LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | Secretary Aurelia S. Giacometto
A DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
MM023E - Beetle Emergency Rule
The Department of Environmental Quality is issuing an emergency rule providing for the application and issuance of a variance to parishes with populations greater than 90,000 and prospectively waiving the $500 fee for all qualifying variance applications with the issuance of this emergency rule and also prospectively waiving the $250 annual fee for transporters of wood waste generated by land and right-of-way clearing operations, wood chips, bark, wood refuse, wood ash, and vegetative matter resulting from land clearing operations including trees and shrubbery, leaves, limbs, stumps, and grass clippings regardless of the number of vehicles in the service of the transporter.
This Emergency Rule is effective on October 23, 2024, and shall remain in effect for the maximum period allowed under the Act. For more information concerning MM023E, you may contact Kyle Prestenbach with the Air Permits Division at Kyle.Prestenbach@la.gov or (225) 219-3457 or Karla Vidrine with the Waste Permits Division at Karla.Vidrine@la.gov or (225) 219-3047.
The following links are to the application to apply for a Variance and the instructions associated with the application. For Variances associated with open burning of trees from the emergency order, please note that Section 6 (Emissions Summary Table) of the application can be left blank, denoting the table with “N/A.”
Monthly Regulation Changes
The notices accessible within these pages are not certified as the official copies published in the Louisiana Register and the Louisiana Administrative Code as they may be subsequently revised by the Office of the State Register pursuant to La. R.S. 49:983 prior to publishing. Access to official copies of rulemaking notices are available from the Office of the State Register. For assistance, call the Regulation Development Section at (225) 219-3981.
The summary of comments and responses that have been submitted to the Legislative Oversight Committees.
The complete summary and comment responses documents posted after January 1, 2013, are accessible in the Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) using the EDMS document number. Click on (EDMS) then enter the EDMS document number in the document ID Box, click Run.
Historical Environmental Regulations
Historical Environmental Regulation Publications (i.e., Stream Control Commission, LAC, ERC, ERC Quarterly Supplements, etc.) are available from the department's Electronic Document Management System (EDMS). Click on EDMS and enter 181731 in the AI# box. If you need assistance accessing EDMS, please contact the Regulation Development Section at (225) 219-3985.
Amended January 2005, compiled October 2007.
Where do I send my information?
Please contact either the Office of Environmental Services at (225) 219-3181 or the Office of Environmental Compliance at (225) 291-3710 for information on submitting documents required by the regulations.