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Indiana Code Title 13. Environment § 13-22-2-3

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 3. (a) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 and IC 13-14-8 to develop criteria for determining hazardous waste.  In developing those criteria, the board shall determine whether any waste to be or being disposed of meets any of the following conditions:

(1) Presents immediate or persistent hazards to humans or wildlife.

(2) Is resistant to natural degradation or detoxification.

(3) Is bioconcentrative, flammable, reactive, toxic, corrosive, or infectious in addition to any other harmful characteristics.

(b) The board shall do the following:

(1) Compile and maintain a listing of wastes that have been determined to be hazardous:

(A) under the criteria described in subsection (a);  or

(B) by regulation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) Issue the listing by adopting rules under IC 4-22-2.

(c) The board shall consider actions taken by adjoining states and the federal government for purposes of uniform criteria relating to the listing and delisting of waste under this section.

(d) The commissioner may exclude a waste produced at a particular generating facility from the listing under subsection (b) if the person seeking exclusion of the waste demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the waste does not meet any of the criteria under which the waste was listed as a hazardous waste and:

(1) the person seeking exclusion has already obtained exclusion of the waste from the listing maintained under 40 CFR 261 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency;  or

(2) if the department has received authority from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to delist waste under 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22, the person petitions the commissioner to consider the removal of a waste from the listing, and the commissioner follows the authorized procedure for delisting.

(e) The department shall establish a procedure by which a person may petition the commissioner to consider the removal of a specific waste from the lists maintained under subsection (b).

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