La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-1301

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section V-1301 - Applicability

A. The revised manifest form and procedures in 40 CFR 260.10, 261.7, 263.20, and 263.21, had an effective date of September 5, 2006. The manifest form and procedures in 40 CFR 260.10, 261.7, 263.20, and 263.21, contained in 40 CFR parts 260 to 265, edition revised as of July 1, 2004, were applicable until September 5, 2006. This Chapter establishes standards that apply to persons transporting hazardous waste within the state of Louisiana if the transportation requires a manifest under LAC 33:V.1516.

B. The regulations set forth in LAC 33:V.Chapters 10, 11 and 13 establish the responsibilities of generators and transporters in the handling, transportation and management of hazardous waste. In these regulations, Louisiana has expressly adopted certain regulations of the Department of Public Safety (DPS). These regulations concern, among other things, labeling, marking, placarding, using proper containers and reporting discharges. The department has adopted these regulations in order to satisfy its statutory obligation to promulgate regulations which are necessary to protect human health and the environment in the transportation of hazardous waste. The department adoption of these DPS regulations ensures consistency with the requirements of DPS and thus avoids the establishment of duplicative or conflicting requirements with respect to these matters.

C. Transporters of hazardous waste are cautioned that DPS's regulations are fully applicable to their activities and enforceable by DPS. The department and DPS worked together to develop standards for transporters of hazardous waste in order to avoid conflicting requirements. Regardless of DPS's action, the department retains its authority to enforce these regulations.

D. This Chapter does not apply to:

1. on-site transportation of hazardous waste by generators or by owners or operators of permitted hazardous waste management facilities; and

2. any person who offers for transportation or who transports household refuse or household septic tank pumping from the site where it was generated, if those materials are not transported with any other hazardous waste.

E. A transporter of hazardous waste must also comply with LAC 33:V.Chapters 10 and 11 if he transports hazardous waste into Louisiana from abroad or mixes hazardous wastes of different United States Department of Transportation shipping descriptions by placing them into a single container.

F. A transporter of hazardous waste that is being imported from or exported to any other country for purposes of recovery or disposal is subject to this Chapter and to all other relevant requirements of 40 CFR Part 262, Subpart H, which is incorporated by reference in LAC 33:V.Chapter 11.Subchapter B.

G. The regulations in this Chapter do not apply to transportation during an explosives or munitions emergency response conducted in accordance with LAC 33:V.1501.C.7.a.iv or d or 4307 and 305.C.12 or 13.

H. LAC 33:V.5305 identifies how the requirements of this Chapter apply to military munitions classified as solid waste under LAC 33:V.5303.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-1301

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 10:200 (March 1984), amended by the Office of Waste Services, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 24:666 (April 1998), LR 24:1694 (September 1998), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 32:824 (May 2006), LR 38:789 (March 2012), Amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Division, LR 42567 (4/1/2016), Amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs and Criminal Investigations Division, LR 46930 (7/1/2020), Amended LR 501460 (10/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.