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 […]
13-12-1-6. 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 […]
13-12-4-10. Federal Environmental Impact Statements
Sec. 10. Any state agency that is required by the federal National Environmental Policy Act (P.L. 91-190) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to file a federal environmental impact statement is not required to file a statement with the state government as provided under sections 5 and 6 of this chapter unless the action contemplated requires […]
13-12-1-7. Rules
Sec. 7. (a) As used in the recodification act of the 1996 regular session of the general assembly, a reference to rules adopted under any provision of this title or under any other provision of the recodification act of the 1996 regular session of the general assembly refers to either: (1) rules adopted under the […]
13-12-5-1. Approaches to Environmental Protection
Sec. 1. The general assembly recognizes that there are two (2) approaches to environmental protection: (1) clean manufacturing; or (2) waste management, which is also known as pollution control. [Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-1-10.1-1.] As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.124-1997, SEC.13.
13-12-1-8. Inclusion or Omission of Prior Statutes; Aid to Reader; Effect on Grants of Authority
Sec. 8. (a) A reference in the recodification act of the 1996 regular session of the general assembly to a citation in the prior environmental law before its repeal is added in certain sections of the recodification act of the 1996 regular session of the general assembly only as an aid to the reader. (b) […]
13-12-2-1. Liberal Construction
Sec. 1. Being necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare, this title shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of this title. [Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-7-16-9.] As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.2.