Authority: IC 13-14-8-7; IC 13-15-2-1; IC 13-19-3-1

Affected: IC 13-14; IC 13-19-3; IC 13-20; IC 36-9-30

Sec. 1. The following solid waste management activities are not subject to the provisions of this article:

(1) Disposal of only uncontaminated rocks, bricks, concrete, road demolition waste materials, or dirt.

(2) Land application activities regulated under 327 IAC 6.1 and 327 IAC 7.1.

(3) Confined feeding control activities regulated under 327 IAC 19.

(4) Wastewater discharge activities regulated under 327 IAC 5.

(5) Solid waste management activities regulated under 329 IAC 11.

(6) Disposal of uncontaminated and untreated natural growth solid waste, including tree limbs, stumps, leaves, and grass clippings.

(7) Disposal of saw dust derived from processing untreated natural wood.

(8) Disposal of coal ash, transported by water, into an ash pond that has received a water pollution control facility permit under 327 IAC 3.

(9) Coal combustion residuals (CCR) units subject to 329 IAC 14.

(10) Operating non-CCR surface impoundments; however, the final disposal of solid waste in non-CCR surface impoundments at the end of their operation is subject to approval by the commissioner, except as excluded under subdivisions (8) and (11). The commissioner's approval is based on management practices that are protective of human health and the environment.

(11) The uses and disposal of coal waste as exempted under IC 13-19-3-3.1.

(12) Activities concerning wastes containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) regulated under 329 IAC 4.1, except those regulated as alternative daily cover under 329 IAC 10-20-14.1.

(13) Storage, transportation, and processing of used oil as regulated under 329 IAC 13.

(14) The legitimate use of slag under IC 13-19-3-8.

(15) The legitimate use of foundry sand under IC 13-19-3-7.

(16) Any other use of solid waste approved by the commissioner based on the commissioner's determination that the use is a legitimate use that does not pose a threat to public health or the environment.

(Solid Waste Management Division; 329 IAC 10-3-1; filed Mar 14, 1996, 5:00 p.m.: 19 IR 1795; filed Mar 19, 1998, 11:07 a.m.: 21 IR 2749; filed Aug 2, 1999, 11:50 a.m.: 22 IR 3771; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:25 p.m.: 24 IR 1535; filed Feb 9, 2004, 4:51 p.m.: 27 IR 1797, eff Apr 1, 2004; filed Nov 10, 2016, 1:37 p.m.: 20161207-IR-329160217FRA; readopted filed Oct 16, 2024, 11:58 a.m.: 20241113-IR-329230812RFA; filed Mar 13, 2026, 2:07 p.m.: 20260408-IR-329210458FRA; errata filed Aug 26, 2025, 2:25 p.m.: 20250903-IR-329250435ACA)