Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2273

  • Facility: means facility as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2272
  • Hazardous substance: means any gaseous, liquid, or solid material which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or biological composition when released into the environment poses a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, the environment, or property, and which material is identified or designated as being hazardous by rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the secretaries of the Department of Environmental Quality or of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, regardless of whether it is intended for use, reuse, or is to be discarded. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2272
  • Hazardous waste: means hazardous waste as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2272
  • Person: means any individual, municipality, public or private corporation, partnership, firm, the United States Government, and any agent or subdivision thereof or any other juridical person, which shall include, but not be limited to, trusts, joint stock companies, associations, the state of Louisiana, political subdivisions of the state of Louisiana, commissions, and interstate bodies. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004
  • Pollution source: means pollution source as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2272

The following persons or entities must comply with and are subject to the provisions of this Chapter:

(1)  The owner, operator, or lessee of any pollution source or facility.

(2)  Any person who has directly transported or directly contracted for the transportation of a hazardous substance or hazardous waste to a pollution source or facility.  

(3)  Any person who generated a hazardous waste which was eventually transported, stored, disposed of or discharged at a pollution source or facility.  

(4)  Any other person who disposed of or discharged a hazardous substance at a pollution source or facility.  

Acts 1984, No. 791, §1; Acts 1990, No. 681, §1, eff. July 20, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 773, §1.