Authority: IC 13-14-8-7; IC 13-15-1-2; IC 13-15-2-1; IC 13-18-3-1; IC 13-18-12- 4

Affected: IC 13-11-2-77; IC 13-30-2-1

Sec. 2. (a) The person who prepares an agricultural lime substitute under the notification program shall submit a written notification to the commissioner of the activity:

1. (1) at least thirty (30) days before initial application of the agricultural lime substitute; and
2. (2) by January 31 of each subsequent year in which the agricultural lime substitute will be applied.

(b) The written notification must contain the following information:

1. (1) The name and address of the person who prepares the agricultural lime substitute.
2. (2) The name and address of the person who applies the agricultural lime substitute.

3. (3) An analysis of the agricultural lime substitute that was obtained and analyzed within the previous three hundred sixty-five (365) days that includes the following:

   1. (A) Calcium carbonate equivalency (CCE)*.
   2. (B) The pollutants listed in Table 3 in 327 IAC 6.1-4-9(c).

(c) Unless notified by the commissioner within thirty (30) days after submitting a written notification, the person who prepares an agricultural lime substitute and that submitted the written notification may begin applying the agricultural lime substitute in compliance with this rule.

(d) Analyses for the following must be conducted semiannually:

1. (1) The pollutants listed in Table 3 in 327 IAC 6.1-4-9(c).
2. (2) The percent passing mesh size*.
3. (3) The calcium carbonate equivalency (CCE)*.

(e) The person who prepares an agricultural lime substitute and that is operating under the notification program shall maintain records of the following information for five (5) years and report to the commissioner the following information by January 31 of each subsequent year in which agricultural lime substitute was applied:

1. (1) The results of analyses in subsection (d).
2. (2) The quantity of the agricultural lime substitute applied during the previous year.

*Methods for the percent passing mesh size and calcium carbonate equivalency may be found in Agricultural Liming Materials, Frank Johnson, Associate Chapter Editor, National Fertilizer Development Center, Tennessee Valley Authority, Official Methods of Analysis, Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Agricultural Chemicals; Contaminants; Drugs, Volume One, 15th Edition, 1990. Edited by Kenneth Helrich, available from the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Inc., Suite 400, 2200 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22201. This method is also available for copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality, 100 North Senate Avenue, Room N1154, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

(Water Pollution Control Division; 327 IAC 6.1-6-2; filed May 15, 1998, 10:20 a.m.: 21 IR 3804; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:23 p.m.: 24 IR 1518; filed Jul 7, 2003, 4:25 p.m.: 26 IR 3620; errata filed Feb 6, 2006, 11:15 a.m.: 29 IR 1937; readopted filed Nov 21, 2007, 1:16 p.m.: 20071219-IR-327070553BFA; readopted filed Jul 29, 2013, 9:21 a.m.: 20130828-IR-327130176BFA; readopted filed Jun 14, 2019, 1:59 p.m.: 20190710-IR-327190246BFA; readopted filed Oct 18, 2024, 1:57 p.m.: 20241113-IR-327230810RFA)