CHAPTER 11. HAZARDOUS WASTE REDUCTION
IC 13-22-11
Chapter 11. Hazardous Waste Reduction
IC 13-22-11-1
Information gathering and dissemination
Sec. 1. (a) The office shall do the following:
(1) Continuously gather information on secondary material
utilization or waste reduction practices and technology from
sources within and outside Indiana.
(2) Provide information and advice on secondary material
utilization or waste reduction in response to a request from a
business or business organization that is active in Indiana.
(b) In the absence of a request, the office may, at the direction of
the commissioner, present advice on secondary material utilization
or waste reduction to a business that:
(1) is active in Indiana; and
(2) in the judgment of the commissioner, could:
(A) significantly reduce;
(B) eliminate; or
(C) avoid;
the generation and disposal of hazardous waste through waste
reduction or secondary material utilization under IC 13-22-11.5.
The office shall study the information to be presented with advice
under this subsection.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.45-1997, SEC.20;
P.L.128-1997, SEC.7.
IC 13-22-11-2
Advice; priorities
Sec. 2. In directing the office to present advice to businesses
under section 1(b) of this chapter, the commissioner shall establish
a priority among types of businesses according to the following:
(1) The degree or magnitude of waste reduction that could be
achieved by a type of business, in comparison to the waste
reduction that could be achieved by other businesses.
(2) The financial and technical feasibility of the waste reduction
practices and technologies available to various types of
businesses.
(3) The statewide waste reduction impact likely to be achieved
through presenting advice to a type of business due to the
prevalence of that type of business in Indiana.
(4) Any other factors that, in the judgment of the commissioner,
may affect the overall effectiveness of the office in promoting
waste reduction in Indiana.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.12.
IC 13-22-11-3
Reports under Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Sec. 3. A person who submits a report to the department under 42
U.S.C. 6922(a)(6) may include with the report the information listed
under section 4 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.122-1996, SEC.4.
IC 13-22-11-4
Contents of report; confidentiality for trade secrets
Sec. 4. (a) The following information may be included with the
report under section 3 of this chapter for the period covered by the
report:
(1) A description of the industrial operation that generated the
hazardous waste, including information on the following:
(A) The steps taken in the operation.
(B) The machinery and materials used in the operation.
(C) The inputs and outputs of the operation.
(2) Proposals that would implement waste reduction in the type
of industrial operation that generated the hazardous waste.
(3) A statement that the information is accurate to the best of
the generator's knowledge.
(4) Any other information the generator desires to provide to
the department to obtain voluntary technical assistance from the
department.
(b) A person who:
(1) submits information to the department under subsection (a);
and
(2) believes that the information or a part of the information is
a trade secret or otherwise warrants confidential treatment;
may submit the information under a claim of confidentiality in
accordance with IC 13-14-11 and IC 5-14-3-4.
(c) A person who submits information under subsection (a) that
is determined to be confidential may not unreasonably withhold
permission from the department to disclose to the public general or
generic information on waste reduction techniques derived from the
submitted information if the disclosure will not divulge:
(1) the trade secret; or
(2) other specific, substantive basis of confidentiality.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.122-1996, SEC.5.