Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2055

  • 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
  • Person: means an individual, proprietorship, corporation, club, or other legal entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2053
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004

No person shall conduct any activity which results in the discharge of air contaminants without the appropriate permit or license as required under the regulations of the secretary adopted pursuant to this Chapter.

Acts 1983, No. 97, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1999, No. 348, §1, eff. June 16, 1999.