Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2011.2 – Environmental justice
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2011.2
- Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004
- Discharge: means the placing, releasing, spilling, percolating, draining, pumping, leaking, seeping, emitting, or other escaping of pollutants into the air, waters, subsurface water, or ground as the result of a prior act or omission; or the placing of pollutants into pits, drums, barrels, or similar containers under conditions and circumstances that leaking, seeping, draining, or escaping of the pollutants can be reasonably anticipated. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
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.