in whole or in part, unless the lease expressly prohibits assignments or subleases. If a renewable energy lease contains a provision that expressly prohibits either assignments or subleases, then unless the lease language clearly shows a contrary intent, the provision will be interpreted as prohibiting both assignments and subleases.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1165. Responsibility of assignee or sublessee to original lessor

RS 30:1165 - Responsibility of assignee or sublessee to original lessor
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1166. Demands by lessor; effect on assignee or sublessee

RS 30:1166 - Demands by lessor; effect on assignee or sublessee
An assignee or sublessee is bound by any notice or demand by the lessor on the lessee unless the lessor has been given written notice of the assignment or sublease. If notice has been given, any subsequent notice or demand by the lessor shall be made on the assignee or sublessee.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1167. Termination of renewable energy lease

RS 30:1167 - Termination of renewable energy lease
A renewable energy lease terminates at the expiration of the agreed term or upon the occurrence of an express resolutory condition.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1168. Right to relief for violation

RS 30:1168 - Right to relief for violation
If a renewable energy lease is violated, an aggrieved party shall be entitled to any appropriate relief provided by law. Parties may stipulate what constitutes appropriate relief.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1169. Rules of default applicable except as specified

RS 30:1169 - Rules of default applicable except as specified
The provisions of the Civil Code concerning putting in default are applicable to renewable energy leases subject to the modifications in this Part.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1170. Written notice; requirement and effect on claims for damages or dissolution of lease

RS 30:1170 - Written notice; requirement and effect on claims for damages or dissolution of lease
If a renewable energy lessor seeks relief from his lessee for any claim that the lessee has failed to develop and operate the property leased as a prudent operator, the lessor shall give his lessee written notice of the asserted breach of performance and allow a reasonable time for performance by the lessee as a prerequisite to a judicial demand for damages or dissolution of the lease. If a lessee is found to have had actual or constructive knowledge of its failure to perform as a prudent operator and is held responsible for consequent damages, the damages may be computed from the time a reasonably prudent operator would have remedied the failure to perform. In other cases where notice is required by this Part, damages may be computed only from the time the written notice was received by the lessee. The parties may stipulate what constitutes a reasonable time for performance under this Section.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1171. Nonpayment of royalties; notice prerequisite to judicial demand

RS 30:1171 - Nonpayment of royalties; notice prerequisite to judicial demand
If a renewable energy lessor seeks relief for the failure of his lessee to make timely or proper payment of rent or royalties, the lessor shall give his lessee written notice of the failure as a prerequisite to a judicial demand for damages or dissolution of the lease.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1172. Required response of lessee to notice; effect of response

RS 30:1172 - Required response of lessee to notice; effect of response
The lessee shall have thirty days after receipt of the required notice to pay the rent or royalties due or to respond by stating in writing a reasonable cause for nonpayment. The payment or nonpayment of the rent or royalties or stating or failing to state a reasonable cause for nonpayment within this period has the following effect on the remedies of dissolution and damages:
(1) If the lessee pays the rent or royalties due within thirty days of receiving the required notice, the remedy of dissolution shall be unavailable unless it is found that the original failure to pay was fraudulent. The lessee also remains liable for interest from the time the payments were due under the lease.
(2) If the lessee pays the rent or royalties due within thirty days of receiving the required notice but the original failure to pay rent or royalties was either fraudulent or willful and without reasonable grounds, the court may in its discretion award as additional damages an amount not to exceed the amount of rent or royalties that were not timely or properly paid, interest on that sum from the date due, and reasonable attorney fees. In all other cases, such as mere oversight or neglect, damages shall be limited to interest on the rent or royalties computed from the date due and reasonable attorney fees if the interest is not paid within thirty days of the written demand.
(3) If the lessee fails to pay rent or royalties due and fails to inform the lessor of a reasonable cause for failure to pay in response to the required notice, the court may dissolve the lease. In addition, the court may award as damages the amount of rent or royalties due, interest on that sum from the date due, and reasonable attorney fees, regardless of the cause for the original failure to pay.
(4) The parties may stipulate a time period longer than thirty days within which the lessee shall pay rent or royalties due following written notice for payment thereof by the lessor, but in no circumstance shall the time period be greater than sixty days from delivery of the written notice to the lessee.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1173. Notice; manner of delivery

RS 30:1173 - Notice; manner of delivery
For any written notice required under this Chapter, the parties to a renewable energy lease may stipulate the conditions, manner, and method by which delivery of the written notice to the lessee shall be made.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1175. Dissolution may be partial or entire

RS 30:1175 - Dissolution may be partial or entire
A renewable energy lease may be dissolved partially or in its entirety. A decree of partial dissolution may be made as to those portions of the land subject to a renewable energy lease on which construction of the renewable energy facility has not commenced within ten years of the effective date of the lease, or in any other fashion which may provide appropriate justice in the judgment of the court.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1176. Lessor's privilege

