RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 277 (HB 465) 2016 Regular Session Bishop
Prior law authorized certain fees collected by the office of conservation as follows:
Fee
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
New law repeals prior law fees and authorizes a monthly fee payable to the office of
conservation of 2¢ 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 La. off-site waste storage, treatment, or disposal facilities
also approved by the office of conservation for the receipt of exploration and
production waste.
New law prohibits exploration and production waste from including produced brine,
produced water, or salvageable hydrocarbons bound for permitted salvage oil operators.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 30:21(B)(1)(e), Repeals R.S. 30:21(B)(1)(d)(xiv), (xvi), (xviii), (xx), and (xxi))