La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-10113

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-10113 - Exemptions

A. Certain persons and substances have been exempted from the inventory reporting requirements contained in these rules. There are no exemptions granted for release reporting of regulated substances.

B. Persons exempted from reporting certain substances under state law as outlined in Subsection C below are cautioned to examine Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) because not all of these exemptions are applicable to federal law. If a substance is not exempt under federal law, in most cases it is reportable to the Emergency Response Commission (via Department of Public Safety and Corrections), the local emergency planning committee (one in each parish), and the local fire department having jurisdiction over a facility.

C. The following persons are exempt from the inventory reporting requirements of these rules:

1. residential users;

2. owners or operators of hotels, motels, restaurants, apartment buildings or office buildings which use only small quantities of air conditioning and cleaning supplies;

3. owners or operators of retail sales establishments which sell consumer products or food stuffs packaged for distribution to, and intended for use by, the general public and who have storage areas or storerooms in such establishments which are separated from shelf or display areas, but maintained within the physical confines of such retail establishments;

4. owners or operators of cosmetology salons and barber salons; and

5. owners or operators of retail gasoline service stations having only gasoline and/or diesel in underground storage tanks and in full compliance with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Underground Storage Tank Program.

D. The following materials are exempt from the inventory reporting requirements of these rules:

1. any hazardous waste as such term is defined by the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) when subject to regulations issued under that Act;

2. tobacco or tobacco products;

3. wood or wood products;

4. "articles":

a. which are formed to a specific shape or design during manufacture;

b. which have end use function(s) dependent in whole or in part upon the shape or design during end use; and

c. which do not release or otherwise result in exposure to a hazardous chemical under normal conditions of use;

5. food, drugs, cosmetics or alcoholic beverages in a retail establishment which are packaged for sale to consumers;

6. foods, drugs, or cosmetics intended for personal consumption by employees while in the workplace;

7. any consumer product or hazardous substance, as those terms are defined in the Consumer Product Safety Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) respectively, where the employer can demonstrate it is used in the workplace in the same manner as normal consumer use, and which use results in a duration and frequency of exposure which is not greater than exposures experienced by consumers;

8. any drug, as that term is defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) when it is in solid, final form for direct administration to the patient (i.e., tablets or pills);

9. any food, food additive, color additive, drug, or cosmetic regulated by the Food and Drug Administration;

10. any substance present as a solid in any manufactured item to the extent exposure to the substance does not occur under normal conditions of use;

11. any substance to the extent it is used for personal, family, or household purposes, or is present in the same form and concentration as a product packaged for distribution and use by the general public;

12. any substance to the extent it is used in a medical research laboratory or a hospital or other medical facility under the direct supervision of a technically qualified individual;

13. any substance to the extent it is used in routine agricultural operations or is a fertilizer held for sale by a retailer to the ultimate customer.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-10113

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police, LR 12:327 (May 1986), amended LR 13:184 (March 1987), LR 13:762 (December 1987), LR 14:804 (November 1988), LR 27:863 (June 2001).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2361 et seq.