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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 30, § 2183.1. Commercial hazardous waste recycling and incineration facilities; standards and criteria for operation; permits and licenses

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Each commercial hazardous waste incineration facility that accepts hazardous waste or hazardous waste products for a fee, and each commercial recycling or resource recovery facility which recycles hazardous waste to produce aggregates and that accepts hazardous wastes or hazardous waste products for a fee, shall be strictly subject to the Louisiana Hazardous Waste Control Law and any rule or regulation adopted thereunder and any permit, license, or schedule of compliance required thereunder.

B. The secretary shall establish, by rule, within one hundred and eighty days from September 9, 1988, requirements and operating standards for all commercial hazardous waste incineration facilities that accept hazardous waste or hazardous waste products for a fee, and for all commercial recycling and resource recovery facilities which recycle hazardous waste to produce aggregates and that accept hazardous waste or hazardous waste products for a fee. The rules shall be established for each category of facility under the Louisiana Hazardous Waste Control Law. The standards and requirements shall include, but shall not be limited to:

(1) Permit procedures for such facilities.

(2) Air emission standards based on the best demonstrated available technology, minimum destruction and removal efficiency for hazardous constituents no less restrictive than national performance standards, trial burn requirements, stack emission monitoring requirements, and automatic feed cutoff systems and procedures.

(3) Analysis of all hazardous waste and hazardous waste products prior to incineration, recycling, or use, including the definition, classification, or identification of those products or residuals produced by such commercial facilities which are waste or hazardous waste.

(4) Inspection requirements for all equipment at such commercial facilities.

(5) Discharge restrictions and standards on wastewaters produced as a result of treatment or processing of hazardous waste or hazardous waste products by such commercial facilities.

(6) Auditing procedures and requirements for the sale of any recycled products or residuals produced by such commercial facilities.

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