Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part XI - Underground Storage Tanks
Chapter 15 - Enforcement
Section XI-1501 - Inspection and Entry
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XI-1501
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Owners and operators of USTs shall allow an authorized representative of the department, upon proper presentation of credentials, to do the following.
1. The representative shall be allowed to
enter, for inspection or sampling purposes, the premises where a UST system is
or might be located or in which monitoring equipment or records required by
these regulations are kept. Most inspections will be unannounced and should be
allowed to begin immediately, but in no case shall begin more than 30 minutes
after the time the inspector presents his or her credentials and announces the
purpose(s) of the inspection. A delay of over 30 minutes shall constitute a
violation of these regulations. Additional time may be granted, however, if the
inspector or the administrative authority determines that the circumstances
warrant such action.
2. The
representative shall have access to and be allowed to copy any records that the
department or the representative finds necessary for the enforcement of these
regulations. For records maintained in either a central or private office that
is open only during normal office hours and is closed at the time of the
inspection, the records shall be made available as soon as the office is open,
but in no case later than noon the next working day.
3. Photographs (Reserved)
4. The representative shall be allowed to
inspect any facilities, equipment (including monitoring and control equipment),
practices, or operations regulated or required under these
regulations.
5. The representative
shall be allowed to sample or monitor for the purposes of assuring compliance
with these regulations, or as otherwise authorized by the Act (R.S. 30:2001 et
seq.), any substances or parameters at any location.
B. Sample Collection
1. When the department's inspector announces
that samples will be collected, the owner/operator will be given 30 minutes to
prepare containers in order to collect duplicates. If the owner/operator cannot
obtain and prepare sample containers within this time, he or she is considered
to have waived his or her right to collect duplicate samples, and the sampling
will proceed immediately. Further delay on the part of the owner/operator in
allowing initiation of the sampling will constitute a violation of these
regulations.
2. At the discretion
of the department's inspector or the administrative authority, sample
collection shall proceed immediately (without the 30 minutes described in LAC
33:XI.1501.B.1), and the inspector will supply the owner/operator with
duplicate samples.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq.
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