RS 30:1176 - Lessor's privilege
The lessor of a renewable energy lease has, for the payment of his rent and other obligations of the lease, a privilege on all equipment, machinery, and other property of the lessee on or attached to the property leased. The right also extends to equipment, machinery, and other property of a sublessee on or attached to the property leased, but only to the extent that the sublessee is indebted to his sublessor at the time the lessor exercises his right.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1177. Right to seize property on premises or within fifteen days of removal

RS 30:1177 - Right to seize property on premises or within fifteen days of removal
The renewable energy lessor may seize the property subject to his privilege before the lessee removes it from the leased premises or within fifteen days after it has been removed by the lessee without the consent of the lessor, if it continues to be the property of the lessee and can be identified.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1179. Exclusion; offshore wind

RS 30:1179 - Exclusion; offshore wind
Unless incorporated by reference into an agreement, this Chapter shall not apply to offshore wind energy agreements entered into by the state.
Acts 2023, No. 455, §1, eff. June 28, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1201. Findings, policy, and purpose

RS 30:1201 - Findings, policy, and purpose
A. The legislature finds that the development and implementation of laws, policies, programs, and procedures to conserve and improve efficiency in the use of energy will have an immediate and substantial effect in reducing the rate of growth of energy demands in this state and minimizing the adverse social and economic impact of the decline in the oil and gas reserves of the state, further the unique economic, climatic, and geographic conditions of this state are of paramount importance in the formulation and implementation of a state energy conservation program and state energy efficiency standards for buildings, and it is in the public interest and within the police power of the state to develop energy efficiency standards designed to reduce energy consumption in residential, commercial, and public buildings.
B. It is the policy of this state to develop a state energy conservation plan to reduce the total amount of energy consumed in this state by five percent or more from the projected energy consumption for this state in 1980.
C. The purpose of this Chapter is to develop thermal and lighting efficiency standards for residential, commercial, and public buildings in this state that are designed to meet the unique economic and environmental conditions and requirements of this state.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 715, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1202. Definitions

RS 30:1202 - Definitions
Except where the context clearly indicates otherwise, as used in this Chapter:
(1) "Building" means any structure which includes provisions for a heating or cooling system, or both, or for a hot water system.
(2) "Commercial building" means any building other than a residential building, including any building developed for industrial or public purposes.
(3) "Energy analyst" means a person who determines the thermal or lighting efficiency of a building which is to be constructed or renovated.
(4) "Energy auditor" means a person who conducts and certifies an energy audit to determine the thermal or lighting efficiency of a building.
(5) "Light commercial building" means any commercial building of less than five thousand square feet in gross floor area and three or less stories in height.
(6) "Public building" means any building which is open to the public during normal business hours.
(7) "Residential building" means any structure which is constructed and developed for residential occupancy.
(8) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or his designee.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 715, §1. Acts 1983, No. 705, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1203. Rule-making authority of the secretary

RS 30:1203 - Rule-making authority of the secretary
A. The secretary is authorized to develop rules establishing minimum thermal efficiency standards for new residential and light commercial buildings, minimum thermal and lighting efficiency standards for new and renovated commercial buildings, minimum lighting efficiency standards for existing public buildings, procedures for the issuance of certificates certifying compliance with energy efficiency standards for buildings, and procedures for the examination and certification of energy auditors and energy analysts. The lighting and thermal efficiency standards shall allow a single design of a building based on total building performance, and the thermal efficiency standards for new residential shall describe acceptable building and construction practices.
B. The secretary shall devise such rules before August 1, 1979, in conformance with the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act.
C. The secretary is authorized to employ, from funds appropriated or otherwise available to the department, technical consultants and other persons whose advice and assistance is deemed necessary to formulate such rules.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 715, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1205. Exemptions

RS 30:1205 - Exemptions
The following buildings shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter: buildings owned or leased by the United States, buildings not heated or cooled by fuel, and buildings of significance in American history, architecture, archeology, or culture that are listed in the National Register or the State Register.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 715, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1301. Statement of purpose

RS 30:1301 - Statement of purpose
In order to promote the use of renewable energy in Louisiana, it is hereby declared in the public interest to encourage participation of the private sector in the development of a production system for alcohol fuels, to reduce the reliance of the citizens of Louisiana and of the United States on foreign sources of energy; to continue Louisiana's role as a major producer of energy for the nation; to provide a clean, efficient, and renewable energy source; to assist in maintaining Louisiana's sugar cane industry as a viable producer of sugar; to encourage the utilization of sugar cane and other agricultural commodities for energy purposes.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 793, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1302. Definitions

