Sec. 4. (a) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 and IC 13-14-8 on the proper and safe transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes. Whenever possible, the rules adopted under this section must allow for variation in Indiana with regard to population density, climate, and geology.

     (b) Rules adopted under this section concerning incinerators used as hazardous waste facilities may establish requirements more stringent than the requirements for hazardous waste incinerators established by regulations adopted by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the following statutes:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 13-22-2-4

  • Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(1) The federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.).

(2) The federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), as amended by the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (P.L.101-549).

[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-7-8.5-4.]

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.12.