§ 13-19-3-1 — Board to adopt rules regulating solid and hazardous waste and atomic radiation; federal waste exemptions and exclusions; application of certain federal regulation amendments

Indiana § 13-19-3-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 19: SOLID WASTE AND HAZARDOUS WASTE
• Ch. 3: Powers and Duties Concerning Solid Waste and

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(a) The board shall do the following:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, adopt rules
under IC 4-22-2 and IC 13-14-9 to regulate solid and hazardous
waste and atomic radiation in Indiana, including:
(A) rules necessary to implement the federal Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), as
amended; and
(B) rules necessary for the establishment of a state permit
program under Section 2301 of the federal Water Infrastructure
Improvements for the Nation Act (42 U.S.C. 6945(d)) for the
implementation in Indiana of the federal CCR rule.
(2) Consult with the department concerning the regulation of solid
waste and hazardous waste.
(3) Carry out other duties imposed by law.
(4) Expeditiously adopt by rule all exemptions or exclusions from
regulation as waste that are adopted by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency and set forth in 40 CFR 261 on
or after January 1, 2022.
(b) Until the amendments to 40 CFR 261 published by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register at 83
FR 24664 et seq. are adopted by rule by the board under subsection
(a)(4), those amendments apply to the identification and listing of
hazardous waste in Indiana just as if the amendments were
incorporated by reference in 329 IAC 3.1-6-1.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-1-12-8(a).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.25-1997, SEC.14; P.L.133-2012, SEC.132; P.L.97-2016, SEC.3; P.L.100-2021, SEC.8; P.L.120-2022, SEC.4.