Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials
Subpart 1 - Department of Environmental Quality-Hazardous Waste
Chapter 19 - Tanks
Section V-1901 - Applicability

A. The requirements of this Chapter apply to owners and operators of facilities that use tank systems for storing or treating hazardous waste except as otherwise provided in Subsections A and B of this Section or LAC 33:V.1501.

B. Tank systems that are used to store or treat hazardous waste that contains no free liquids and are situated inside a building with an impermeable floor are exempted from the requirements of LAC 33:V.1907. To demonstrate the absence or presence of free liquids in the stored/treated waste, the following test method must be used: EPA Method 9095B (Paint Filter Liquids Test) as described in Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, EPA Publication SW-846, as incorporated by reference in LAC 33:V.110.

C. Tank systems, including sumps, as defined in LAC 33:V.109, that serve as part of a secondary containment system to collect or contain releases of hazardous wastes are exempted from the requirements in LAC 33:V.1907.A.

D. Tanks, sumps, and other such collection devices or systems used in conjunction with drip pads, as defined in LAC 33:V.109 and regulated under LAC 33:V.Chapter 28, must meet the requirements of this Chapter.

E. See LAC 33:V.1013.C.3 for applicable requirements for small quantity generators accumulating hazardous waste in tanks. See LAC 33:V.1015.B.2 for applicable requirements for large quantity generators accumulating hazardous waste in tanks.