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Delegation Documents for State of Louisiana

Region 6 delegation documents are provided below for the State of Louisiana. The delegation documents are a technical reference to federal rules that may be delegated to a state.

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Technical Information
Region 6 delegation documents are organized and provided in PDF Portfolio format for each state/local partner.  Federal Register Notices ensure accuracy of specific delegation authorities, but Region 6 delegation letters are also provided, when available, for further detail about a specific delegation agreement.  The type of delegation is predominantly identified based upon the term Partial Delegation (refers to administrative and technical delegation authorities as specified in each rule) or the term Full Delegation (refers to both implementation and enforcement authorities as specified in each rule). However, please note that Tribal Lands are excluded from State Delegations, as are lands within the jurisdiction of those local authorities that have been authorized for program implementation within the State. Delegations are also delineated in the record title information by Initial, Amended/Revised, or Updated types of delegation agreements, always in chronological order for ease of reference. The type of delegation mechanism used by a delegation authority may also be included in each record’s summary description, such as Incorporation by Reference.

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  • Initial NSPS Delegation (Letter) (PDF)(4 pp, 115 K, 01/25/1982)
    Effective 01/24/1982 - Full Delegation of Existing and Future Standards.
  • Initial NSPS Delegation (FR) (PDF)(2 pp, 306 K, 02/22/1982)
    Effective 01/24/1982 - FR Notice of Letter Agreement.
  • SIP Approval fo Delegation by Reference (PDF)(1 pg, 149 K, 07/09/1982)
    Effective 07/09/1982.
  • Initial NESHAP Delegation (Letter) (PDF)(1 pg, 146 K, 12/04/1982)
    Effective 08/30/1982 - Region 6 retains enforcement authority, as requested by State, over NESHAP subject sources constructed or modified in the State.
  • Revised NESHAP Delegation (Letter) (PDF)(6 pp, 175 K, 10/14/1983)
    Effective 10/14/1983 - Full Delegation for Existing Standards and Partial (Administative and Technical) Automatic Delegation for Amended and Future Standards.
  • Revised NESHAP Delegation (FR) (PDF)(6 pp, 189 K, 02/07/1984)
    Effective 10/14/1983 - FR Notice of Letter Agreement; this FR Notice contains the text of the letter agreement.
  • NESHAP Full Delegation (Letter) (PDF)(2 pp, 73 K, 09/11/1985)
    Effective 09/11/1985 - Enforcement Authority in addition to prior Administrative and Technical Authorities granted - Automatic Delegation. Covers Benzene NESHAP.
  • NESHAP Full Delegation (FR) (PDF)(2 pp, 67 K, 01/14/1986)
    Effective 09/11/1985 - FR Notice of Letter Agreement; this FR Notice contains the text of the letter agreement.
  • Addendum to Delegation Agreements (All States) (PDF)(2 pp, 292 K, 08/08/1989)
    40 CFR Part 60 Subpart AAA - NSPS for Residential Wood Heaters, as promulgated by EPA on 02/26/1988 at 53 FR 5860, removed from Delegation Agreements (All States in R6).
  • NSPS/NESHAP Delegation Clarification for IBR (PDF)(2 pp, 53 K, 05/22/1997)
    Delegation Mechanism Change - Clarification Communication by EPA Region 6; also State Asbestos NESHAP Rule identified as more stringent than Federal Rule.
  • NSPS/NESHAP Update & MACT Delegation (PDF)(9 pp, 1 MB, 03/26/2004)
    Effective 05/25/2014 - IBR Revision due to change in federal rule; in the future, effective date is the date of EPA letter in response to State request (FR Notice to be provided also), and for this FR Notice, Update to NSPS, NESHAP, and incorporation of MACT Delegation for specified standards and/or sources, as promulgated through 07/01/2002.
  • Amendment to NESHAP Delegation (PDF)(2 pp, 307 K, 03/21/2005)
    Effective 03/21/2005 - corrects prior NESHAP part 61 Delegation to include Subpart M, Asbestos.
  • MACT Update (PDF)(7 pp, 963 K, 04/17/2006)
    Effective 06/16/2006 - IBR Delegation for Specified Source Categories; also State requests EPA remove delegation for Subpart D, Early Reductions.
  • NSPS, NESHAP, & MACT Update (PDF)(10 pp, 1 MB, 04/14/2010)
    Effective 06/14/2010 - IBR Update to NSPS, NESHAP, and MACT Delegations for specified standards and/or sources, as promulgated through 07/01/2008. Note on NESHAP Update: no substantive change to existing NESHAP delegation represented by prior 2002 delegation with incorporation of 2005 correction, merely IBR date changed to "through 2008".
  • NSPS, NESHAP, & MACT Update (PDF)(10 pp, 296 K, 02/24/2015)
    Effective 04/27/2015 - IBR Update to NSPS, NESHAP, and MACT Delegations for specified standards and/or sources, as promulgated through 07/01/2013.