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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 97
BY SENATOR CROWE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. Provides relative to the Oil Spill Prevention and
Response Act. (8/15/11)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 30:2462(D), relative to the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act; to provide2
relative to the use of dispersants in oil spill response and cleanup operations; to3
provide criteria for dispersants; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 30:2462(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง2462. Administration of oil spill response and cleanup7
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D. Dispersants used shall meet the following criteria:9
(1) Be listed on the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution10
Contingency Plan Subpart J Product Schedule.11
(2) Be classified as "Practically Non-Toxic" as defined by Ecotoxicity12
Categories for Aquatic Organisms (LC50 > 100 ppm), as determined using the13
standard toxicity test methods described in Appendix C to 40 CRF Part 30014
(National Contingency Plan Subpart J: Use of Dispersants and Other Chemicals15
40 CRF 300.900 - 300.920).16
(3) Have substantiated end-point of carbon dioxide and water.17 SB NO. 97
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cathy Wells.
DIGEST
Present law requires an oil spill contingency plan of response for actual or threatened
unauthorized discharges of oil and clean up of pollution of such discharges. Present law
requires pre-approval for the use of dispersants.
Proposed law retains present law and further requires dispersants that are used to meet the
following criteria:
(1)Be listed on the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
(NCP) Subpart J Product Schedule.
(2)Be classified as "Practically Non-Toxic" as defined by the EPA Ecotoxicity
Categories for Aquatic Organisms (LC50 > 100 ppm), as determined using the
standard toxicity test methods described in Appendix C to 40 CRF Part 300 (NCP
Subpart J: Use of Dispersants and Other Chemicals 40 CRF 300.900 - 300.920).
(3)Have substantiated end-point of carbon dioxide and water.
Effective August 15, 2011.
(Adds R.S. 30:2462(D))