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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 201
BY SENATOR MORRELL
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. Requires state and local agencies to publish on-line
minimum lead standards. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 30:2351.51(E), relative to environmental quality; to require all state and local2
agencies engaged in lead hazard reduction activities to publish on-line, minimum3
lead standards allowable; to require minimum lead standards to conform with4
standards established by the federal government; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 30:2351.51(E) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง2351.51. Public education8
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E. All state and local agencies engaged in lead hazard reduction10
activities shall publish on their Internet website, minimum lead standards11
allowable. Such standards shall match, follow and adapt to the minimum lead12
levels established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.13 SB NO. 201
SLS 12RS-28 ORIGINAL
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Heyward Jeffers.
DIGEST
Present law requires the secretary, in connection with other state agencies, to conduct a
program of public education on lead hazards.
Present law requires the secretary to gather and make available technical information on
proper lead control methods, standards on lead hazard reduction activities to property
owners, contractors, supervisors and workers.
Proposed law requires all state and local agencies engaged in lead hazard reduction activities
to publish on their Internet website minimum lead standards allowable and that such
standards must match minimum lead levels and that those levels follow federal requirements.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 30:2351.51(E))