2020 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality
§2157. Emergency response standards
RS 2157 - Emergency response standards
NOTE: §2157 repealed by Acts 2010, No. 862, §2, eff. upon promulgation of rules and regulations by DEQ.
A. Except as provided in R.S. 30:2157.1, prior to the issuance of the permit, an applicant for a solid waste disposal facility shall review and consider the ability of the local emergency response agencies and medical care facilities to respond to a hazardous material incident at the facility subject to the permit.
B. The applicant shall obtain certification from the local fire department as to whether or not that department has the ability to meet the response requirements of Section 472 of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association. The applicant shall obtain certification from the local emergency medical services agency as to whether or not that agency has the ability to meet the response requirements of Section 473 of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association. The applicant shall obtain certification from the local hospital as to whether they are able to accept and treat patients who are contaminated with hazardous materials.
C. In the event any such agency or hospital cannot certify that it is able to meet the requirements referenced in Subsection B of this Section, the applicant shall identify in the permit application the closest fire department, emergency medical service and hospital that can provide the services listed in Subsection B above. The department shall review and consider these agencies and hospitals to be the emergency response agencies and medical care facilities to respond to a hazardous material incident at the facility as a condition of the permit.
D. The requirements of this Section shall not apply if the applicant has the ability to meet the response requirements of Section 472 of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association.
Acts 1997, No. 345, §1, eff. June 20, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 1176, §1, eff. July 3, 2003; Acts 2010, No. 862, §2.
