Code · Louisiana · Title 30 — Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality

RS 30:2072

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RS 30:2072

§2072. Policy; purpose

The legislature finds and declares that the waters of the state of Louisiana are among the state's most important natural resources and their continued protection and safeguard is of vital concern to the citizens of this state. To insure the proper protection and maintenance of the state's waters, it is necessary to adopt a system to control and regulate the discharge of waste materials, pollutants, and other substances into the waters of the state.

Acts 1979, No. 449, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.