Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials
Subpart 1 - Department of Environmental Quality-Hazardous Waste
Chapter 13 - Transporters
Section V-1315 - Spills

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-1315

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Contingency Plan. Each transporter shall prepare a spill contingency plan. The spill contingency plan must include the information specified in LAC 33:V.1513.B (except §1513. B 1), C, E, and F. The contingency plan shall include a section describing emergency response procedures as specified in LAC 33:V.1513.F.

B. Personnel Training. All transporters shall institute a personnel training program as specified in LAC 33:V.1515. This program shall apply to all personnel who would reasonably be expected to handle hazardous waste containers or tanks or deal with spills (e.g., drivers and dispatchers).

C. In the event of a discharge of hazardous waste during transportation, the transporter must take appropriate immediate action to protect human health and the environment (e.g., notify local authorities and dike the discharge area).

D. If a discharge of hazardous waste occurs during transportation and an official acting within the scope of his official responsibilities determines that immediate removal of the waste is necessary to protect human health or the environment, that official may authorize the removal of the waste by transporters who do not have EPA identification numbers.

E. An air, rail, highway, or water transporter who has discharged hazardous waste must:

1. give notice, if required by 49 CFR 171.15, to the National Response Center by telephone at (800) 424-8802 or (202) 267-2675; and

2. report in writing, as required by 49 CFR 171.16, to the Information Systems Manager, PHH-63, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590-0001, or send an electronic Hazardous Materials Incident Report to the Information System Manager, DHM-63, Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590-0001. An electronic Hazardous Materials Incident Report form can be obtained at http://hazmat.dot.gov.

F. As required by 33 CFR 153.203 for oil and hazardous substance, a water (bulk shipment) transporter who has discharged hazardous waste must immediately notify the National Response Center (NRC), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593 by telephone at (800) 424-8802 or (202) 267-2675.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.

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