Authority: IC 14-28-1-5; IC 14-28-3-2

Affected: IC 14-27-7; IC 14-27-7.5; IC 14-28-1; IC 14-28-3

Sec. 44. "Wetland" means a transitional area between a terrestrial and deep water habitat (but not necessarily adjacent to a deep water habitat) where at most times the area is either covered by shallow water or the water table is at or near the surface and under normal circumstances any of the following conditions are met:

1. (1) The area predominantly supports hydrophytes, at least periodically, or the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil, for example, peat or muck.
2. (2) The substrate is not a soil but is instead saturated with water or covered by shallow water some time during the growing season, for example, marl beaches or sand bars.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 10-2-44; filed Jul 5, 2001, 9:12 a.m.: 24 IR 3389, eff Jan 1, 2002; readopted filed Jul 21, 2008, 12:00 p.m.: 20080813-IR-312080072RFA; readopted filed Sep 22, 2014, 12:34 p.m.: 20141022-IR- 312140065RFA; readopted filed Sep 16, 2020, 8:17 a.m.: 20201014-IR-312200345RFA)