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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. Any person responsible for an unauthorized discharge of oil or the person in charge of any vessel or a terminal facility from or at which an unauthorized discharge of oil has occurred, as soon as that person has knowledge of the discharge, shall:
(1) Immediately notify the hotline of the discharge.
(2) Undertake all reasonable actions to abate, contain, and remove pollution from the discharge.
B. If the persons responsible or in charge are unknown or appear to the coordinator to be unwilling or unable to abate, contain, and remove pollution from an unauthorized discharge of oil in an adequate manner, the coordinator may abate, contain, and remove pollution from the discharge and may contract with and appoint agents who shall operate under the direction of the coordinator to abate, contain, or remove pollution from the discharge.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 30, § 2463. Notification and response - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-30-sect-2463/
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