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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 30, § 90. Natural Resources Trust Authority annual report to the legislature

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

A. The trust authority shall submit to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment, and the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality before March first an annual report that reviews the extent to which the fund has enabled the trust authority to better protect the environment and enhance the income of the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund.

B. The trust authority shall generate a three-year plan which comprehensively addresses a balanced restoration of all oilfield sites in the state. The three-year plan shall include an inventory of all wells by classification, a timetable for implementation and completion of site restoration activities, and set forth other goals and objectives of the trust authority. The trust authority will annually review the status of its three-year plan and shall generate successive three-year plans as needed.

C. The secretary shall furnish the trust authority with semiannual reports that review the efforts of the secretary to assure proper and timely cleanup, closure, and restoration of oilfield sites.

D. The secretary's semiannual reports shall include:

(1) The number of wells plugged by the secretary.

(2) The number of orphaned oilfield sites, including a breakdown of those which have been identified during the preceding year and those at which site restoration has been completed during the preceding year.

(3) The number of producing and nonproducing oilfield sites.

(4) The status of enforcement proceedings for all sites in violation of the secretary's rules and the time period during which the sites have been in violation, including the status of the secretary's attempts to recover reimbursement for restoration costs.

E. The trust authority's annual report to the legislature shall include:

(1) The number of wells plugged by the department.

(2) The number of orphaned oilfield sites, including a breakdown of those which have been identified during the preceding year and those at which site restoration has been completed during the preceding year.

(3) The number of producing and nonproducing oilfield sites.

(4) The status of enforcement proceedings for all sites in violation of the secretary's rules and the time period during which the sites have been in violation, including the status of the secretary's attempts to recover reimbursement for restoration costs.

(5) A report on the progress of the trust authority's three-year plan.

(6) A projection of the amount of oilfield cleanup funds needed for the next year for site restoration.

(7) The status of implementation of the provisions of this Part relating to possession and sale of equipment to recover site restoration costs.

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