Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part I - Office of the Secretary
Subpart 1 - General
Chapter 11 - Leasing State Owned Lands and Water Bottoms for the Exploration, Development and Production of an Alternative Energy Source
Subchapter A - General Provision
Section I-1118 - Environmental Safeguards
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The lessee shall use the best management practice, the highest degree of care, the best available and safest technology and all proper safeguards required to prevent land or water pollution resulting from the construction, transportation, and operations of an alternative energy source.
B. The lessee shall use all means available to recapture escaped pollutants and shall be solely responsible for any and all damages to aquatic or marine or riverine life, wildlife, birds, or any public or private property resulting from the lessee's operations.
C. The lessee shall not discharge trash or debris into state waterways.
D. The lessee shall report all unpermitted discharges of pollutants in violation of federal or state laws to the Department of Environmental Quality, the board, through OMR, and any other appropriate agency, within the time required by federal, state or local laws, but not more than 24 hours from the occurrence, whichever is earlier.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:124.
