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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 661
BY SENATOR HEBERT
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. Provides relative to the siting of certain solid waste
disposal facilities near the Acadiana Regional Airport. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 30:2040.1, relative to environmental quality; to provide relative to the siting2
of certain solid waste disposal facilities near the Acadiana Regional Airport; to3
provide terms and conditions; and to provide for related matters.4
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 30:2040.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง2040.1. Siting disposal facilities near Acadiana Regional Airport8
The secretary shall not authorize or permit a residential or commercial9
solid waste disposal facility or a construction and demolition debris solid waste10
disposal facility within ten thousand feet of the Acadiana Regional Airport11
operations area if such facility will not be in compliance with local zoning12
ordinances. Such zoning ordinances shall comply with any United States13
Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration order,14
regulation, circular, safety guideline, recommendation, or other official15
document pertaining to aviation safety and land use.16 SB NO. 661
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cathy R. Wells.
DIGEST
Proposed law prohibits the sec. of DEQ from authorizing or permitting a residential or
commercial solid waste disposal facility or a construction and demolition debris solid waste
disposal facility within 10,000 feet of the Acadiana Regional Airport operations area if such
facility or landfill will not be in compliance with local zoning ordinances. Proposed law
requires such zoning ordinances to comply with any United States Department of
Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration order, regulation, circular, safety guideline,
recommendation, or other official document pertaining to aviation safety and compatible
land use.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Adds R.S. 30:2040.1)