Indiana § 16-19-3-16 - Water pollution; proceedings to abate or prevent; regulation of sanitary systems
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§ 16-19-3-16. Water pollution; proceedings to abate or prevent; regulation of sanitary systems
Sec. 16. The state department may conduct hearings, issue orders, and take action on behalf of the state for the enforcement of orders as necessary to regulate the use of existing or proposed sanitary systems that do not meet or would not meet health standards established by the state department under law or rule as means, by the use of the state department's police power, to abate or prevent the pollution of streams, rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-3-27.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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