The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Tyler S. McCloud.
DIGEST
SB 65 Original 2022 Regular Session Connick
Present law authorizes the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality to adopt and
promulgate certain rules and regulations under the Louisiana Air Control Law.
Present law provides that nothing in present law was deemed to grant to the secretary any jurisdiction
or authority to make any rule, regulation, recommendations, or determination with respect to
permitting regulations, with respect to air quality, requiring authorization to construct or operate any
source for which facility-wide potential emissions are less than five tons per year for each of any
regulated air pollutant as defined by the federal Clean Air Act, less than fifteen tons per year emitted
of all such defined pollutants combined, and less than the minimum emission rate for each toxic air
pollutant established pursuant to present law unless the source was required to obtain a permit
pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act.
Present law authorizes the secretary to adopt, promulgate, and enforce standards, limitations and
other regulations applicable to sources which are not required to obtain a permit. Requires that these
standards or regulations not include any requirement for approval by the DEQ and provides that such
standards or regulations may include the requirement to determine, document, and maintain records
to demonstrate the potential or actual emissions of the facility.
Proposed law requires the secretary to adopt, promulgate, and enforce standards, limitations, and
other regulations for sources that are not required to obtain a permit. In addition, proposed law
requires the standards or regulations to include reporting along with the requirement to determine,
document, and maintain records to demonstrate the potential or actual emissions of the facility.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 30:2054(B)(2)(b)(ix))