La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § IX-1505
Administrative Authority-the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality or his designee or the appropriate assistant secretary or his designee.
Certification-approval by the administrative authority that any activity which may result in any discharge into or potential change of the waters of the state and as such requires application for a federal permit, will comply with the applicable provisions of Sections 301 (Effluent Limitations), 302 (Water Quality Related Effluent Limitations), 303 (Water Quality Standards and Implementation Plans), 306 (National Standards of Performance) and 307 (Toxic and Pretreatment Effluent Standards) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended.
Commercial Activity-any conduct, operation, or process performed by governmental agencies for public use or by private interests for business or other use for profit.
Commission-the Environmental Control Commission.
Discharge-the placing, releasing, spilling, percolating, draining, pumping, leaking, seeping, emitting, disposing, bypassing or other escaping of pollutants into the air, waters, subsurface water or the ground as the result of a prior act or the placing of pollutants into natural or man-made pits or drums, barrels, or similar containers under conditions and circumstances that leaking, seeping, draining, or escaping of the pollutants can be reasonably anticipated.
Land Management Plan-a land use plan approved by the United States Soil Conservation Service or the State Department of Transportation and Development Soil and Water Conservation Committee.
Noncommercial Activity-any conduct, operation, or process intended strictly for private use with no future profit potential expected.
Person-any individual, municipality, public or private corporation, partnership, firm, the United States Government and any agent or subdivision thereof, or any other juridical person.
Waste-any material for which no use or reuse is intended and which is to be discarded.
Water Pollution-the introduction into waters of the state by any means including dredge and fill operations, of any substance in concentrations which tend to degrade the chemical, physical, biological, or radiological integrity of such waters, including, but not limited to, the discharge of brine from salt domes which are located on the coastline of Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico into any waters off said coastline and extending therefrom 3 miles into the Gulf of Mexico.
Water Quality Management Plan-an approved water quality management plan prepared pursuant to the Act [R.S. 30:2074(A)(1)].
Water Quality Standards-standards and criteria established pursuant to the Act [R.S. 30:2074(A)(1)].
La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § IX-1505