Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XXIII - Pesticides
Chapter 31 - Water Protection
Section XXIII-3105 - Procedures for the Determination of Threats

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXIII-3105

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. The procedures for determining whether pesticide concentrations exceed maximum contaminant level standards or pose a threat or reasonable expectation of a threat to human health or the environment shall be:

1. the department shall maintain a water monitoring program;
a. water sample collection sites shall be distributed throughout the state. The locations of said sites shall be selected by criteria including, but not limited to:
i. those areas that have agricultural land use;

ii. those areas that have water drainage from agricultural lands;

iii. the propensity for runoff due to topography, soil types and other characteristics;

iv. data from aquifer potential maps used to locate well sampling sites in a wide spectrum of the state's aquifers; and

v. proximity to pesticide application of irrigation wells or shallow private water wells;

b. the water sampling frequency requirements shall be based upon criteria including, but not limited to:
i. the pesticide application season in the area of the water collection sample site;

ii. sampling shall as determined by the commissioner;

c. analytical parameters shall be established for each sampling site and shall be based upon, but not limited to, the following criteria:
i. the major crop(s) grown in the area of the monitoring site;

ii. the pesticide(s) most commonly used on the major crop(s) of the monitoring site area; and

iii. the base line conditions existent prior to the pesticide application season;

d. base line conditions at each water sampling site shall be established by water sampling and analysis prior to the pesticide application season;

e. the analysis of water samples shall be accomplished in accordance with procedures of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists and/or other methods approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;

2. the commissioner shall consider results of the analysis of the samples, the criteria established in R.S. 3:3306(C), and/or other relevant data and shall promptly determine whether a threat or reasonable expectation of a threat to human health or to the environment exists and whether the standards as adopted herein have been exceeded.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3303(B) and R.S. 3:3306(B).

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