Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in sections 5 and 6 of this chapter, the active area of a composting facility may not be located within:
(1) two hundred (200) feet of a well that supplies potable water; or
(2) two hundred (200) feet of a residential structure that exists at the time that the composting facility initially registers under this chapter.
(b) A composting facility:
(1) must be located outside the ten (10) year floodplain, except for a composting facility that is either:
(A) operated in conjunction with a publicly owned works permitted under IC 13-15-3; or
(B) designed and operated to prevent ground or surface water contamination in the event of a ten (10) year flood;
(2) must be designed and operated to prevent ground water and surface water contamination from:
(A) stormwater; and
(B) leachate runoff from the composting facility;
(3) must not locate compost within five (5) feet of the seasonal high water table unless the composting facility provides adequate controls to prevent ground water or surface water contamination; and
(4) must provide controls for the following:
(A) Dust.
(B) Odor.
(C) Noise.
(c) If compost material that contains food waste is present in a composting facility, the composting facility must provide controls for vectors and pathogens in addition to the controls required by subsection (b)(4).
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-7-35-6(a).]
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.199-2014, SEC.10; P.L.200-2017, SEC.4.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 20. Solid Waste Management
Chapter 10. Registration of Facilities for Composting Certain Vegetative Matter
13-20-10-1. Applicability of Chapter
13-20-10-2. Registration of Facility Required for Operation
13-20-10-3. Registration Applications; Contents
13-20-10-4. Location of Active Areas of Facilities
13-20-10-5. Local Ordinance on Distance Between Composting Facility and Residence
13-20-10-8. Expiration and Renewal of Registrations
13-20-10-9. Combination of Vegetative Matter With Solid Waste Prohibited