§ 13-11-2-239 — "Treatment"

Indiana § 13-11-2-239

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 11: DEFINITIONS

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(a) "Treatment", for purposes of
environmental management laws, when used in connection with a
waste that is determined to be hazardous waste under IC 13-22-2-3,
means any method, technique, or process designed to change the
physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of the waste
so as to:
(1) neutralize the waste;
(2) make the waste:
(A) nonhazardous or less hazardous;
(B) safer to transport, store, or dispose of;
(C) amenable to recovery or storage; or
(D) reduced in volume; or
(3) recover energy or material resources from the waste.
(b) "Treatment", for purposes of IC 13-22-12, includes:
(1) interim status; and
(2) permitted;
hazardous waste treatment.
(c) "Treatment", for purposes of IC 13-29-1, means any method,
technique, or process, including storage for radioactive decay, designed
to change the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or
composition of any waste in order to render the waste safer for
transport or management, amenable to recovery, convertible to another
usable material, or reduced in volume.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly
13-7-1-3 part; 13-7-1-25; 13-7-8.6-2(h). subsection (b) formerly
13-7-16.1-3(g); subsection (c) formerly 13-5-9-2 part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.1.