IC 13-13-5
    Chapter 5. Designation of Department for Purposes of FederalLaw

IC 13-13-5-1
Designation of department as agency
    Sec. 1. Except as provided in IC 14-37, the department isdesignated as the following:
        (1) The water pollution agency for Indiana for all purposes ofthe Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 etseq.) in effect January 1, 1988, and the federal Safe DrinkingWater Act (42 U.S.C. 300f through 300j) in effect January 1,1988.
        (2) The solid waste agency for Indiana for all purposes of thefederal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.6901 et seq.) in effect January 1, 1988.
        (3) The air pollution control agency for Indiana for all purposesof the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), asamended by the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990(P.L.101-549).
        (4) The state agency with responsibility concerning theMidwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Wasteunder IC 13-29-1.
        (5) The state agency with responsibility concerning the federalComprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, andLiability Act of 1980, as amended by the federal SuperfundAmendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9601through 9675) as in effect on January 1, 1993, and concerning40 CFR 300.505, Subpart F of the National Oil and HazardousSubstances Pollution Contingency Plan.
        (6) The state agency with responsibility concerning the federalDefense Environmental Restoration Program (10 U.S.C. 2701through 2708) as in effect on January 1, 1993.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.3.

IC 13-13-5-2
Authority of department to secure benefits of federal acts forIndiana
    Sec. 2. The department may take any action necessary to securefor Indiana the benefits of the statutes described in section 1 of thischapter.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.3.