La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § XIII-901

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

Section XIII-901 - General Requirements [formerly paragraph 13:019-1]

A. A person shall not engage in the business or practice of hauling the contents of septic tanks, cesspools, vaults, or similar facilities without first obtaining a license from the state health officer. Applications for a license to haul sewage may be obtained from the nearest parish health unit. Applications must be sent to the Sanitarian Program Administrator-Individual Sewage, Sanitarian Services Section. All licenses shall be issued by this office and shall be valid throughout the state.

B. [Formerly paragraph 13:019-2] All licenses expire on June 30 of each new year. Applications for renewal must be received no later than May 1 of each year in order to insure timely renewal. Initial applications received between July 1 and March 30 will receive a license for that fiscal year (July 1 through June 30); those initial applications received after March 30 will receive a license for the remainder of that fiscal year in addition to the next fiscal year.

C. [Formerly paragraph 13:019-3] Upon determination by the state health officer of substantial non-compliance with the requirements of this code with respect to the hauling and/or disposing of the contents of septic tanks, cesspools, vaults, or similar facilities, (not including grease traps), written notice, in compliance with R.S. 49:961, shall be given to the licensee having made said violations that he shall, within 15 working days, present to the notifying office any and all evidence to show compliance with the requirements for retention of the license. In the absence of such evidence, the licensee shall be further notified that his license has been temporarily suspended pending a hearing in the matter to consider whether sufficient grounds for revocation of the license exist. The licensee shall be notified, in writing, of the date of the hearing within seven working days from the date of the notice of suspension. The date for such hearing shall be within 45 working days of the notice of suspension.

D. [Formerly paragraph 13:019-4] Upon revocation of a license, a hauler shall not be eligible to reapply for the same license for a period of two years from the date of revocation for cause.

E. [Formerly paragraph 13:019-5] Disposal of the contents of septic tanks, cesspools, vaults, or similar facilities shall be made in accordance with the arrangements, approved in the permit, for disposal at an approved sewage treatment facility. As a prerequisite to obtaining a license, evidence for such arrangements, including copies of any agreements with cooperating sewage treatment facilities, shall be submitted. The disposal of the contents of septic tanks, cesspools, vaults, or similar facilities into ditches, canals, rivers, lakes, pits, or other surface water courses is prohibited.

F. [Formerly paragraph 13:019-6] No person shall convey or cause to be conveyed through the streets, roads, or public waterways any contents from a septic tank, vault, cesspool, or privy, except in tight enclosed containers, so as not to be offensive to smell or injurious to health.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § XIII-901

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1360 (June 2002).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4(A)(6) and R.S. 40:5(9)(20).