2014 Indiana Code TITLE 13. ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE 20. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 6. REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL WASTE TRANSFER ACTIVITIES
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IC 13-20-6
Chapter 6. Requirements for Municipal Waste Transfer
Activities
IC 13-20-6-1
Applicability of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a person who:
(1) generates municipal waste on a site owned or operated by
the person; and
(2) disposes of the municipal waste at a site that:
(A) is owned or operated by the person; and
(B) for the purpose of municipal waste disposal, may only be
used by the person to dispose of municipal waste generated
by the person.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.10.
IC 13-20-6-2
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.154-2005, SEC.17.)
IC 13-20-6-3
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.154-2005, SEC.17.)
IC 13-20-6-4
Suspension of waste transfer activities of nonresident operator or
operator that failed inspection; notice; contents; reinstatement
Sec. 4. (a) The commissioner may, by order, do the following:
(1) Suspend the waste transfer activities of an operator who is
not a resident of Indiana if the operator is not properly licensed,
certified, or permitted to conduct waste transfer activities in
another state in which the operator does business.
(2) Suspend the waste transfer activities of a transfer station that
does not meet the requirements of the inspection program
established under section 7 of this chapter.
(b) An order issued by the commissioner under this section
requiring an operator or transfer station to suspend operations must
contain the date by which waste transfer activities must be suspended.
(c) After issuing an order requiring an operator or transfer station
to suspend waste transfer activities but before the date by which the
activities must be suspended, the department must provide notice in
accordance with IC 13-14-2-1 to the following:
(1) Each regulated solid waste processing facility in Indiana.
(2) Each regulated solid waste disposal facility in Indiana.
(d) The notice described under subsection (c) must contain the
following:
(1) The name of the operator or transfer station subject to the
order.
(2) The date on which waste transfer activities are suspended
under the order.
(3) If the order applies to a transfer station, the location of the
transfer station.
(e) Upon a determination by the commissioner that an operator
previously ordered to suspend waste transfer activities may engage
again in waste transfer activities, the department shall immediately
provide notice in accordance with IC 13-14-2-1 to each:
(1) regulated solid waste processing facility in Indiana; and
(2) regulated solid waste disposal facility in Indiana;
that the operator or transfer station will be allowed to resume waste
transfer activities. The notice required under this subsection must
contain the date on which the operator or transfer station will be
allowed to resume waste transfer activities.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.154-2005,
SEC.15; P.L.263-2013, SEC.4.
IC 13-20-6-5
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.154-2005, SEC.17.)
IC 13-20-6-6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.154-2005, SEC.17.)
IC 13-20-6-7
Inspection of transfer stations; fees
Sec. 7. (a) The department shall establish a uniform transfer
station inspection program to protect the health of the residents of
Indiana and the environment of Indiana:
(1) for transfer stations located:
(A) inside Indiana; and
(B) outside Indiana;
that receive municipal waste and that engage in waste transfer
activities; and
(2) under rules adopted by the board.
(b) The board shall establish fees payable by the transfer stations
inspected. The amount of a fee imposed for the inspection of a
transfer station may not exceed the cost of time and materials directly
expended by:
(1) the department; or
(2) a contractor hired by the department;
for conducting the inspection of the transfer station.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.133-2012,
SEC.138.
IC 13-20-6-8
Prohibition on transfer activities during suspension; acceptance of
waste by disposal facility; conditions
Sec. 8. (a) An operator who is not a resident of Indiana or a
transfer station may not engage in waste transfer activities while the
operator or transfer station is suspended from engaging in waste
transfer activities under section 4 of this chapter.
(b) On or after the effective date established under a rule adopted
by the board, a solid waste disposal facility or a solid waste
processing facility located inside Indiana may not knowingly accept
municipal waste from a transfer station located inside of or outside of
Indiana that receives municipal waste if:
(1) the municipal waste is not accompanied by a manifest that
contains the information required under IC 13-20-4-7; or
(2) the person who manages the solid waste disposal facility or
solid waste processing facility has received notice under section
4(c) of this chapter that:
(A) the transfer station that shipped the municipal waste; or
(B) an operator listed on the manifest;
has been suspended from engaging in waste transfer activities
under this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.154-2005,
SEC.16.
IC 13-20-6-9
Rules
Sec. 9. The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement
this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.113-2014,
SEC.74.
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