Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part IX - Water Quality
Subpart 1 - Water Pollution Control
Chapter 19 - State of Louisiana Stream Control Commission
Section IX-1901 - Order
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code IX-1901
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Effective July 1, 1968, it shall be the order of the Louisiana Stream Control Commission that no oil field wastes, including salt water, produced by gas or oil field operations in the state of Louisiana shall be allowed to drain or flow into waters of the state except:
1. salt water may
be disposed of in normally saline waters, tidally affected waters, brackish
waters or other waters unsuitable for human consumption or agricultural
purposes. Where quality of receiving waters is not clearly brackish, saline or
tidally affected, or unsuitable for human consumption or agricultural purposes,
individual judgment shall be rendered by the Stream Control Commission;
and
2. as further provided under
the applicable rules and regulations of the Department of
Conservation.
B. Nothing herein contained is intended to repeal, modify or otherwise affect existing regulations of this commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:1435.
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