La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § IX-4503

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Section IX-4503 - Definitions
A. For the purpose of this Chapter:

Alternative Effluent Limitations- all effluent limitations or standards of performance for the control of the thermal component of any discharge which are established under Section 316(a) of the Act and this Chapter.

Balanced, Indigenous Community- is synonymous with the term balanced, indigenous population in the Act and means a biotic community typically characterized by diversity, the capacity to sustain itself through cyclic seasonal changes, presence of necessary food chain species and by a lack of domination by pollution tolerant species. Such a community may include historically non-native species introduced in connection with a program of wildlife management and species whose presence or abundance results from substantial, irreversible environmental modifications. Normally, however, such a community will not include species whose presence or abundance is attributable to the introduction of pollutants that will be eliminated by compliance by all sources with Section 301(b)(2) of the Act; and may not include species whose presence or abundance is attributable to alternative effluent limitations imposed pursuant to Section 316(a) of the Act.

Representative Important Species- species which are representative, in terms of their biological needs, of a balanced, indigenous community of shellfish, fish and wildlife in the body of water into which a discharge of heat is made.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § IX-4503

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Water Resources, LR 21:945 (September 1995), repromulgated by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 30:231 (February 2004).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq., and in particular Section 2074(B)(3) and (B)(4)