1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the director may restrict the quantity of ground water that may be extracted from a significant ground water withdrawal facility when the director declares a ground water emergency under section 9 or 10 of this chapter if:

   1. (1) the:

      1. (A) facility is reasonably believed to have caused the failure of the complainant's water well; and
      2. (B) immediate temporary provision of an adequate supply of potable water required under sections 18(1) and 20(a) of this chapter is not carried out; or
   2. (2) there is a reasonable belief that continued ground water withdrawals from the facility will exceed the recharge capability of the ground water resource of the area.

2. (b) If an operator of a significant ground water withdrawal facility withdraws water by a means other than pumping, the director may temporarily restrict the quantity of ground water that may be extracted only if the provisions of subsection (a)(1) have not been met.

   [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-2.5-3.5(b), (c).]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.