La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-10101 - Declaration of Authority, Background, Policy and Purpose
A. The following rules are hereby promulgated
pursuant to the authority provided in
R.S.
30:2361-2380 regarding the Hazardous Material
Information Development, Preparedness, and Response Act.
B. This Act was originally passed as Act 435
of the 1985 Legislative Session to implement the state's first "Right-to-Know"
Law. In 1986 the United States Congress passed the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA). Title III of SARA required, among other things,
that the governor of each state appoint an Emergency Response
Commission.
C. Compliance with
Louisiana's Right-to-Know Law will attain compliance with SARA, Title
III.
D. It should be noted that the
Louisiana Emergency Response Commission, operating within the Department of
Public Safety and Corrections, is the primary entity to which SARA, Title III
communications are made. Copies of annual inventory forms must also be
submitted to the local emergency planning committee in the parish where a
facility is located and to the local fire department having jurisdiction over
the facility.
E. Since the chemical
lists, release reportable quantities and threshold (inventory) quantities (TQ)
in the federal regulation are subject to change, facility owners/operators
should refer to the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations in addition to the Louisiana regulations to
determine current reporting requirements before submitting their annual
inventory forms and emergency release notifications.
F. It is the purpose of these rules to
implement the information system conceived of in the state's original
Right-to-Know Law by providing the citizens of this state, as well as emergency
response personnel, with data on hazardous material storage necessary to make
educated and responsible decisions.
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