Indiana § 13-18-12-2.5 - Land application of industrial waste products

§ 13-18-12-2.5. Land application of industrial waste products

Sec. 2.5. (a) The department and the board may allow a person to use industrial waste products in a land application operation or as ingredients in a soil amendment or soil substitute to be land applied if:

(1) the industrial waste products are not hazardous wastes;

(2) the industrial waste products:

(A) have a beneficial use (as defined in 327 IAC 6.1-2-6); or

(B) otherwise provide a benefit to the process of creating the soil amendments or soil substitute or to the final soil amendment, soil substitute, or material to be land applied, such as bulking;

(3) the finished soil amendment, soil substitute, or material to be land applied satisfies the applicable criteria in rules established by the board;

(4) the finished soil amendment, soil substitute, or material to be land applied has a beneficial use;

(5) the requirements of subsection (b) are satisfied; and

(6) the person pays a permit fee in an amount determined under rules adopted by the board that does not exceed the costs incurred by the department to issue the permit.

For purposes of this subsection, "beneficial use" means the use of a solid waste for fertilizing or soil conditioning properties to provide nutrients for growing plants or crops, increase organic matter, provide pH adjustment capabilities, or provide other benefits to the soil or crops as shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner through an approved research or demonstration project.

(b) The department:

(1) may allow the use of industrial waste products:

(A) in a land application operation; or

(B) as ingredients in a soil amendment or soil substitute to be land applied;

on the same basis as other materials under the rules concerning land application and marketing and distribution permits;

(2) may not:

(A) discriminate against the use of industrial waste products on the basis that the industrial waste products lack biological carbon;

(B) impose requirements beyond applicable criteria in rules established by the board, unless additional requirements are necessary for the protection of human health and the environment;

(C) require that the finished soil amendment, soil substitute, or material to be land applied must be of a particular economic value; or

(D) for any pollutant that has a pollutant limit or concentration in 327 IAC 6.1, require that an industrial waste product or the finished soil amendment, soil substitute, or material to be land applied satisfies:

(i) the department's remediation closure guidance; or

(ii) any other standards other than criteria in 327 IAC 6.1;

(3) for any pollutant present in the industrial waste products that does not have a pollutant limit or concentration in 327 IAC 6.1, shall consider the benefits of the finished soil amendment, soil substitute, or material to be land applied as compared to the measurable risks to human health and the environment based on the anticipated use of the finished soil amendment, soil substitute, or material to be land applied; and

(4) shall require an application for a permit for the land application of industrial waste products to include characterization of individual industrial waste products at the point of waste generation before mixing the waste streams.

As added by P.L.223-2011, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.104; P.L.133-2012, SEC.130; P.L.250-2019, SEC.24; P.L.135-2026, SEC.166.