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 materialutilization or waste reduction practices and technology fromsources within and outside Indiana.
(2) Provide information and advice on secondary materialutilization or waste reduction in response to a request from abusiness or business organization that is active in Indiana.
(b) In the absence of a request, the office may, at the direction ofthe commissioner, present advice on secondary material utilizationor 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 wastereduction or secondary material utilization under IC 13-22-11.5.
The office shall study the information to be presented with adviceunder 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 businessesunder section 1(b) of this chapter, the commissioner shall establisha priority among types of businesses according to the following:
(1) The degree or magnitude of waste reduction that could beachieved by a type of business, in comparison to the wastereduction that could be achieved by other businesses.
(2) The financial and technical feasibility of the waste reductionpractices and technologies available to various types ofbusinesses.
(3) The statewide waste reduction impact likely to be achievedthrough presenting advice to a type of business due to theprevalence 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 promotingwaste 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 42U.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 thereport under section 3 of this chapter for the period covered by thereport:
(1) A description of the industrial operation that generated thehazardous 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 typeof industrial operation that generated the hazardous waste.
(3) A statement that the information is accurate to the best ofthe generator's knowledge.
(4) Any other information the generator desires to provide tothe department to obtain voluntary technical assistance from thedepartment.
(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 isa trade secret or otherwise warrants confidential treatment;
may submit the information under a claim of confidentiality inaccordance with IC 13-14-11 and IC 5-14-3-4.
(c) A person who submits information under subsection (a) thatis determined to be confidential may not unreasonably withholdpermission from the department to disclose to the public general orgeneric information on waste reduction techniques derived from thesubmitted 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.