Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2414

  • Facility: means a pollution source or any public or private property or facility where an activity is conducted which is required to be regulated under this Subtitle and which does or has the potential to do any of the following:

                (a) Emit air contaminants into the atmosphere. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004

  • Recovered materials: means those materials which have known recycling potential, can be feasibly recycled, and have been diverted or removed from the solid waste stream for sale, use, or reuse, by separation, collection, or processing. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2412
  • Solid waste: means any garbage, refuse, sludge, and other discarded material, including those in a solid, liquid, or semisolid state resulting from residential, community, or commercial activities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2412

The following wastes or activities are exempt from the requirements of this Chapter:

(1)  Recovered materials, except used oils, if a majority of the recovered materials at a facility are demonstrated to be sold, used, or reused within twelve months.  

(2)  Recovered materials, except used oils, or the products or byproducts of operations that process recovered materials which are not discharged, deposited, injected, dumped, spilled, leaked, or placed into or upon any land or water so that such products or byproducts or any constituent thereof may enter lands or be emitted into the air or discharged into the waters, including groundwaters, or otherwise enter the environment or pose a threat to public health and safety or the environment.  

(3)  Recovered materials which are hazardous wastes and have not been recovered from solid wastes and which are defined as hazardous wastes under applicable state or federal regulations.  

(4)  Those wastes exempt under the Louisiana Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery Law and the Louisiana Solid Waste Rules and Regulations.  

Acts 1989, No. 185, §1, eff. Sept.  1, 1989; Acts 1991, No. 964, §1.