Louisiana

Pollution Prevention Act of 1992





P2 Objective: Establishes a comprehensive, omni-media approach to

waste reduction.  Does not state that source reduction is the preferred means of achieving waste

reduction.

Numeric Goal: None specified.

Assistance Offered: Technical assistance and an information clearinghouse offered

by the state.

Reporting Requirements: Waste Reduction History/Planning Report.

Incentives: None.

Funding: Not specified.

Contact: Gary D. Johnson, P.E.
Technical Program Support/Pollution

Prevention
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 82263
Baton

Rouge, LA 70884
Phone: 504/765-0742
and
Dennis D. Strickland, Waste

Minimization
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box

82178
Baton Rouge, LA 70884
Phone: 504/765-0355



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Definitions


Waste Reduction -- In-plant practices that reduce, avoid, or eliminate the generation

of hazardous or solid waste.  This includes recycling if it is an integral part of the waste

generating industrial process such as closed-loop application.  Waste reduction is not: recycling

if waste exits a process, undergoes significant handling, or is transported from the waste

generating location; concentrating or diluting the hazardous content of waste; or changing the

chemical composition and concentration of the components of waste, without changing the

degree of hazard.


Omni-media --All manners in which and all sources from which a pollutant escapes into

the environment.  Includes any emission, effluent, or discharge which escapes into the air, water,

land, whether permitted or not.

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