LA HB758

Expands the Department of Environmental Quality's jurisdiction to explicitly include groundwater protection and underground storage tanks

Removes fixed statutory fee amounts for commercial laboratory accreditation, lead abatement certifications, and various environmental permits, instead authorizing the department to establish fees through administrative rulemaking based on cost formulas

Allows the department to adjust fees annually based on the Consumer Price Index, with changes aggregated for years when no adjustments were made, replacing the previous 5% annual cap on fee increases

Increases specific fees: underground storage tank registration from $60 to $66 per tank; motor fuel underground storage tank fees for motor oil storage from $275 to $300 per tank annually

Establishes enforcement provisions for nonpayment of fees within 90 days, including permit revocation or suspension, and authorizes late fees up to 15% and emergency processing fees up to 1.5 times regular fees