Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part VI - Inactive and Abandoned Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Substances Site Remediation
Chapter 7 - Settlement and Negotiations
Section VI-711 - Mixed Funding

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code VI-711

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

A. PRP Lead Site. The department may provide funds from the Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Fund, as defined in R.S. 30:2205, to a responsible party for the purpose of assisting with the cost of remediation incurred by the responsible party. This assistance may be provided through cooperative agreements in accordance with R.S. 30:2032.

B. Department Lead Site. The department may accept funds from PRPs for the purpose of assisting with the payment of remedial costs incurred by the department, regardless of when those costs are incurred. This assistance may be provided solely in the form of cash contributions, which may go to either the Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Fund or to the Environmental Trust Fund, as defined in R.S. 30:2015, at the department's discretion.

C. Eligibility and Mixed Funding Criteria. The Office of Environmental Assessment shall make a determination whether a proposal is eligible for funding. The only circumstances under which mixed funding can be approved by the department are when the funding will achieve both:

1. substantially more expeditious or enhanced remediation than would otherwise occur; and

2. the prevention or mitigation of unfair economic hardship. In considering this criterion the department shall consider the extent to which mixed funding will either prevent or mitigate unfair economic hardship faced by the PRP, if the remedial action were to be implemented without public funding, or achieve greater fairness with respect to the payment of remedial costs between the PRP entering into a cooperative agreement with the department and any nonsettling PRPs.

D. Funding Decision. The department may hold informal discussions on mixed funding with PRPs for a particular site. If a responsible party is found to be eligible for mixed funding, the administrative authority shall make a determination regarding the amount of funding to be provided, if any. This shall be determined at the discretion of the administrative authority and is not subject to review. A determination of eligibility is not a funding commitment. Actual funding will depend on the availability of funds.

E. Remedial Costs. The department may recover the amount of public funding spent on remedial actions from the nonparticipating PRPs. For purposes of such cost recovery action, the amount in mixed funding attributed to the site shall be considered as remedial costs paid by the department.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2171 et seq., 2221 et seq., and 2271 et seq.

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