Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part IX - Water Quality › Subpart 2 - The Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (LPDES) Program › Chapter 23 - Definitions and General LPDES Program Requirements › Section IX-2315 - Exclusions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The following
				  activities do not require LPDES permits:
1.
				  any discharge of sewage from vessels, effluent from properly functioning marine
				  engines, laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes, or any other discharge
				  incidental to the normal operation of a vessel. This exclusion does not apply
				  to rubbish, trash, garbage, or other such materials discharged overboard; nor
				  to other discharges when the vessel is operating in a capacity other than as a
				  means of transportation such as when used as an energy or mining facility, a
				  storage facility or a seafood processing facility, or when secured to a storage
				  facility or a seafood processing facility, or when secured to the bed of the
				  ocean, contiguous zone or waters of the state for the purpose of mineral or oil
				  exploration or development;
2.
				  discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the state which are
				  regulated under Section 404 of the CWA;
3. the introduction of sewage, industrial
				  wastes or other pollutants into publicly owned treatment works by indirect
				  dischargers. Plans or agreements to switch to this method of disposal in the
				  future do not relieve dischargers of the obligation to have and comply with
				  permits until all discharges of pollutants to waters of the state are
				  eliminated. (See also LAC 33:IX.2713.B). This exclusion does not apply to the
				  introduction of pollutants to privately owned treatment works or to other
				  discharges through pipes, sewers, or other conveyances owned by a state,
				  municipality, or other party not leading to treatment works;
4. any discharge in compliance with the
				  instructions of an On-Scene Coordinator pursuant to  40 CFR Part 300  (The
				  National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan) or  33 CFR
				  153.10(e)  (Pollution by Oil and Hazardous Substances);
5. any introduction of pollutants from
				  nonpoint source agricultural and silvicultural activities, including storm
				  water runoff from orchards, cultivated crops, pastures, range lands, and forest
				  lands, but not discharges from concentrated animal feeding operations as
				  defined in LAC 33:IX.2313, discharges from concentrated aquatic animal
				  production facilities as defined in LAC 33:IX.2313, discharges to aquaculture
				  projects as defined in LAC 33:IX.2313, and discharges from silvicultural point
				  sources as defined in LAC 33:IX.2513;
6. return flows from irrigated
				  agriculture;
7. discharges into a
				  privately owned treatment works, except as the state administrative authority
				  may otherwise require under LAC 33:IX.2707.M.
8. discharges from a water transfer: Water
				  transfer means an activity that conveys or connects waters of the United States
				  without subjecting the transferred water to intervening industrial, municipal,
				  or commercial use. This exclusion does not apply to pollutants introduced by
				  the water transfer activity itself to the water being
				  transferred.