§2366. Responsibilities of cooperating departments

            A. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environmental Quality shall consult with the deputy secretary regarding implementation of this Chapter. They shall, whenever practical and feasible, coordinate reporting efforts and requirements with the department through representation on the commission and through any established or created methods of cooperation and coordination among agencies covered by this Chapter.

            B. The department shall forward information it develops or receives regarding long-term toxic effects of hazardous materials to the Louisiana Department of Health, which shall coordinate such information with the Louisiana Regional Poison Control Center.

            C. The department shall communicate these laws and regulations to all state departments. The department shall coordinate its efforts in developing an electronic or telephonic notification system with all departments of state government. All departments of the state shall adjust the reporting requirements to allow for the development of the electronic or telephonic notification system for emergency release notifications. The Department of Environmental Quality shall also adjust its requirements for the prompt reporting of a release that does not cause an emergency condition, but is nonetheless reported to the department because it is in excess of an applicable reportable quantity.

            D.(1) Upon development of the electronic or telephonic notification system for emergency release notifications, proper notification to the department of a release shall satisfy all emergency reporting obligations of the person making the notification, including all emergency reporting obligations of such person to the Department of Environmental Quality, other state agencies, and local response agencies.

            (2) Upon development of the  electronic or telephonic notification system for emergency release notifications, proper notification to the department of a release that is in excess of an applicable reportable quantity but does not cause an emergency condition shall satisfy all prompt reporting obligations, under LAC 33:I.3917(A), of the person making the notification, provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to the reporting of any release of radionuclides in excess of a reportable quantity determined in accordance with LAC 33:I.3929.

            Acts 1985, No. 435, §1, eff. July 11, 1985; Acts 1987, No. 347, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1046, §1; Acts 2008, No. 81, §1, eff. June 5, 2008; Acts 2014, No. 311, §1.