§ 15-16-2-44 — Rules; certification and education programs; fees; waivers

(a) The state chemist may adopt rules under
IC 4-22-2 concerning the following:
(1) The distribution and use of fertilizer material, including
standards to protect waters of the state.
(2) The distribution and storage of bulk fertilizers, including
standards for the storage of bulk fertilizers to protect the waters
of the state.
(b) The state chemist shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 concerning
the following:
(1) Subject to subsection (e), the establishment of certification
and educational programs, as determined by the state chemist,
relating to the application of fertilizer material, the transportation
of fertilizer material, or both for the following:
(A) Persons who apply fertilizer material for hire, transport
fertilizer material for hire, or both.
(B) Persons who apply fertilizer material, transport fertilizer
material, or both from the following:
(i) Confined feeding operations (as defined in IC 13-11-2-40).
(ii) Operations outside Indiana that would be confined
feeding operations (as defined in IC 13-11-2-40) if they were
located in Indiana.
(2) The establishment of fees for the certification and education
programs established under subdivision (1).
(c) The state chemist shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 before July
1, 2012, concerning the staging, management, and land application of
fertilizer material.
(d) Any fees collected for a certification and educational programs
under subsection (b)(1) shall be collected by the state chemist and
deposited and administered under section 44.5 of this chapter.
(e) The state chemist may waive all or part of the certification
requirements established under subsection (b)(1) on a reciprocal basis
with any state agency or federal agency that has substantially the same
certification standards.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-3-12.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.81-2009, SEC.27; P.L.189-2011, SEC.14.