Louisiana § RS 30:2190 - Hazardous wastes from foreign nations; findings; prohibitions
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§ RS 30:2190. Hazardous wastes from foreign nations; findings; prohibitions
A. The legislature finds and declares that:
(1) The laws of the United States require testing, manifesting, and safe transportation of hazardous wastes to insure proper identification and handling from generation to ultimate disposal. These laws are not applicable to hazardous wastes generated in foreign nations until such wastes are actually in this country.
(2) The laws of foreign nations are inadequate to insure that hazardous wastes sought to be exported to the United States do not contain unknown or unauthorized pollutants and that such wastes are not released into the environment due to inadequate containment, labeling, or handling during transport.
(3) The only practical method for insuring that the environment and the health of the citizens of this state are not endangered by the importation of hazardous wastes generated in foreign nations is to prohibit the introduction or receipt of such wastes into this state for the purpose of treatment, storage, or disposal.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to transport or cause or allow to be transported into this state, for the purpose of treatment, storage, or disposal, any hazardous waste generated outside the United States and its territories.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to receive for treatment, storage, or disposal in this state any hazardous waste generated outside the United States or its territories.
D. This Section shall not apply to any hazardous waste generated outside of the United States and its territories which must be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 96-478 adopted by the United States Congress and known as the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. This Section shall only apply to hazardous waste which is imported into this state directly from a foreign nation.
E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the importation of spent petroleum catalysts from foreign countries for purposes of recycling utilizing processes which produce no hazardous wastes, is not prohibited.
Acts 1983, No. 694, §1, eff. July 21, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 826, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1987, No. 506, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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