As a part of the implementation of comprehensive ambient air monitoring, the secretary may designate Southern University Agricultural and Mechanical College in Baton Rouge, McNeese State University at Lake Charles, and Southeastern Louisiana University at Hammond as ambient air monitoring facilities certified by the Department of Environmental Quality for monitoring, identifying, and quantifying concentrations of hazardous air pollutants, including air toxics and ozone, or organic compounds under evaluation for designation as hazardous air pollutants.  The universities may monitor, identify, and quantify concentrations of hazardous air pollutants on a twenty-four-hour-per-day, seven-day-per-week basis.  The department may provide to the universities technical expertise, monitoring equipment, and financial assistance as necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1989, No. 184, §2; Acts 1989, No. 786, §1; Acts 1999, No. 303, §1, eff. June 14, 1999.