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IN HB1495
Bill
Status
4/26/2017
Primary Sponsor
David Wolkins
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AI Summary
HEA 1495 Summary
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Allows ex officio advisory members of the Indiana recycling market development board to designate representatives to attend board meetings in their absence.
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Modifies composting facility regulations to require prevention of stormwater and leachate contamination, with controls for groundwater, surface water, dust, odor, and noise; changes measurement threshold from 2,000 pounds annually to 300 square feet.
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Shifts electronic waste recycling program dates from April 1 to January 1 and March 1 for manufacturer and collector registrations and reporting deadlines.
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Defines "program year" as a calendar year for electronic waste recycling programs and establishes new provisions for environmental trust fund claim deductibles and penalties for unpaid registration fees.
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Changes financial assurance board membership to include an environmental consulting firm representative instead of local government representative, and amends underground storage tank facility provisions effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Environmental management. Authorizes an ex officio advisory member of the Indiana recycling market development board to designate a representative to serve in an advisory capacity when the ex officio member is unable to attend a board meeting. Amends the law concerning certain facilities for the composting of vegetative matter to require that the facilities be designed and operated to prevent contamination from stormwater and leachate runoff and to require the use of controls at the facilities for ground water or surface water contamination, dust, odor, and noise. Amends the law on the recycling of electronic waste: (1) to require manufacturers
Last Action
Public Law 200
4/26/2017