2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality
RS 30:2465 - Assistance and compensation
§2465. Assistance and compensation
A. Subject to the coordinator's authority as authorized by this Chapter to determine otherwise, any person or discharge cleanup organization may assist in abating, containing, or removing pollution from any unauthorized discharge of oil.
B. Any person or discharge cleanup organization that renders assistance in abating, containing, or removing pollution from any unauthorized discharge of oil may receive compensation from the fund for removal costs, provided the coordinator approves compensation prior to the assistance being rendered. Prior approval for compensation may be provided for in the state oil spill contingency plan. The coordinator, on petition and for good cause shown, may waive the prior approval prerequisite.
Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §1, eff. April 23, 1991.
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