Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2295 – Waste reduction history; planning report
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2295
- Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004
- Waste: means all nonproduct outputs from all environmental media, even though they may be within permitted or licensed limits. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2293
- Waste reduction: means in-plant practices that reduce, avoid, or eliminate the generation of hazardous or solid waste so as to reduce the risks to human health and the environment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2293
A. Each year, every generator of waste in Louisiana subject to the laws under the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall provide a report to the Department of Environmental Quality relative to the history and progress of such generator in waste reduction efforts.
B. Any report required herein shall use data sufficient in substance and form to convey an accurate analysis of any waste reduction heretofore accomplished or to be accomplished at some time in the future. The data shall be given on a production output basis as necessary to give the final waste reduction percentage based on waste generation and production data, not based solely on changes in the absolute amounts of waste generated.
C. Any data or information provided by generators for the purposes provided herein shall be subject to confidentiality as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 30:2030.
Acts 1987, No. 657, §2; Acts 1990, No. 588, §1.