Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part XIII - Sewage Disposal
Chapter 5 - Community Sewerage Systems [formerly Chapter 13 Subpart C]
Section XIII-505 - Operation and Maintenance [formerly paragraph 13:008-1]

A. All component facilities of a community sewerage system shall, at all times, be maintained in the same configuration as permitted, in working order and operated efficiently to minimize upsets, discharges of excessive pollutants, bypassing of discharges from the system, and health hazards and nuisances. Operator staffing and training, laboratory and process controls, maintenance during normal periods of equipment downtime, backup equipment, and spare parts shall be provided as needed to maintain continuous compliance with the effluent limitations and standards established for the facility by the state health officer and to avoid any bypass or any overflow from the system.

B. [Formerly paragraph 13:008-2] Community sewerage systems shall be operated and maintained so as to consistently produce effluent water quality meeting the minimum requirements of the secondary treatment standard. Additional effluent standards may be established by the state health officer as needed based upon downstream uses of receiving waters.

C. [Formerly paragraph 13:008-3] The bypass of any raw or partially treated sewage from a community sewerage system is prohibited, except where unavoidable to prevent a potential threat to Public Health and Safety or severe property damage, and where no feasible alternatives to bypass exist. The use of alternatives to bypassing, such as auxiliary treatment facilities, retention of untreated wastes, maintenance during normal periods of equipment downtime, or installation of adequate backup equipment shall be utilized to the maximum extent feasible to avoid bypassing.