Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2477

  • 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
  • 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

The coordinator, in conjunction with the United States Coast Guard, may subject a vessel covered by this Chapter as a condition to being granted entry into any port in this state, or a terminal facility to an announced or unannounced audit, inspection, or drill to determine the discharge prevention and response capabilities of the terminal facility or vessels.  

Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §1, eff. April 23, 1991.