Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:81 – A. The legislature finds and declares that:
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:81
- Assistant secretary: means the assistant secretary of the office of conservation within the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or his authorized representatives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
- Commission: means the Oilfield Site Restoration Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
- Fund: means the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
- Site restoration: means any and all oilfield site restoration activities required of a responsible party of an oil or gas property by regulations adopted by the office of conservation pursuant to this Subtitle, including without limitation plugging of oil and gas wells, pit closure, site remediation, and removal of oilfield equipment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
A. The legislature finds and declares that:
(1) A present and future benefit to the environment, public health, safety, and welfare would be to clean up, close, and restore oilfield sites.
(2) State laws and regulations must comprehensively address those situations where proper and timely cleanup, closure, and restoration of orphaned oilfield sites must be assured.
B. It is in the public interest and within the police power of this state to establish an oilfield site restoration commission and an oilfield site restoration fund to provide for the proper and timely cleanup, closure, and restoration of oilfield sites, to be administered by the assistant secretary of the office of conservation within the Department of Energy and Natural Resources.
C. Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to alter or impair any rights and responsibilities established by contract between private parties.
Acts 1993, No. 404, §2; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.