Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "sewage" means human body wastes.
(b) A person may not keep, maintain, or operate upon public water a boat that is equipped with a water closet or toilet unless the water closet or toilet is equipped with a holding tank with the capacity to store wastes for subsequent disposal at:
(1) an approved shoreside facility or incinerator; or
(2) a treatment system approved by the department of environmental management according to rules adopted by the environmental rules board.
(c) A person may not dispose of sewage accumulated in a holding tank or any other container on a watercraft in a manner that the sewage reaches or may reach public waters, except through a sewage disposal facility approved by the department of environmental management according to rules adopted by the environmental rules board.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: 14-1-1-1 part; 14-1-1-8.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.113-2014, SEC.95.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources
Article 15. Regulation of Water Recreation
Chapter 2. Watercraft Equipment
14-15-2-1. Unlawful Operation Without Proper Equipment
14-15-2-3. Carburetor Backfire Arrest Device
14-15-2-4. Mufflers; Underwater Exhaust
14-15-2-5. Muffler Cutouts; Bypass
14-15-2-6. Personal Flotation Devices
14-15-2-7. Holding Tanks; Sewage Disposal
14-15-2-9. Gas or Flammable Liquids