RS 30:1302 - Definitions
The following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) "Alcohol" shall mean alcohol fuels distilled in Louisiana from agricultural commodities.
(2) "Gasohol" shall mean a new product composed of a blend of gasoline and not less than ten percent alcohol.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 793, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1303. Incentives, consumption of gasohol by state vehicles

RS 30:1303 - Incentives, consumption of gasohol by state vehicles
A. All existing industrial incentives are to be applied to projects consistent with the purposes of this Chapter.
B. All state-owned motor fuel supply stations shall supply gasohol for use by state vehicles whenever possible.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 793, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1352. Statement of findings

RS 30:1352 - Statement of findings
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1353. Purpose

RS 30:1353 - Purpose
The purpose of this Chapter is to provide financial assistance to eligible governmental units which must expand the availability of public facilities and services as a consequence of large scale lignite resource development.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 824, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1354. Definitions

RS 30:1354 - Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Administrator" means the administrator provided for in R.S. 30:1355. The secretary or his designee shall be the administrator.
(2) "Eligible activities" means the providing of basic public services and facilities in energy impacted areas, including but not limited to, the providing of the following: publicly owned sewer and water systems, schools, hospitals, public buildings, libraries, waste disposal systems, fire and police protection, and jails.
(3) "Eligible applicant" means a governmental unit certified by the administrator to be substantially impacted by lignite resource development. Any applicant previously designated as an eligible applicant under Section 601 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, Public Law 95-620, shall be an eligible applicant.
(4) "Energy impacted area" means a geographic area or political subdivision of the state which demonstrates actual or anticipated extraordinary expenditures caused by lignite resource development and growth incidental thereto. The parishes of Bienville, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, and Sabine shall be deemed to be energy impacted areas. Additional energy impacted areas may be designated by the administrator.
(5) "Lignite resource development" means the mining of lignite and industries directly related to the processing of lignite, including, but not limited to, the generation of electricity from lignite or lignite products, lignite gasification, and lignite liquefaction.
(6) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources.
(7) "Governmental unit" means a parish, municipality, or political subdivision of the state or of local government having taxing authority
Added by Acts 1981, No. 824, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981. Acts 1983, No. 705, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1356. Approval of rules, regulations, or guidelines

RS 30:1356 - Approval of rules, regulations, or guidelines
Any rule, regulation, or guideline shall be proposed or adopted pursuant to the rulemaking procedures set forth in the Administrative Procedure Act and shall be subject to approval by the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Such approval shall be presumed unless either committee submits objections in writing within fifteen days after receipt of the proposed rule, regulation, or guideline, provided that such written objections shall be subject to override by the governor within five days after receipt of the objections by the governor.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 824, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981; Acts 2008, No. 580, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1401. Statement of findings

RS 30:1401 - Statement of findings
A. The legislature finds that the state of Louisiana has received millions of dollars in federal oil overcharge refund monies as a result of violations, alleged and actual, of federal price controls and allocation laws. Further, the subject of oil overcharge refunds is complicated by the lack of uniformity of terms and conditions among the congressional directives, consent orders, remedial orders, settlements, and judgments awarding the refunds.
B. With the approval of the United States Department of Energy, the Department of Energy and Natural Resources administers the federal oil overcharge monies due the state, as appropriated by the legislature. Early legislative input and recommendations on state expenditure plans will maximize efficient delivery of services and benefits to Louisiana's consumers, particularly those interest groups including low income persons, educational institutions, and hospitals, served by mandated federal programs.
C. The legislature finds and declares that in order to provide legislators with information as to expenditure restrictions and to encourage interaction among the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the legislature, and the United States Department of Energy, a special joint legislative committee on federal oil overcharge monies shall be created.
Acts 1987, No. 508, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1402. Joint legislative committee on federal oil overcharge monies

RS 30:1402 - Joint legislative committee on federal oil overcharge monies
A. A joint legislative committee, the Joint Committee on Federal Oil Overcharge Monies, shall consist of twelve members including the president of the Senate; and a member of the Senate Natural Resources Committee, a member of the Senate Education Committee, a member of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, a member of the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee, and a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, all appointed by the president; the speaker of the House of Representatives; and a member of the House Natural Resources and Environment Committee, a member of the House Education Committee, a member of the House Committee on Health and Welfare, a member of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, and a member of the House Committee on Appropriations, all appointed by the speaker. The joint committee shall be co-chaired by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House.
B. The Joint Committee on Federal Oil Overcharge Monies shall review the oil overcharge refund program as a whole and provide legislative guidance to the Department of Energy and Natural Resources relative to the development of state plans to expend federal oil overcharge refund monies.
C. The members of the Joint Committee on Federal Oil Overcharge Monies shall receive the same per diem and travel allowance in the performance of their duties as is provided for them as members of the legislature.
D. In the conduct of its studies and proceedings, the Joint Committee on Federal Oil Overcharge Monies shall utilize the personnel and services of the staff of the Senate and House of Representatives. The Department of Energy and Natural Resources shall assist the committee in the performance of its duties and functions as the committee shall request.
Acts 1987, No. 508, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 2008, No. 580, §2; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:1403. Segregation of federal oil overcharge refund monies

