§ 13-18-16-14 — Sewage treatment plants; inefficient supervision or operation; orders to appoint superintendent

Indiana § 13-18-16-14

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 18: WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
• Ch. 16: Public Water Supplies

Text

(a) If a sewage treatment works or plant is
not producing a reasonably pure effluent because of inefficient
supervision or operation and has consequently:
(1) made any public water supply impure or dangerous to health;
(2) polluted any waters; or
(3) created a public nuisance;
the commissioner may under IC 13-30-3-10 through IC 13-30-3-12
order the person responsible for the sewage treatment works or plant
to appoint, not later than fifteen (15) days after the commissioner's
order, a competent person to take charge of and superintend the
operation of the sewage treatment works or plant.
(b) The commissioner must approve the person appointed in
response to the commissioner's order under subsection (a). However,
the person responsible for the sewage treatment works or plant shall
pay the salary of the person appointed.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-7-14-8.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.8.