Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part IX - Water Quality
Subpart 1 - Water Pollution Control
Chapter 5 - Enforcement
Section IX-501 - General
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Failure to comply with any of the provisions of these regulations or of the terms and conditions of any permit granted or order issued hereunder constitutes a violation of the act.
B. Actual or potential economic losses resulting from the necessity to halt or reduce a permitted activity in order to maintain compliance with the conditions of a permit shall not be a defense for a permittee in any enforcement action.
C. The discharge of any pollutant not specifically authorized by a permit, or these regulations, or that was not specifically listed as a component of the discharge in the permit application may be considered a violation of the act.
D. The discharge of any pollutant in quantities exceeding permitted limits or a discharge from a source or at a location not authorized by a permit shall be a violation of the act.
E. Upon delegation of the NPDES program, the department shall notify the regional administrator of NPDES permit violations and of the means by which the department proposes to correct or require the correction of such violations.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq., and in particular Section 2074(B)(3) and (B)(4)
