ENROLLED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 474
BY REPRESENTATIVE COATES
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 30:2074(F), relative to waste water discharge into natural wetlands; to provide
3 for the duties of the Department of Environmental Quality; to require the posting of
4 warning signs for wetlands assimilation projects; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 30:2074(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2074. Water quality control; secretary of environmental quality; powers and duties
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9 F. The secretary shall require all wetland assimilation project permit holders
10 to post and maintain warning signs to notify the public of the presence of wastewater
11 effluent discharge at reasonable intervals along the entire perimeter of any wetlands
12 impacted by the discharge of wastewater, including all areas between the receiving
13 effluent and the designated out-site locations, and at the entrances to any wildlife
14 management areas in which there are impacted wetlands. The signage shall state
15 "Warning: Treated Wastewater Discharge".
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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