Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3155 – Classification of facilities
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3155
- Board: means the Board of Certification and Training for solid waste disposal system operators. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3151
- Certification: means the process or act whereby an operator meets the requirements for obtaining a certificate of competency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3151
- Certified: means holding a currently valid certificate. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3151
- Classify: means the process and act of the board that designates a specific type of solid waste management system which is required to employ certified operators. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3151
- Commercial solid waste: means garbage, trash, and refuse generated by businesses involved in the exchange or distribution of goods or commodities, but does not include or mean recognizable industrial byproducts. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3151
- Solid waste: means garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities; but does not include or mean solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permits under La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3151
A. Within one hundred twenty days of effective date of this Chapter, the board shall classify and list all nonhazardous solid waste disposal facilities which accommodate residential and commercial solid waste. The list shall include sanitary landfills, open dumps, and landfarming operations. Thereafter, the board may classify and list other solid waste management facilities including, but not limited to incinerators and transfer stations. Every classified facility shall have one or more certified operators as prescribed by this Chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated under its provisions.
B. From time to time additional solid waste management facilities may be classified by the board, and it may require that these facilities be operated by certified operators. The board shall establish such times for certification.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 543, §1.