HLS 16RS-1073 REENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 465
BY REPRESENTATIVE BISHOP
CONSERVATION/OFFICE: Provides for certain fees collected by the office of
conservation
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 30:21(B)(1)(e) and to repeal R.S. 30:21(B)(1)(d)(xiv), (xvi), (xviii), (xx), and
3 (xxi), relative to fees collected by the commissioner of conservation; to provide for
4 fees for activities regulated by the office of conservation; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 30:21(B)(1)(e) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง21. Fees and charges of the commissioner of conservation; revisions; exceptions;
9 collections; Oil and Gas Regulatory Fund; creation; amounts; requirements
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11 B.(1)
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13 (e) For the purposes of this Paragraph, exploration and production waste shall
14 not include produced brine, produced water, or salvageable hydrocarbons bound for
15 permitted salvage oil operators. There shall be a monthly fee payable to the office
16 of conservation of two cents per barrel of exploration and production waste
17 delivered, as reported on a form prescribed by the department to collect commercial
18 facilities monthly report of waste receipts, from the original generator of the waste
19 to the following facilities:
20 (i) Office of conservation permitted off-site commercial facilities.
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1 (ii) Transfer stations permitted by the office of conservation for waste
2 transfer to out-of-state treatment or disposal facilities.
3 (iii) Any other legally permitted Louisiana off-site waste storage, treatment,
4 or disposal facilities also approved by the office of conservation for the receipt of
5 exploration and production waste.
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7 Section 2. R.S. 30:21(B)(1)(d)(xiv), (xvi), (xviii), (xx), and (xxi) are hereby repealed
8in their entirety.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 465 Reengrossed 2016 Regular Session Bishop
Abstract: Provides for fees collected by the Dept. of Natural Resources, office of
conservation, for exploration and productions waste.
Proposed law repeals certain fees collected by the office of conservation as follows:
Fee Present
Transfer stations regulatory fee for exploration $ 2,500
and production waste
Authorization for after-hours disposal $ 150
of exploration and production waste
Commercial facility transfer station application$ 1,500
Commercial facility annual closure plan and cost$ 300
estimate review
Commercial facility reuse material applications$ 300
Proposed law authorizes a monthly fee payable to the office of conservation of two cents per
barrel of exploration and production waste delivered from the original generator of the waste
to the following facilities:
1. Office of conservation permitted off-site commercial facilities.
2. Transfer stations permitted by the office of conservation for waste transfer to
out-of-state treatment or disposal facilities.
3. Any other legally permitted Louisiana off-site waste storage, treatment, or disposal
facilities also approved by the office of conservation for the receipt of exploration
and production waste.
Proposed law prohibits exploration and production waste from including produced brine,
produced water, or salvageable hydrocarbons bound for permitted salvage oil operators.
(Adds R.S. 30:21(B)(1)(e), Repeals R.S. 30:21(B)(1)(d)(xiv), (xvi), (xviii), (xx), and (xxi))
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Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Natural Resources and
Environment to the original bill:
1. Repeal certain fees collected by the office of conservation.
2. Add a fee of two cents per barrel of exploration and production waste delivered
to certain facilities from the original generator.
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are additions.