2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:1299.100 - Submission of emergency plan and reporting of toxic substances; penalties

PART XXX. TOXIC SUBSTANCES

§1299.100. Submission of emergency plan and reporting of toxic substances; penalties

A.(1) Each plant or industrial facility located within the state of Louisiana wherein any toxic substance is regularly manufactured, stored, or maintained in quantities capable of escaping the boundaries or perimeters of such plant or industrial facility in sufficient concentrations to cause death or serious bodily harm to persons outside said boundaries or perimeters shall prepare and submit an emergency plan for immediate notification of the proper public safety authority. The emergency plan shall be put into effect whenever toxic substances escape beyond the boundaries or perimeters of each plant or industrial facility. The plan shall be submitted to the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality with copies furnished to the local sheriffs and municipal authorities concerned.

(2) The plan, including a report on toxic substances, shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections with the concurrence of the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The form shall be incorporated, wherever feasible and practical, into the survey form implemented under the Hazardous Material Information, Preparedness and Response Act (R.S. 30:2361 et seq.).

(3) The term "toxic substance" is hereby defined to include those substances which are designated as toxic in rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections with the concurrence of the Department of Environmental Quality. The plan or revisions thereto shall be submitted no later than January 31 of each calendar year.

B. The requirements of this Section shall be applicable to all nuclear reactors within the state of Louisiana and the escape of radioactivity therefrom.

C. Any person or corporate entity in violation of the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than twenty five thousand dollars. Fines collected pursuant to this Section shall be distributed on a pro rata basis to the governing authority of the parish or parishes wherein the offending plant or industrial facility is located.

Acts 1979, No. 642, §1; Acts 1980, No. 364; Acts 1983, No. 542, §1; Acts 1985, No. 435, §3, eff. July 11, 1985.