Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part XIII - Sewage Disposal
Chapter 3 - General Requirements for Sewage Disposal [formerly Chapter 13 Subpart B]
Section XIII-308 - Outfall Paths

A. In reviewing plans and specifications for a proposed community sewerage system or individual sewerage system, or modifications thereto, the state health officer shall require the system owner to provide evidence of appropriate servitudes or permissions for any portion of the outfall path lying between the boundaries of the system owners property and the first suitable publicly maintained ditch, canal, or channel forming part of the outfall path, or the ultimate receiving navigable stream or body of water, whichever is encountered first. A publicly maintained ditch, canal, or channel shall be deemed suitable for use as an outfall path unless the public or governmental body maintaining same has explicitly notified the state health officer to the contrary in writing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the state health officer shall not be obligated to review or analyze the suitability or ownership of any portion of an outfall path lying downstream of its confluence with the first suitable publicly maintained ditch, canal, or channel forming a part thereof.