Chemical Accident Prevention Program

The Chemical Accident Prevention Program (CAPP) of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) carries out the state's Chemical Accident Prevention Regulations, LAC 33:III, Chapter 59. LDEQ says the Legislature passed Act 1127 in 1992 directing it to develop rules to prevent accidental releases of chemicals to the air and to minimize their consequences. LDEQ adopted the regulations on November 20, 1996, taking in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) risk management rule, 40 CFR 68, by reference.

In a Phase I ESA

ASTM E1527-21 does not name chemical accident prevention records among its standard record sources. The federal record of risk management plans is described on the Risk Management Plan Facilities page. LDEQ's program adds a state registration, and four details from its page shape how to use it.

• Every covered facility had to register. LDEQ says the 1996 rule required all stationary sources holding any listed regulated substance above the threshold quantity to submit a Risk Management Plan by June 21, 1999, or by the date the chemical was first present. On November 20, 1997, LDEQ amended the rule to require up-front registration of every stationary source subject to the program, and all of them, including those previously registered, had to register or re-register by January 31, 1998. Ask whether a facility on or next to the property registered.
• Some fuel users are outside it. LDEQ says Act 839, signed on 11/29/99, removed from its program users of LP gases who are permitted through the Louisiana Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission, and that users of LPG in an agricultural process are also exempted. It also says the federal Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act (Public Law No. 106-40) left flammable fuels used as fuel at the facility, or held for sale as fuel at a retail facility, out of the RMP program, while flammable fuels used as a feedstock or held for sale as fuel at a wholesale facility are still covered. LDEQ's page adds that on April 27, 1999, a federal appeals court stayed the June 21, 1999 submittal deadline for users of propane, and it does not say whether the stay was lifted. So do not read a missing registration or Risk Management Plan at a propane user or a retail fuel site as a sign that no such fuel was kept there.
• Staff audit the facilities. LDEQ says its CAPP staff oversee whether the rules apply to a facility, register facilities, do public outreach and audit facilities for full compliance, and verify that every facility in Louisiana subject to the federal program is properly registered with LDEQ as the law requires.
• An accident with offsite impact brings a public meeting. LDEQ's page says that since March 15, 2021, a facility must hold a public meeting within 90 days of an accident with an offsite impact, which it describes as known offsite deaths, injuries, evacuations, sheltering in place, property damage or environmental damage. For a covered facility next to the property, ask whether such a meeting was held.

Where to look a site up

The pages read link no list of registered facilities. LDEQ's Emergency Response & Radiation page links a CAPP Registration Form and the CAPP Level 2 and Level 3 requirements, and the program page links EPA's guidance for risk management programs. For questions, LDEQ gives its program line, 225-219-LDEQ, or toll free 1-866-896-LDEQ. LDEQ's Electronic Document Management System holds its official records, through the EDMS quick search.

Getting the file

LDEQ's routes to a file are its Electronic Document Management System, an online public records request form, and visits to its Public Records Center or a regional office. They are described on the Public Records Requests page.

Sources

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality pages, read October 16, 2026, no modified date shown:

• Chemical Accident Prevention
• Emergency Response & Radiation
• Information & Records, read October 8, 2026
• Home, read October 7, 2026