Sec. 24. (a) This section applies to real property that is:

(1) the site of an existing or former hazardous waste facility that is or was subject to regulation under:

(A) IC 13-22-2 through IC 13-22-8 and IC 13-22-13 through IC 13-22-14; or

(B) Subchapter III of the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6921 through 6939e); or

(2) a site:

(A) on which a hazardous substance has been:

(i) deposited;

(ii) stored; or

(iii) disposed of; and

(B) that is or was listed on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) in accordance with Section 116 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9616);

if more than an insignificantly small amount of a hazardous substance remains on or beneath the surface of that property after the partial or final closure of a hazardous waste facility located on the property or the completion of a remedial action on the property under CERCLA or this chapter.

(b) The owner of real property described in subsection (a) shall execute and record, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is located, a restrictive covenant applying to the property if the commissioner determines that a restrictive covenant meeting the requirements set forth in subsection (c) is necessary to protect the public health or welfare or the environment from unreasonable risk of future exposure to a hazardous substance.

(c) A restrictive covenant required under this section must:

(1) to the extent feasible, describe:

(A) the identity, quantity, and location of every hazardous substance:

(i) deposited;

(ii) stored;

(iii) disposed of; or

(iv) placed;

on the property; and

(B) the extent to which each hazardous substance remains on the property; and

(2) incorporate the conditions and restrictions that the commissioner considers necessary to assure that the future use of the property will not disturb the final cover, any liners, or any components of the hazardous substance containment system on the property, or disturb the function of the monitoring system on the property, unless the commissioner finds that the disturbance:

(A) is necessary to the proposed use of the property and will not increase the potential hazards to human health or to the environment; or

(B) is necessary to mitigate a threat to human health or to the environment.

(d) A restrictive covenant required by this section is subject to modification under IC 13-14-2-9.

[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-7-8.7-12.]

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.220-2014, SEC.34.