Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part I - Office of the Secretary › Subpart 4 - Emergency Response Regulations › Chapter 69 - Emergency Response Regulations › Section I-6905 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The following
				  terms as used in this Chapter shall have the meaning listed below.
Act
- the Louisiana Environmental Quality
					 Act,
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et seq.
Administrative Authority
- the Secretary
					 of the Department of Environmental Quality, or his designee or the appropriate
					 assistant secretary or his designee.
Cleanup
- all actions taken to contain,
					 collect, control, identify, analyze, treat, disperse, remove, or dispose of
					 pollutants resulting from a release associated with an off-site emergency
					 condition.
Cleanup Costs
- all costs incurred by the
					 state or any of its political subdivisions, or their agents, or by any other
					 person participating with the approval of the administrative authority in the
					 cleanup of pollutants resulting from an off-site emergency condition.
Department
- the Department of
					 Environmental Quality.
Emergency Abatement
- action taken to
					 prevent or control a release or potential release of pollutants that could
					 reasonably be expected to cause an off-site emergency condition.
Emergency Condition
- any condition that
					 could reasonably be expected to endanger the health and safety of the public,
					 cause significant adverse impact to the land, water, or air environment, or
					 cause severe damage to property. This definition includes transportation
					 related events, abandoned containers, barrels, and other receptacles.
Emergency Response Storage Facility
- a
					 facility used for storage of material generated from the cleanup and/or
					 abatement of an off-site emergency condition.
Off-Site
- areas beyond the property
					 boundary of the facility, and areas within the property boundary to which the
					 public has routine and unrestricted access during or outside business
					 hours.
Pollutant
- any substance introduced into
					 the environment of the state by any means that would tend to degrade the
					 chemical, physical, or biological integrity of such environment.
Release
- the accidental or intentional
					 spilling, pumping, pouring, emitting, escaping, leaching, or dumping of any
					 pollutants into or on any land, air, water, or groundwater. A release shall not
					 include a federal or state permitted release.
Responsible Person
- any person owning,
					 handling, storing, transporting, or managing a pollutant that results in an
					 off-site emergency condition. This shall include bailees, carriers, and any
					 other person in control of a pollutant and who may be operating under a lease,
					 contract, or other agreement with the legal owner thereof. For the purposes of
					 this Chapter, responsible persons do not include those innocent landowners who
					 exercise no control or ownership over the materials or activities giving rise
					 to an off-site emergency condition.
Secretary
- the Secretary of the
					 Department of Environmental Quality.
SPOC-
the Office of Environmental
					 Compliance, Emergency and Radiological Services Division, Single Point of
					 Contact (SPOC).
Transportation
- the movement of solid,
					 liquid, or hazardous reusable materials or wastes. This includes, but is not
					 limited to, the transportation of cleanup materials from the site of an
					 off-site emergency condition to a point of collection authorized by the
					 administrative authority.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2011(D)(1), (14), and
					 (15).