LAC 33:VII.101. Scope and Purpose

A. The Louisiana Legislature recognizes that the safety and welfare of citizens "require efficient and reasonable regulation of solid waste disposal practices as well as a coordinated, statewide resource recovery and management program" (R.S. 30:2152). Therefore, the Department of Environmental Quality has formulated these rules and regulations to: 1. establish standards governing the storage, collection, processing, recovery and reuse, and disposal of solid waste; 2. implement a management program that will protect the air, groundwater, and surface water, and the environment from pollution from solid wastes and thus eliminate the potential threat to human health from such pollution; 3. encourage both citizens and industry to reduce the amount of waste developed and generated in the state.