§2053. Definitions

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Air contaminant" means particulate matter, dust, fumes, gas, mist, smoke, or vapor, or any combination thereof produced by other than natural processes.

(2) Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 348, §2, eff. June 16, 1999.

(3)(a) "Toxic air pollutant" means an air pollutant which, based on scientifically accepted data, is known to cause or can reasonably be anticipated to cause either directly or indirectly through ambient concentrations, exposure levels, bioaccumulation levels, or deposition levels, adverse effects in humans, including but not limited to:

(i) Cancer;

(ii) Mutagenic, teratogenic, or neurotoxic effects;

(iii) Reproductive dysfunction;

(iv) Acute health effects; and

(v) Chronic health effects.

(b) This definition includes all air pollutants which are identified and listed pursuant to these criteria under R.S. 30:2060. This definition shall also include but not be limited to all substances listed as hazardous air pollutants under rules and regulations of the department in effect on June 1, 1989, and those designated as such under Section 112 of the Federal Clean Air Act. This definition does not include those pollutants for which National Ambient Air Quality Standards have been established under Section 108 of the Federal Clean Air Act, with the exception of lead compounds. This definition does not include elemental lead or those pollutants chosen solely for their contribution to the formation of pollutants regulated under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

(4) "Emergency emission" is the discharge into the atmosphere of Louisiana of a toxic air pollutant the rate of which is in excess of that allowed by permit or license and which could not have been avoided by taking measures to prevent the discharge.

(5) "Noise" means the intensity, duration, and the character of sounds from all sources.

(6) "Local governmental entity" means any parish, municipal, or local political subdivision.

(7) "Person" means an individual, proprietorship, corporation, club, or other legal entity.

(8) "Sport shooting range" or "range" means an area designed and operated primarily for: persons using or discharging rifles, shotguns, pistols, revolvers, or black powder weapons; archery; air rifles; silhouettes; skeet ranges; trap ranges; or any other similar sport shooting, if such area is designed and constructed in accordance with the then current publication of the National Rifle Association of America, or its successor, entitled "The Range Manual".

(9) "Substantial change in use" means the current primary use of the facility no longer represents the activity previously engaged in at the site.

Acts 1979, No. 449, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 468, §1; Acts 1984, No. 254, §1; Acts 1989, No. 184, §1, eff. June 23, 1989; Acts 1993, No. 171, §1; Acts 1997, No. 891, §1; Acts 1999, No. 348, §2, eff. June 16, 1999; Acts 2006, No. 445, §2, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 445, §3, eff. July 1, 2007.