Indiana § 13-18-10-1 - Department approval necessary for confined feeding operations
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§ 13-18-10-1. Department approval necessary for confined feeding operations
Sec. 1. (a) A person may not start:
(1) construction of a confined feeding operation; or
(2) expansion of a confined feeding operation that increases:
(A) animal capacity; or
(B) manure containment capacity; or
(C) both;
without obtaining the prior approval of the department.
(b) A person may not operate a confined feeding operation without obtaining the prior approval of the department.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-1-5.7-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.24-2004, SEC.3; P.L.81-2009, SEC.2; P.L.127-2009, SEC.5; P.L.1-2010, SEC.62; P.L.199-2014, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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