The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Tyler S. McCloud.
DIGEST
SB 20 Original 2022 Regular Session Fields
Proposed law requires on or before July 1, 2022, the owner or operator of each facility must operate
an air monitoring system at a location determined by the department. Proposed law provides for the
criteria of pollutants the system must monitor.
Proposed law requires a monitoring system to be installed by the facility and any monitoring costs
incurred by the department be borne by the facility.
Proposed law defines "facility" as any stationary source or any group of stationary sources that are
located on one or more contiguous or adjacent properties, which are under common control of the
same person or persons and are defined as a major source under the federal Clean Air Act, present
law, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to either law.
Proposed law defines an "air monitoring system" as equipment required to be installed by present
law that measures and records air pollutant concentrations and is used for detecting an exceedance
of air quality standards or the existence of a public health threat. Requires that the system include
real-time data collection and real-time data public alerts.
Proposed law requires facility owners or operators required to operate an air monitoring system to
maintain the records of all data from such system for five years.
Proposed law further requires compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency's monitoring
requirements.
Effective on August 1, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 30:2376.1)