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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 314
BY SENATOR MARTINY AND REPRESENTATIVE PONTI
COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. Provides relative to nonhazardous oilfield waste
transporters. (7/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 45:162(12) and (20), relative to transporters of nonhazardous2
oilfield waste; to provide for definitions; to provide for terms and conditions; to3
provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 45:162(12) and (20) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows:7
ยง162. Definitions8
The following words and phrases when used in this Chapter shall have the9
meanings ascribed to them in this Section except where a different meaning is10
expressly stated or clearly indicated by the context.11
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(12) "Motor carriers" include both a common carrier by motor vehicle and13
contract carrier by motor vehicle, which transport household goods, passengers,14
waste intrastate, or any other classification of carriers created by law , which15
transports household goods, passengers, or waste intrastate for compensation or hire.16
"Motor carriers" shall include tow trucks. "Motor carriers" shall not include contract17 SB NO. 314
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either of the following:1
(a) Contract carriers by bus; however, for purposes of R.S. 45:173 and 11772
only, a contract carrier by bus shall be considered a "motor carrier" subject to the3
control and jurisdiction of the Louisiana Public Service Commission.4
(b) Any person engaged in the business of transporting nonhazardous5
oilfield waste.6
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(20) "Waste" means:8
(a) "Non-hazardous oilfield wastes" means waste defined as non-hazardous9
oilfield wastes by R.S. 30:1 et seq. and regulations adopted pursuant thereto disposed10
of at facilities not owned or operated by said transporters.11
(b)"Non-hazardous Nonhazardous industrial solid waste" means waste12
defined as non-hazardous nonhazardous industrial solid waste by the Louisiana13
Environmental Quality Act, R.S. 30:2001 et seq., and solid waste regulations adopted14
pursuant thereto (Louisiana Administrative Code 33.VII.101 et seq.), disposed of at15
facilities not owned or operated by said transporters.16
(c) (b)"Hazardous waste" means waste defined as hazardous by the Louisiana17
Environmental Quality Act, R.S. 30:2001 et seq., and the hazardous waste18
regulations adopted pursuant thereto (Environmental Regulator Code 33:V.101 et19
seq.), disposed of at facilities not owned or operated by said transporters.20
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2014.21
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ducharme.
DIGEST
Martiny (SB314)
Present law defines the terms "motor carriers" and "waste".
Present law defines "motor carriers" to include both a common carrier by motor vehicle and
contract carrier by motor vehicle, which transport household goods, passengers, waste
intrastate, or any other classification of carriers created by law, which transports household
goods, passengers, or waste intrastate for compensation or hire. Motor carriers shall include
tow trucks. Motor carriers shall not include contract carriers by bus; however, for purposes
of certain provisions of law only, a contract carrier by bus shall be considered a motor carrier
subject to the control and jurisdiction of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. SB NO. 314
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Proposed law provides that the term "motor carriers" shall not include any person engaged
in the business of transporting nonhazardous oilfield waste.
Present law defines "waste" as any of the following:
(1)"Nonhazardous oilfield wastes" means waste defined as nonhazardous oilfield wastes
by law and regulations adopted pursuant thereto that are disposed of at facilities not
owned or operated by the transporters.
(2) "Nonhazardous industrial solid waste" means waste defined as nonhazardous
industrial solid waste by the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act and solid waste
regulations adopted pursuant thereto that are disposed of at facilities not owned or
operated by the transporters.
(3)"Hazardous waste" means waste defined as hazardous waste by the Louisiana
Environmental Quality Act and the hazardous waste regulations adopted pursuant
thereto disposed of at facilities not owned or operated by the transporters.
Proposed law removes "nonhazardous oilfield wastes" from the definition of "waste".
Effective July 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 45:162(12) and (20))