Environmental Laws and Rules

The Indiana General Assembly created IDEM under Title 13 of the Indiana Code (IC). The agency’s mission is to implement federal and state regulations to protect human health and the environment while allowing the environmentally sound operations of industrial, agricultural, commercial and government activities vital to a prosperous economy. Environmental laws and rules set standards of conduct that everyone is expected to follow.

Laws

The Indiana Code is the code of laws for the state of Indiana. It is organized by title, article, chapter, and section. Indiana’s environmental laws are located in Title 13. Environment of the Indiana Code.

Rules

IDEM administers and implements environmental rules adopted by the Environmental Rules Board and the Underground Storage Tank Financial Assurance Board. The rules can be found in Titles 326, 327, 328, and 329 of the Indiana Administrative Code (IAC). Following are links to Indiana’s environmental rules.

Title 326 Air Pollution Control Division

• Article 1 General Provisions (APCD)
• Article 2 Permit Review Rules
• Article 3 Monitoring Requirements
• Article 4 Burning Regulations
• Article 5 Opacity Regulations
• Article 6 Particulate Rules
• Article 6.5 Particulate Matter Limitations Except Lake County
• Article 6.8 Particulate Matter Limitations For Lake County
• Article 7 Sulfur Dioxide Rules
• Article 8 Volatile Organic Compound Rules
• Article 9 Carbon Monoxide Emission Rules
• Article 10 Nitrogen Oxides Rules
• Article 11 Emission Limitations for Specific Types of Operations
• Article 12 New Source Performance Standards
• Article 13 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards
• