Indiana Code
Chapter 5. Powers and Duties of Districts
14-32-5-4. "Landfill"; Inspection

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "landfill" means a facility where solid waste is to be disposed of through placement on or beneath the surface of the ground. However, the term does not include any of the following:
(1) A land application operation regulated under 327 IAC 6.
(2) A surface impoundment.
(3) An injection well.
(4) A facility for the disposal of solid waste other than sludge from a municipal wastewater treatment plant that is:
(A) generated at the site of the facility; or
(B) generated by the owner or operator of the facility.
(5) An operation permitted under IC 14-34.
(b) As used in this section, "underground injection" means the subsurface emplacement of fluids through:
(1) a bored, drilled, or driven shaft; or
(2) a dug hole, the depth of which is greater than the hole's largest surface dimension.
(c) A district shall inspect every landfill located within the boundaries of the district for compliance with rules adopted under IC 13-18 or IC 13-19 concerning erosion and sediment control. Each landfill shall be inspected under this section at least two (2) times each calendar year as follows:
(1) One (1) time before July 1.
(2) One (1) time after June 30 and before December 31.
(d) Not later than ten (10) days after an inspection of a landfill under this section, the individual who conducted the inspection on behalf of the district shall prepare a written report on the results of the inspection and send the report to the following:
(1) The executive of the county.
(2) The commissioner of the department of environmental management.
(3) The director of the division of soil conservation established within the Indiana state department of agriculture by IC 15-11-4-1.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-1-15(a)(2), (a)(3), (b), (c).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.136-1997, SEC.31; P.L.1-2006, SEC.222; P.L.2-2008, SEC.35; P.L.120-2008, SEC.15.