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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in sections 5 and 6 of this chapter, the active area of a composting facility may not be located within:
(1) two hundred (200) feet of a well that supplies potable water; or
(2) two hundred (200) feet of a residential structure that exists at the time that the composting facility initially registers under this chapter.
(b) A composting facility:
(1) must be located outside the ten (10) year floodplain, except for a composting facility that is either:
(A) operated in conjunction with a publicly owned works permitted under IC 13-15-3; or
(B) designed and operated to prevent ground or surface water contamination in the event of a ten (10) year flood;
(2) must be designed and operated to prevent ground water and surface water contamination from:
(A) stormwater; and
(B) leachate runoff from the composting facility;
(3) must not locate compost within five (5) feet of the seasonal high water table unless the composting facility provides adequate controls to prevent ground water or surface water contamination; and
(4) must provide controls for the following:
(A) Dust.
(B) Odor.
(C) Noise.
(c) If compost material that contains food waste is present in a composting facility, the composting facility must provide controls for vectors and pathogens in addition to the controls required by subsection (b)(4).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 13. Environment § 13-20-10-4 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-13-environment/in-code-sect-13-20-10-4/
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