LAC 33:III.5907. General Duty

A. The owners and operators of stationary sources producing, processing, handling, or storing substances listed in 40 CFR 68.130, Table 59.0 of this Section, or Table 59.1 of LAC 33:III.5913 in quantities greater than the threshold quantities listed in those respective places (as determined in the manner described in 40 CFR 68.115), have a general duty in the same manner and to the same extent as Section 654 of Title 29 of the United States Code (Occupational Safety and Health Act) to identify hazards that may result from accidental releases of such substances using appropriate hazard assessment techniques, to design and maintain a safe facility, and to minimize the off-site consequences of accidental releases of such substances that do occur. For the purposes of this Section the provisions of R.S. 30:2026 (Citizen Suits) shall not be available to any person or otherwise be construed to be applicable to this Section. Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted, construed, implied, or applied to create any liability or basis for suit for compensation for bodily injury or any other injury or property damages to any person that may result from accidental releases of such substances. Table 59.0 Supplemental List of Regulated Substances and Their Threshold Quantities for Accidental Release Prevention CAS Number | Chemical Name | Threshold Planning Quantity (pounds) Varies | Alkylaluminums | 5000 107-05-1 | Allyl chloride | 1000 7790-98-9 | Ammonium perchlorate | 7500 7787-36-2 | Ammonium permanganate | 7500 13863-41-7 | Bromine chloride | 1500 7789-30-2 | Bromine pentafluoride | 2500 7787-71-5 | Bromine trifluoride | 15000 106-96-7 | Bromopropyne (3-) (Propargyl bromide) | 100 75-91-2 | Butyl hydroperoxide (tertiary) | 5000 614-45-9 | Butyl perbenzoate (tertiary) | 7500 353-50-4 | Carbonyl fluoride | 2500 9004-70-0 | Cellulose nitrate (Conc>12.6 percent nitrogen) | 2500 13637-63-3 | Chlorine pentafluoride | 1000 7790-91-2 | Chlorine trifluoride | 1000 97-00-7 | Chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (1-) | 5000 96-10-6 | Chlorodiethylaluminum | 5000 76-06-2 | Chloropicrin | 500 None | Chloropicrin and methyl bromide mixture | 1500 None | Chloropicrin and methyl chloride mixture | 1500 80-15-9 | Cumene hydroperoxide | 5000 675-14-9 | Cyanuric fluoride | 100 110-22-5 | Diacetyl peroxide (Conc>70 percent) | 5000 334-88-3 | Diazomethane | 500 94-36-0 | Dibenzoyl peroxide | 7500 110-05-4 | Dibutyl peroxide (tertiary) | 5000 7572-29-4 | Dichloro acetylene | 250 557-20-0 | Diethylzinc | 10000 105-64-6 | Diisopropyl peroxydicarbonate | 7500 105-74-8 | Dilauroyl peroxide | 7500 97-02-9 | Dinitroaniline (2,4-) | 5000 1338-23-4 | Ethyl methyl ketone peroxide (Conc>60 %) | 5000 371-62-0 | Ethylene fluorohydrin | 100 684-16-2 | Hexafluoroacetone | 5000 10035-10-6 | Hydrogen bromide | 5000 7722-84-1 | Hydrogen peroxide (Conc>=52 percent by weight) | 7500 7803-49-8 | Hydroxylamine | 2500 463-51-4 | Ketene | 100 78-85-3 | Methacrylaldehyde | 1000 920-46-7 | Methacryloyl chloride | 150 30674-80-7 | Methacryloyloxyethyl isocyanate | 100 74-83-9 | Methyl bromide | 2500 453-18-9 | Methyl fluoroacetate | 100 421-20-5 | Methyl fluorosulfate | 100 74-88-4 | Methyl iodide | 7500 79-84-4 | Methyl vinyl ketone | 100 100-01-6 | Nitroaniline (p-) | 5000 7783-54-2 | Nitrogen trifluoride | 5000 10544-73-7 | Nitrogen trioxide | 250 75-52-5 | Nitromethane | 2500 20816-12-0 | Osmium tetroxide | 100 7783-41-7 | Oxygen difluoride | 100 19624-22-7 | Pentaborane | 100 7601-90-3 | Perchloric acid (Conc>60 percent by weight) | 5000 7616-94-6 | Perchloryl fluoride | 5000 627-13-4 | Propyl nitrate | 2500 107-44-8 | Sarin | 100 7783-79-1 | Selenium hexafluoride | 1000 7803-52-3 | Stibine (Antimony hydride) | 500 5714-22-7 | Sulfur pentafluoride | 250 7783-80-4 | Tellurium hexafluoride | 250 10036-47-2 | Tetrafluorohydrazine | 5000 7719-09-7 | Thionyl chloride | 250 1558-25-4 | Trichloro (chloromethyl) silane | 100 27137-85-5 | Trichloro (dichlorophenyl) silane | 2500 2487-90-3 | Trimethoxysilane | 1500