The department may, after an investigation has been conducted and a hearing has been held, deny permission to an applicant to inject, pump, or otherwise introduce potable ground water into an underground formation that contains nonpotable water if:

1. (1) the practice would:

   1. (A) constitute a waste of potable ground water; or
   2. (B) threaten to impair or exhaust the supply of the area; and

2. (2) available nonpotable water could be used instead of potable water.

   [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-3-2 part.]

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