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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 159
BY SENATOR BROOME
ENVIRONMENT QUALITY DEPT. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality
to give extra consideration to the views of the local officials and the surrounding community
when deciding to issue certain landfill permits.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request the Department of Environmental Quality to give extra consideration2
to the views of the local officials and the surrounding community when deciding to3
issue certain landfill permits.4
WHEREAS, the Department of Environmental Quality is constitutionally and5
statutorily charged with the protection of the environment of Louisiana; and6
WHEREAS, local governments are chiefly responsible for parish land use7
determinations and zoning ordinances in order to effectively maximize its resources and8
navigate its future development both in economic terms and management of the quality of9
life of its citizens; and10
WHEREAS, currently under the Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 33, Part VII,11
the Department of Environmental Quality, within its industrial waste disposal permitting12
process, is unable to consider changes in local land use restrictions and zoning ordinances13
by local governments and their economic development requirements after an application has14
been submitted to the department; and15
WHEREAS, it is important that the Department of Environmental Quality has the16
authority to consider permittee compliance with local zoning and land use restrictions prior17
to issuance of an order to commence operations of a waste disposal facility.18 SCR NO. 159
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby1
urge and request the Department of Environmental Quality to give extra consideration to the2
views of the local officials and the surrounding community when deciding to issue certain3
landfill permits.4
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Environmental Quality shall5
immediately take all necessary steps to initiate through its rule-making authority all6
measures to incorporate such local requirements into its industrial waste regulations under7
Title 33 of the Louisiana Administrative Code.8
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that prior to the department issuing an order to9
commence operations, any industrial waste disposal facility permittee, except for any10
transfer station, shall provide the department with a written resolution or authorization from11
the appropriate municipal or parish governing authority where the facility will be located,12
dated within one hundred eighty days prior to such order and stating that the facility is in13
compliance with all existing local zoning and land use restrictions.14
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department shall immediately take all15
necessary steps to implement such requirements into all industrial waste disposal permits16
which have not yet received an order to commence from the department.17
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the18
secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality.19
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Heyward Jeffers.
DIGEST
Broome SCR No. 159
Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to give extra consideration to the views
of the local officials and the surrounding community when deciding to issue certain landfill
permits.