La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-403

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section V-403 - Definitions
A. The definitions used in this Chapter are intended to apply to commercial hazardous waste facilities. Terms not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in LAC 33:V.109.

Aquifer Recharge Zone- a land area in which water reaches the zone of saturation from surface infiltration (e.g., an area where rainwater soaks through the earth to reach an aquifer).

Day Care Center- any place or facility operated by any institution, society, agency, corporation, person or persons, or any other group for the primary purpose of providing care, supervision, and guidance of seven or more children not related to the caregiver and unaccompanied by parent or guardian on a regular basis for at least 20 hours in a continuous seven-day week.

Entertainment Facility- any place where the primary purpose is to amuse, please, or provide hospitality to patrons or guests.

Food Storage Area- any facility or structure used to store or contain any foodstuff for human or animal consumption.

Hospital- a medical institution whose principal activity or business is the diagnosis, care, and treatment of human illness through the maintenance and operation of organized facilities therefor.

Nursing Home- a private home, institution, building, residence, or other place, serving two or more persons who are not related by blood or marriage to the operator, whether operated for profit or not, and including those places operated by a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, which undertakes, through its ownership or management, to provide maintenance, personal care, or nursing for persons who, by reason of illness or physical infirmity or age, are unable to properly care for themselves.

Prison- a state or federal facility of confinement for convicted criminals, especially felons.

Public Building- a building or appurtenance to a building that is built in whole or in part or leased with public monies. Examples include, but are not limited to, federal, state, or parish office buildings, courthouses, post offices, custom houses, public record centers, public libraries, public schools, appraisers' stores, and transportation facilities that accommodate traveling passengers.

Residential Area- those areas where people live or reside including the property on which housing is located, as well as playgrounds, roadways, sidewalks, parks, and other similar areas within a residential community.

School- any profit or nonprofit, public or private, day, night, or residential school that provides elementary, secondary, college, or post-graduate education as determined under state law or any school of any agency of the United States.

Wetland- open water areas or areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.

Wildlife Management Area- any area set aside, maintained, and supervised by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for the purpose of managing and harvesting wild birds, wild quadrupeds, fish, and other aquatic life under controlled conditions to afford maximum hunting and fishing opportunity.

Wildlife Preserve- any area set aside and designated by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries as a refuge on which wild birds and animals are protected.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-403

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 27:285 (March 2001).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2178.