1. (a) The department shall maintain statistics on the use of environmental audit reports in department compliance and enforcement activities, including statistics on:

   1. (1) the number of times the reports are disclosed to the department;
   2. (2) the number and types of violations disclosed to the department through the reports;
   3. (3) the civil penalties collected for the violations; and

   4. (4) the time necessary for the violations to be corrected.

      The department shall report annually to the interim study committee on environmental affairs established by IC 2-5-1.3-4 in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 on the use of environmental audit reports.

2. (b) The department shall propose an enforcement policy, pursuant to IC 13-14-1-11.5 , that provides relief from civil penalties for a voluntary disclosure that results from an internal environmental audit. In developing this enforcement policy, the department shall consider similar policies implemented by:

   1. (1) the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and
   2. (2) states contiguous to Indiana.

As added by P.L.224-1999, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.130; P.L.130-2018, SEC.74.