La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § VII-315

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

Section VII-315 - Mandatory Provisions

A. Generating, Collecting, Transporting, Storing, Processing, and Disposing of Solid Waste. Solid waste shall be generated, collected, transported, stored, processed, and disposed of only in accordance with these regulations.

B. Storage of Wastes. No solid waste shall be stored or allowed to be stored in a manner that may cause a nuisance or health hazard or detriment to the environment as determined by the administrative authority. Unless authorized or approved by the administrative authority, no solid waste shall be stored or allowed to be stored at an off-site location unless such off-site location is an authorized transfer station or collection, processing, or disposal facility. After November 20, 2011 solid wastes may not be stored on-site for greater than one year, without approval from the Office of Environmental Compliance. The facility shall maintain records indicating the time frame that waste has been stored.

C. Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste. Except as otherwise provided in these regulations, all solid waste shall be processed or disposed of at a permitted solid waste facility.

D. Abandonment of Solid Waste. Abandonment of solid waste shall be considered an act of disposal.

E. Access to Facilities. The administrative authority or his representative shall have access to the premises of all facilities used for the management of solid waste for all purposes authorized under R.S. 30:2001 et seq., particularly R.S. 30:2012. These inspections may be conducted during normal operating hours; however, the department reserves the right to conduct inspections before and after operating hours. Upon request of the operator or permit holder, the administrative authority or his representative shall discuss the preliminary findings of any such investigation before leaving the premises.

F . Reporting of Unauthorized Discharge. Any discharge, deposit, injection, spill, dumping, leaking, or placing of solid waste into or on the water, air, or land of the state in contravention of the Act, these regulations, or the terms and conditions of a permit issued thereunder, or any accident, fire, explosion, or other emergency that results in such unauthorized solid waste discharge, shall be reported by any person causing, allowing, or suffering said discharge or by any person with knowledge of the discharge to the Office of Environmental Compliance in accordance with LAC 33:I.Chapter 39.

G. Cleanup of Unauthorized Discharge. The cleanup, isolation, removal, or otherwise rendering safe of solid waste processed or disposed of in a manner not authorized by these regulations, or at a facility not permitted to receive such wastes, shall be conducted in accordance with LAC 33:I.Chapter 13 (RECAP), these regulations, or the terms and conditions of any order issued by the administrative authority. Such orders shall not preclude other enforcement action under R.S. 30:2025.

H. Notice of Fire or Damage to Structures in a Solid Waste Facility. Notification shall be made in accordance with LAC 33:I.3915 in the case of an emergency condition as defined in LAC 33:I.3905, or in accordance with LAC 33:I.3923 in all other cases, when damage to or degradation of any structure of a solid waste facility occurs that would impair the ability of the facility to meet the conditions of its permit, or when any fire occurs in the waste management area at a solid waste facility.

I. Construction with Intent to Operate a Facility. The owner/operator shall provide advance written notice, at least 30 days prior to construction, to the parish governing authority whose jurisdiction may be affected, of the intent to operate a transfer station (processing or non-processing) or other type of facility for the offloading and/or transloading of processed solid waste and sewage sludge destined for disposal.

J . Hazardous or Nuclear Wastes in Solid Waste Facilities. No hazardous waste or nuclear material regulated under the Louisiana hazardous waste rules and regulations or Louisiana radiation regulations shall be processed or disposed of at a solid waste facility except in conformance with those regulations. Collectors, transporters, processors, and disposers of solid waste shall determine, according to approved methods, that the waste is not hazardous before collecting, transporting, processing, or disposing of it.

K. Compliance with Other Regulations. All facilities may be subject to applicable federal and state laws and regulations including, but not limited to, Section 402(NPDES) and Section 404 (Dredge and Fill) of the Clean Water Act; the Coastal Zone Management Act and Federal Aviation Administration regulations; the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended; the Endangered Species Act; the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Marine Protection Research and Sanctuary Act; the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act; and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

L. Contamination of the Waters of the State. No person shall cause, allow, or permit solid waste to be disposed of in such a manner that it enters the waters of the state. This does not apply to discharges into waters of the state in accordance with state or federal wastewater-discharge permits.

M. Prohibition of Open Burning of Solid Waste. Open burning of solid waste is prohibited, except in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq. and LAC 33:III.1109.

N. Spent Bauxite Waste and Byproduct Gypsum and Related Wastes

1. The administrative authority may give special consideration to landfills that receive only byproduct gypsum and related wastes (resulting from the production of phosphoric acid, phosphate fertilizers, and hydrofluoric acid) that is generated on-site, with regard to standards for receipt of liquid waste, standing water, specific design and operation of liners and leachate collection and removal systems, daily cover, and final cover, which may include waiver or modification of these standards.

2. The administrative authority may give special consideration to surface impoundments that receive only spent bauxite waste and related wastes (resulting from production of alumina) that is generated on-site, with regard to standards for liners and final cover, which may include waiver or modification of these standards.

O. Generators shall not offer solid waste to transporters, processing facilities, or disposal facilities that have not received authorization and/or the required permits necessary to receive and/or manage the generator's solid waste.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § VII-315

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste Division, LR 19:187 (February 1993), amended LR 19:1143 (September 1993), LR 19:1315 (October 1993), repromulgated LR 19:1421 (November 1993), amended LR 22:279 (April 1996), amended by the Office of Waste Services, Solid Waste Division, LR 23:954 (August 1997), LR 23:1145 (September 1997), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:2516 (November 2000), LR 30:1675 (August 2004), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 31:2487 (October 2005), LR 33:1030 (June 2007), LR 34:1400 (July 2008), LR 36:1240 (June 2010), LR 37:3235 (November 2011), repromulgated LR 37:3508 (December 2011).

§ 317 has moved to § 112

§ 319 has moved to § 114

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq.