Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 1 - Statewide Order No. 29-B › Chapter 6 - Procedures for Hearings and the Submission and Approval of Plans for the Remediation of E and P Sites in Accordance with R.S. 30:29 › Section XIX-603 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The words
				  defined herein shall have the following meanings when used in these rules. All
				  other words so used and not herein defined shall have their usual meanings
				  unless specially defined in Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of
				  1950.
Affected Tract
-any real property known or
					 reasonably believed to have suffered environmental damage as defined in
					 R.S.
					 30:29.
Date
- the postmarked date of a letter or
					 the transmittal date of a telegraphic or wireless communication.
Environmental Damage
-any actual or
					 potential impact, damage, or injury to environmental media caused by
					 contamination resulting from activities associated with oilfield sites or
					 exploration and production sites.
Environmental Media
-includes, but is not
					 limited to, soil, surface water, ground water, or sediment, or as defined in
					 R.S.
					 30:29.
Evaluation or Remediation
-includes, but is
					 not limited to, investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, prevention, or
					 abatement.
Feasible Plan
- the most reasonable plan
					 which addresses environmental damage in conformity with the requirement of
					 Louisiana Constitution Article IX, Section 1 to protect the environment, public
					 health, safety and welfare, and is in compliance with the specific relevant and
					 applicable standards and regulations promulgated by a state agency in
					 accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act in effect at the time of
					 clean-up to remediate contamination resulting from oilfield or exploration and
					 production operations or waste.
Final Submission
- the last day on which
					 any litigation party may submit a plan, comment, or response to a plan as
					 provided by the orders of the court.
Litigation Party
-any party to a judicial
					 proceeding subject to
					 R.S.
					 30:29 and who is not a responsible party as
					 defined herein.
Oilfield Site or Exploration and Production
					 (
E and P
) Site
-any tract of land or any portion
					 thereof on which oil or gas exploration, development, or production activities
					 have occurred, including wells, equipment, tanks, flow lines or impoundments
					 used for the purposes of the drilling, workover, production, primary
					 separation, disposal, transportation or storage of E and P wastes, crude oil
					 and natural gas processing, transportation or storage of a common production
					 stream of crude oil, natural gas, coal seam natural gas, or geothermal energy
					 prior to a custody transfer or a sales point. In general, this definition would
					 apply to all exploration and production operations located on the same lease,
					 unit or field.
Party
-
responsible parties
and
litigation parties
as defined herein.
Plan
-any submittal made in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:29 and these rules for the evaluation or
					 remediation of an affected tract as defined herein.
Responsible Party
-the party or parties
					 admitting responsibility for environmental damage or determined by the court to
					 be legally responsible for environmental damage pursuant to
					 R.S.
					 30:29.
Represented Party
-any responsible party or
					 litigation party who is represented by an attorney in the court matter that has
					 been referred pursuant to
					 R.S.
					 30:29 or before the Office of
					 Conservation.
Technical Data
-all basic factual
					 information available that may be used to determine the levels of contamination
					 and the vertical and horizontal extent of the contamination.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.