2020 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality
§90. Commission's annual report to the legislature

RS 90 - Commission's annual report to the legislature

A. The commission shall submit to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment, and the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality before March first an annual report that reviews the extent to which the fund has enabled the commission to better protect the environment and enhance the income of the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund.

B. The commission shall generate a three-year plan which comprehensively addresses a balanced restoration of all oilfield sites in the state. The three-year plan shall include an inventory of all wells by classification, a timetable for implementation and completion of site restoration activities and set forth other goals and objectives of the commission. The commission will annually review the status of its three-year plan and shall generate successive three-year plans as needed.

C. The assistant secretary shall furnish the commission with semiannual reports that review the efforts of the assistant secretary to assure proper and timely cleanup, closure, and restoration of oilfield sites.

D. The assistant secretary's semiannual reports shall include:

(1) The number of wells plugged by the assistant secretary.

(2) The number of orphaned oilfield sites, including a breakdown of those which have been identified during the preceding year and those at which site restoration has been completed during the preceding year.

(3) The number of producing and nonproducing oilfield sites.

(4) The status of enforcement proceedings for all sites in violation of the assistant secretary's rules and the time period during which the sites have been in violation, including the status of the assistant secretary's attempts to recover reimbursement for restoration costs.

E. The commission's annual report to the legislature shall include:

(1) The number of wells plugged by the department.

(2) The number of orphaned oilfield sites, including a breakdown of those which have been identified during the preceding year and those at which site restoration has been completed during the preceding year.

(3) The number of producing and nonproducing oilfield sites.

(4) The status of enforcement proceedings for all sites in violation of the assistant secretary's rules and the time period during which the sites have been in violation, including the status of the assistant secretary's attempts to recover reimbursement for restoration costs.

(5) A report on the progress of the commission's three-year plan.

(6) A projection of the amount of oilfield cleanup funds needed for the next year for site restoration.

(7) The status of implementation of the provisions of this Part relating to possession and sale of equipment to recover site restoration costs.

Acts 1993, No. 404, §2; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 36, §1, eff. May 7, 1996; Acts 2008, No. 580, §2.