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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1278 (Substitute for House Bill No. 575 by Representative
Baldone)
BY REPRESENTATIVE BALDONE
ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING: Authorizes the delivery of certain scrap materials to scrap
metal collection and recycling facilities
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 30:2419(A)(2) and (3), relative to scrap metal recycling; to2
authorize the delivery of scrap metal containing fuel tanks to a scrap metal collection3
and recycling facility; to delete the requirement that persons delivering scrap to these4
facilities certify that fuel tanks have been removed; and to provide for related5
matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 30:2419(A)(2) and (3) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as8
follows: 9
ยง2419. Lead acid batteries; land disposal prohibition; scrap and scrap metal10
recycling, prohibited items11
A.12
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(2) No person may knowingly and intentionally deliver scrap to a scrap14
metal collection and recycling facility authorized under the laws of this state if such15
scrap contains any lead-acid or nickel cadmium battery, microwave oven, fluorescent16
light, capacitors exceeding one inch in length, width, or height, hazardous waste as17
defined by the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act, R.S. 30:2001 et seq.,18
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Control Law, R.S. 30:2101 et seq., and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto,1
fuel tanks if not certified as gas-free, or refrigerants containing chlorofluorocarbons2
(CFC's).3
(3) Any person delivering any scrap, including but not limited to4
automobiles or automotive parts, to a scrap metal collection and recycling facility5
must submit to the scrap metal collection and recycling facility a certification signed6
by a duly authorized representative that all lead-acid or nickel cadmium batteries,7
microwave ovens, fluorescent lights, capacitors exceeding one inch in length, width,8
or height, hazardous waste as defined by the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act,9
R.S. 30:2001 et seq., radioactive materials regulated by the Louisiana Nuclear10
Energy and Radiation Control Law, R.S. 30:2101 et seq., and regulations11
promulgated pursuant thereto, fuel tanks if not certified as gas-free, or refrigerants12
containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) have been removed from and are not13
included with the scrap delivered.14
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Baldone HB No. 1278
Abstract: Authorizes delivery of scrap metal containing fuel tanks to scrap metal collection
and recycling facilities.
Present law prohibits the knowing and intentional delivery of scrap to a scrap metal
collection and recycling facility if the scrap contains any lead-acid or nickel cadmium
batteries, microwave ovens, fluorescent lights, capacitors exceeding one inch in length,
width, or height, hazardous waste as defined in the La. Environmental Quality Act,
radioactive materials regulated by the La. Nuclear Energy and Radiation Control Law and
regulations, fuel tanks if not certified as gas-free, or refrigerants containing
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's).
Proposed law retains present law but deletes the prohibition against the intentional delivery
of scrap to a scrap metal collection and recycling facility if the scrap contains fuel tanks not
certified as gas-free.
Present law requires persons delivering scrap, including but not limited to automobiles or
automotive parts, to a scrap metal collection and recycling facility to submit to the facility
a certification signed by a duly authorized representative that all lead-acid or nickel
cadmium batteries, microwave ovens, fluorescent lights, capacitors exceeding one inch in HLS 10RS-2292 ORIGINAL
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length, width, or height, hazardous waste as defined by the La. Environmental Quality Act,
radioactive material regulated by the La. Nuclear Energy and Radiation Control Law and
regulations, fuel tanks not certified as gas-free, or refrigerants containing
chlorofluorocarbons have been removed from and are not included in the scrap being
delivered.
Proposed law retains present law but deletes the requirement that persons delivering scrap
to a scrap metal collection and recycling facility submit to the facility a certification signed
by a duly authorized representative that fuel tanks not certified as gas-free have been
removed.
(Amends R.S. 30:2419(A)(2) and (3))