SLS 11RS-1955 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 148
BY SENATOR MCPHERSON
HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT. Requests the office of public health within the Department
of Health and Hospitals to promulgate rules which require the effective treatment of effluent
when produced and discharged by certain sewage treatment systems.
A RESOLUTION1
To urge and request the office of public health within the Department of Health and2
Hospitals to promulgate rules which require the effective treatment of effluent when3
produced and discharged by certain sewage treatment systems.4
WHEREAS, R.S. 40:1154 requires that all new and reconditioned sewage treatment5
systems with a capacity up to and including one thousand five hundred gallons per day that6
produce an effluent and, by design, do not significantly limit or reduce the amount of offsite7
effluent, shall include an effluent limiter or reducer approved by the Department of Health8
and Hospitals and shall have a means of or device for disinfecting such effluent, approved9
by the Department of Health and Hospitals; and10
WHEREAS, the discharge of untreated effluent can lead to significant environmental11
problems which affects not only the natural resources of the state but also affects the12
physical health of our citizens; and13
WHEREAS, it is of the greatest importance to protect the valuable natural resources14
of the state and to protect the safety and welfare of our citizens and in pursuit of that effort15
the Department of Health and Hospitals should promulgate the rules and regulations which16
may be necessary to fully carry out and enforce this provision of law which requires the17
effective treatment of effluent produced by sewage systems.18 SR NO. 148
SLS 11RS-1955 ORIGINAL
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana1
does hereby urge and request the office of public health within the Department of Health and2
Hospitals to promulgate rules which require the effective treatment of effluent when3
produced and discharged by certain sewage systems.4
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the5
secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals.6
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Greg Waddell.
DIGEST
McPherson SR No.
Requests DHH's office of public health to promulgate rules which requires the effective
treatment of effluent when produced by certain sewage systems.