13-12-5-2. Clean Manufacturing
Sec. 2. Clean manufacturing consists of economically feasible practices that reduce, avoid, or eliminate the unnecessary use of harmful industrial materials and the generation of industrial wastes, pollutants, emissions, and discharges at the point of production. Clean manufacturing practices are limited to the following: (1) Product reformulation. (2) Input substitution. (3) Equipment redesign. (4) Improved […]
13-12-5-3. Waste Management or Pollution Control
Sec. 3. Waste management or pollution control consists of environmental protection practices employed after industrial wastes, pollutants, discharges, and emissions have been generated. Waste management or pollution control practices include the following: (1) Waste storage and waste transportation. (2) Waste treatment, including the following: (A) Detoxification. (B) Incineration. (C) Biological treatment. (3) Land disposal of […]
13-12-5-4. Preferred Approach
Sec. 4. The general assembly recognizes the following: (1) That clean manufacturing is: (A) the most reliable and effective form of environmental protection; and (B) the preferred approach to environmental protection. (2) That wastes, pollutants, emissions, or discharges that have not been avoided or eliminated by means of clean manufacturing at the point of production […]
13-12-6-1. Criminal Liability of Corporate Officers for Environmental Offenses
Sec. 1. A responsible corporate officer who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly aids, induces, or causes another person to commit an offense under this title commits that offense, even if the other person: (1) has not been prosecuted for the offense; (2) has not been convicted of the offense; or (3) has been acquitted of the […]
13-12-4-7. Statutory Obligations of State Agencies Unaffected
Sec. 7. Sections 5 and 6 of this chapter do not affect the specific statutory obligations of any state agency to do any of the following: (1) Comply with criteria or standards of environmental quality. (2) Coordinate or consult with any other federal or state agency. (3) Act or refrain from acting contingent upon the […]
13-12-1-4. Construction of Statutes
Sec. 4. The recodification act of the 1996 regular session of the general assembly shall be construed as a recodification of prior environmental law. Except as provided in section 1(1) and 1(2) of this chapter, if the literal meaning of the recodification act of the 1996 regular session of the general assembly would result in […]
13-12-4-8. Impact Statements Not Required for License
Sec. 8. This chapter may not be construed to require an environmental impact statement for the issuance of a license or permit by any state agency. [Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-1-10-6.] As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.2.
13-12-1-5. Repealed or Replaced Statutes and Rules
Sec. 5. Subject to section 8 of this chapter, a reference in a statute or rule to a statute that is repealed and replaced in the same or a different form in the recodification act of the 1996 regular session of the general assembly shall be treated after the effective date of the new provision […]
13-12-4-9. Supplementary Effect of Chapter
Sec. 9. Policies and goals set forth in this chapter supplement those policies and goals set forth in other authorizations of state agencies. [Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-1-10-7.] As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.2.
13-12-1-6. Inclusion of Prior Statutes
Sec. 6. A citation reference in the recodification act of the 1996 regular session of the general assembly to another provision of the recodification act of the 1996 regular session of the general assembly shall be treated as including a reference to the provision of prior environmental law that is substantively equivalent to the provision […]