Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part VII - Solid Waste › Subpart 1 - Solid Waste Regulations › Chapter 3 - Scope and Mandatory Provisions of the Program › Section VII-305 - Facilities Not Subject to the Permitting Requirements or Processing or Disposal Standards of These Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  The following facilities that are operated in an environmentally sound manner
				  are not subject to the permitting requirements or processing or disposal
				  standards of these regulations:
1.
				  incinerators that receive only on-site-generated commercial solid waste and
				  that have a design rate of no more than 250 pounds per hour;
2. shredders, autoclaves, balers, and
				  compactors that receive no waste volume from off-site sources;
3. facilities that process on-site-generated,
				  nonhazardous, petroleum-contaminated media and debris from underground storage
				  tank corrective action or other remedial activities, including, but not limited
				  to, remedial action resulting from an order issued by the administrative
				  authority in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  30:2275(E) that involves the
				  processing of solid waste by the facility, provided such processing is
				  completed in less than 12 months and is in accordance with a corrective action
				  plan authorized by the administrative authority;
4. construction/demolition-debris disposal
				  facilities that receive only on-site-generated construction/demolition-debris,
				  provided that the following requirements are met:
a. the facility shall notify the Office of
				  Environmental Services of such activity in accordance with LAC 33:VII.401.A;
				  and
b. the facility shall submit to
				  the Office of Management and Finance a disposer annual report in accordance
				  with the standards for construction/demolition-debris disposal facilities found
				  in LAC 33:VII.721.B.1;
c. the
				  facility owner shall update the parish mortgage and conveyance records by
				  entering the specific location of the facility and specifying that the property
				  was used for the disposal of solid waste. The document shall identify the name
				  and address of the person with the knowledge of the contents of the facility.
				  An example of the form to be used for this purpose is provided in LAC
				  33:VII.3011.Appendix F. The facility shall provide the Office of Environmental
				  Services with a true copy of the document filed and certified by the parish
				  clerk of court;
5. solid
				  waste injection wells that are under the jurisdiction of the Department of
				  Natural Resources, provided, however, that any storage, processing, or disposal
				  (not including injection) incidental to such injection wells is subject to
				  these regulations;
6. industrial
				  facilities that process solid waste by non-destructive and non-thermal means on
				  the site where the waste is generated (i.e., none of the waste is from off-site
				  sources);
7. secondary containment
				  systems (e.g., sumps or dikes) that are designed and operated to contain
				  non-routine spill events (i.e., do not routinely receive solid waste except for
				  de minimus spillage) from manufacturing or product storage areas within an
				  industrial establishment. This exemption does not include secondary containment
				  systems for solid waste disposal units;
8. woodwaste facilities at which only
				  woodwaste is disposed of on property owned by the generator of the woodwaste,
				  provided that the following requirements are met:
a. the facility shall notify the Office of
				  Environmental Services of such activity in accordance with LAC
				  33:VII.401.A;
b. the facility shall
				  comply with applicable Louisiana water quality regulations (LAC 33:Part IX);
				  and
c. the facility shall comply
				  with the perimeter barrier, security, and buffer zone requirements in LAC
				  33:VII.719.B;
9.
				  facilities at which only woodwastes resulting from utility right-of-way
				  clearing are received, provided the following conditions are met:
a. the facility property shall be controlled
				  by the utility company that generates the woodwaste;
b. the facility shall comply with the natural
				  or manmade perimeter barrier and security requirements in LAC
				  33:VII.719.B;
c. the facility shall
				  not receive solid waste from any source other than the utility company (or its
				  authorized contractors) which generates the waste;
d. the facility shall notify the Office of
				  Environmental Services of its activities in accordance with LAC
				  33:VII.401.A;
e. the facility shall
				  comply with applicable Louisiana water quality regulations (LAC 33:Part
				  IX);
10. ditches that
				  receive nonroutine spillage (i.e., do not routinely receive solid waste except
				  for de minimus spillage) from manufacturing or product storage areas within an
				  industrial establishment. This exemption does not include ditches for solid
				  waste disposal units such as landfills, landfarms, or surface
				  impoundments;
11. recycling
				  facilities, as described in LAC 33:VII.303.A.3, that receive only
				  source-separated recyclables;
12.
				  hospitals and other health care facilities that store or treat regulated
				  infectious waste generated on-site or that accept waste from off-site wholly-
				  or partly-owned subsidiaries; and
13. transportation vehicles and municipal or
				  parish collection containers that collect and compact solid waste.