In granting a permit, the department may do the following:

1. (1) Impose the conditions or stipulations that are necessary to conserve the ground water of the area and prevent waste, exhaustion, or impairment of the ground water.

2. (2) Require that ground water in a restricted area that is withdrawn and used be returned to the ground through wells, pits, or spreading grounds. If this condition is imposed, the water shall be returned under the rules that the department adopts subject to the approval of the environmental rules board to avoid pollution of underground water.

   [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-2-5(d), (e).]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.113-2014, SEC.97.