La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-501

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section V-501 - Permit Application

A. Any person who is required to have a permit (including new applicants and permittees with expiring permits) shall complete, sign, and submit a permit application to the Office of Environmental Services, as described in this Section and LAC 33:V.4301, 4303, and 4305. Persons currently authorized with interim status shall apply for permits when required by the administrative authority. Persons covered by RCRA permits by rule (LAC 33:V.305.D) need not apply. Procedures for applications, issuance, and administration of emergency permits are found exclusively in LAC 33:V.701 and 703. Procedures for application, issuance, and administration of research, development, and demonstration permits are found exclusively in LAC 33:V.329.

B. When a facility or activity is not owned and operated by one person, it is the operator's duty to obtain a permit. The owner must also sign the permit application.

C. Existing Hazardous Waste Management Facilities and Interim Status Qualifications

1. Owners and operators of existing hazardous waste management facilities or of hazardous waste management facilities in existence on the effective date of statutory or regulatory amendments under the Act that render the facility subject to the requirement to have a RCRA permit must submit Part I of their permit application no later than:

a. six months after the date of publication of regulations which first require them to comply with LAC 33:V.Chapters 10, 11, 15,25,30,41 or 43; or

b.thirty days after the date they first become subject to the standards set forth in LAC 33:V.Chapters 10, 11, 15, 25, 30, 41, or 43, whichever first occurs.

2. The owner and operator of an existing hazardous waste management facility may be required to submit Part II of their permit application. The administrative authority may require submission of Part II. Any owner or operator shall be allowed at least 120 days from the date of request to submit Part II of the application. Any owner or operator of an existing hazardous waste management facility may voluntarily submit Part II of the application at any time. Notwithstanding the above, any owner or operator of an existing hazardous waste management facility must submit a Part II permit application in accordance with the dates specified in LAC 33:V.4305. Any owner or operator of a land disposal facility in existence on the effective date of statutory or regulatory amendments under the Act that render the facility subject to the requirement to have a RCRA permit must submit a Part II application in accordance with the dates specified in LAC 33:V.4305.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-501

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 10:200 (March 1984), amended LR 16:220 (March 1990), LR 20:1000 (September 1994), LR 20:1109 (October 1994), amended by the Office of Waste Services, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 24:300 (February 1998), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:2467 (November 2000), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 31:2454 (October 2005), LR 33:2100 (October 2007), Amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs and Criminal Investigations Division, LR 46901 (7/1/2020).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.