Indiana Code
Chapter 5. Emergency Regulation of Surface Water Rights
14-25-5-6. Investigations

Sec. 6. Not later than five (5) days after receiving a written complaint from a lake owner that:
(1) the level of a freshwater lake has been lowered:
(A) significantly below the lake's normal level as legally established under IC 14-26-4 or under IC 13-2-13 (before its repeal); or
(B) if the normal level has not been legally established under IC 14-26-4 or under IC 13-2-13 (before its repeal), significantly below the water line or shoreline as determined by existing water level records or by the action of the water that has marked upon the soil of the bed of the lake a character distinct from that of the bank with respect to vegetation and the nature of the soil; and
(2) the lowering of the lake level is believed to be caused by at least one (1) active significant water withdrawal facility operated within one-half (1/2) mile of the freshwater lake;
the director shall give notice to those persons responsible for the operation of the significant water withdrawal facility believed to have caused lowering of the lake level and cause an onsite investigation to be made.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-2.6-9.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.

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