Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part I - Office of the Secretary
Subpart 1 - General
Chapter 7 - Coastal Management
Subchapter B - Coastal Use Guidelines
Section I-715 - Guidelines for Disposal of Wastes

A. The location and operation of waste storage, treatment, and disposal facilities shall be avoided in wetlands to the maximum extent practicable, and best practical techniques shall be used to minimize adverse impacts which may result from such use.

B. The generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes shall be pursuant to the substantive requirements of the Department of Environmental Quality adopted pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 30:217, et seq.; as amended and approved pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 P.L. 94-580, as amended, and of the Office of Conservation for injection below surface.

C. Waste facilities located in wetlands shall be designed and built to withstand all expectable adverse conditions without releasing pollutants.

D. Waste facilities shall be designed and constructed using best practical techniques to prevent leaching, control leachate production, and prevent the movement of leachate away from the facility.

E. The use of overland flow systems for nontoxic, biodegradable wastes, and the use of sump lagoons and reservoirs utilizing aquatic vegetation to remove pollutants and nutrients shall be encouraged.

F. All waste disposal sites shall be marked and, to the maximum extent practicable, all components of waste shall be identified.

G. Waste facilities in wetlands with identifiable pollution problems that are not feasible and practical to correct shall be closed and either removed or sealed, and shall be properly revegetated using the best practical techniques.

H. Waste shall be disposed of only at approved disposal sites.

I. Radioactive wastes shall not be temporarily or permanently disposed of in the coastal zone.