RS 30:1403 - Segregation of federal oil overcharge refund monies
A. The legislature finds that since 1983 federal oil overcharge refund monies from a number of cases have been deposited to the Federal Energy Settlement Fund within the state treasury. The differing terms and conditions applied to these monies by congressional directives, consent orders, remedial orders, settlements, and judgments have made further segregation of the funds imperative.
B. The state treasurer will provide a separate fund within the state treasury for the deposit of refund monies from each individual oil overcharge case. All such refund monies allocated to the state shall be credited to this separate fund and disbursements from the fund shall be made by the legislature only in accordance with Article III, Section 16 of the Louisiana Constitution.
Acts 1987, No. 508, §1, eff. July 9, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2000.1. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

RS 30:2000.1 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2000.2. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

RS 30:2000.2 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2000.3. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

RS 30:2000.3 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2000.4. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

RS 30:2000.4 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2000.5. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

RS 30:2000.5 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2000.6. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

RS 30:2000.6 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2000.7. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

RS 30:2000.7 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2000.8. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §6B, eff. July 1, 2010.

RS 30:2000.8 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §6B, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2000.9. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

RS 30:2000.9 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2000.11. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.

RS 30:2000.11 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §4, eff. July 1, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2002. Findings and declaration of policy

RS 30:2002 - Findings and declaration of policy
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2003. Purposes

RS 30:2003 - Purposes
A. The maintenance of a healthful and safe environment in Louisiana requires governmental regulation and control over the areas of water quality, air quality, solid and hazardous waste, scenic rivers and streams, and radiation.
B. In order to accomplish these goals most efficiently, it is necessary to provide for comprehensive policies on a statewide basis to unify, coordinate, and implement programs to provide for the most advantageous use of the resources of the state and to preserve, protect, and enhance the quality of the environment in Louisiana.
Acts 1983, No. 97, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 2003, No. 933, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2011.1. Toxics release inventory; annual report

RS 30:2011.1 - Toxics release inventory; annual report
A. The department shall prepare and disseminate an annual toxics release inventory (TRI) report presenting data submitted by manufacturing facilities within the state reporting the releases and transfers during the previous calendar year of chemicals designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as toxic.
B. The annual TRI report shall be used by the department in its efforts to improve the quality of the environment and to provide summary information for the education of the public.
C. The annual TRI report shall include summary information as follows: background information on the federal requirements for annual TRI reporting, businesses required to report releases, the types of data which must be reported, explanations of the types of releases, amounts of releases by media, releases by parish, releases by facility for the highest volume manufacturers, and any other data and information reasonably necessary to enhance the public's understanding of the TRI information. The department shall also present such data in tabular and chart formats to facilitate its use and understanding.
D. The department shall not impose any new or additional fees upon the regulated community in order to prepare, publish, and disseminate the annual toxics release inventory report.
Acts 1995, No. 290, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2011.2. Environmental justice

RS 30:2011.2 - Environmental justice
A. The department shall examine and study the relationship between the emission of air pollutants and the discharge of wastes by facilities located in or near residential areas. The study shall determine the amount of such emissions and discharges in each residential area of the state. The study shall include permitted and unpermitted emissions and discharges. The study shall determine and set out any correlations that may exist between the emissions and discharges and residential areas.
B. The department shall deliver the report to the members of the House Committee on the Environment and to the members of the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality no later than February 1, 1998. The legislative committees are hereby authorized to meet to receive testimony with regard to the report.
C. The department shall not commence the study authorized in this Section until funds have been specifically approved for the study by the legislature. The department shall not divert existing funds or fees from other budgeted programs to fund this study but may provide in-kind services to match any federal grants received.
Acts 1997, No. 995, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:2012.1. Monitoring equipment operation liability

RS 30:2012.1 - Monitoring equipment operation liability
A. Any person who operates monitoring equipment or allows such equipment to be placed on his property, where such equipment is operated for the purpose of voluntarily providing monitoring data at the request of and on behalf of the department, shall not be liable to any third party for damages of any kind resulting from the data or information obtained from the operation of such monitoring equipment or from the failure to obtain such monitoring data.
B. The department shall not be liable for damages of any kind resulting from the operation of or failure to operate monitoring equipment owned by the department but placed or located on the property of another when the equipment is operated by anyone other than a department employee.
C. Nothing in this Section shall limit the liability of any person required by the department to report any data under any air, water, or waste permit issued to that person.
Acts 1999, No. 1333, §1.