Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-11-2-1

Affected: IC 14-31-1

NOTE: Emergency Rule, LSA Document #22-158(E), temporarily supplements this section, effective May 10, 2022. See LSA Document 22- 158(E) posted at 20220511-IR-312210158ERA. LSA Document #22-158(E) expires on May 9, 2023.

Sec. 3. (a) The commission may, in a master plan or by resolution, establish any of the following:

1. (1) Fees for:

   1. (A) entrance into a DNR property; or
   2. (B) a particular use within a DNR property.
2. (2) Entrance and exit sites for a DNR property.
3. (3) Conditions upon or prohibitions against particular uses within a DNR property or a portion of a DNR property.

(b) In addition to any requirement established under subsection (a), a person may bring firewood into or possess firewood on a DNR property only if the firewood is one (1) of the following:

1. (1) Bundled and accompanied by a federal compliance stamp issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
2. (2) Bundled and accompanied by a state compliance stamp issued by the department's division of entomology to the firewood vendor from whom the wood was purchased.

3. (3) Inspected and certified by the department's division of entomology and plant pathology and transported for sale or distribution into a DNR property by either of the following:

   1. (A) A state-certified concessionaire.
   2. (B) The department.
4. (4) Consisting of kiln-dried construction lumber.
5. (5) Consisting of logs, timber, or another part of a tree with all bark removed.

(c) The following definitions apply throughout this section:

1. (1) "Firewood" means kindling, logs, boards, lumber, timber, and any part of a tree that is in a form and size appropriate for use as fuel. Logs cut into lengths at least four and one-half (4 1/2) feet long are not firewood.
2. (2) "Kiln-dried construction lumber" means processed boards cut and dried to remove all bark.

(d) For a nature preserve dedicated under IC 14-31-1, if the fee owner is other than the state of Indiana, the department must obtain written consent from the fee owner before the commission establishes a requirement under subsection (a).

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 8-1-3; filed Oct 28, 1998, 3:32 p.m.: 22 IR 738, eff Jan 1, 1999; readopted filed Nov 17, 2004, 11:00 a.m.: 28 IR 1315; readopted filed Mar 25, 2010, 2:58 p.m.: 20100421-IR-312100037RFA; filed Feb 16, 2012, 11:34 a.m.: 20120314-IR-312110421FRA; filed Nov 5, 2012, 2:30 p.m.: 20121205-IR-312120218FRA, eff Jan 2, 2013; readopted filed Sep 27, 2016, 1:57 p.m.: 20161026-IR-312160151RFA; readopted filed Sep 28, 2022, 8:20 a.m.: 20221026-IR- 312220242RFA)