Sec. 205. (a) "Solid waste", for purposes of IC 13-18-12, IC 13-19, IC 13-21, IC 13-20-22, and environmental management laws, except as provided in subsection (b), means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, sludge from a water supply treatment plant, sludge from an air pollution control facility, or other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations or from community activities. The term does not include:
(1) solid or dissolved material in:
(A) domestic sewage; or
(B) irrigation return flows or industrial discharges;
that are point sources subject to permits under Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (33 U.S.C. 1342);
(2) source, special nuclear, or byproduct material (as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.));
(3) manures or crop residues returned to the soil as fertilizers or soil conditioners as part of a total farm operation; or
(4) vegetative matter at composting facilities registered under IC 13-20-10.
(b) "Solid waste", for purposes of IC 13-20-5, IC 13-20-22, and IC 13-21, does not include the following:
(1) A waste that is regulated under the following:
(A) IC 13-22-1 through IC 13-22-8.
(B) IC 13-22-13 through IC 13-22-14.
(2) An infectious waste (as defined in IC 16-41-16-4) that is disposed of at an incinerator permitted under rules adopted by the board to dispose of infectious waste.
(c) "Solid waste", for purposes of IC 13-26, means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes, except human excreta. The term includes garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, offal, and solid commercial, industrial, and institutional wastes.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 13-1-12-5; 13-7-1-3 part; 13-7-1-22; 13-9.5-1-26 part; subsection (b) formerly 13-7-22-2.7(a); 13-9.5-1-26 part; subsection (c) formerly 13-3-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-1997, SEC.39; P.L.189-2011, SEC.10; P.L.113-2014, SEC.57; P.L.112-2016, SEC.14.
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