Civil enforcement

A. Whenever, on the basis of any information available to him, the secretary finds that an owner or operator of any source is introducing a pollutant into a treatment works in violation of the Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, the secretary may notify the owner or operator of such treatment works of such violation. If the owner or operator of the treatment works does not commence appropriate enforcement action within thirty days of the date of such notification, the secretary may commence a civil action for appropriate relief, including but not limited to a permanent or temporary injunction against the owner or operator of such treatment works. B. In any such civil action the secretary shall join the owner or operator of such source as a party to the action. Such action shall be brought in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge. The court shall have jurisdiction to restrain such violation and to require the owner or operator of the treatment works and the owner or operator of the source to take such action as may be necessary to come into compliance with the Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit or prohibit any other authority the department may have under the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act.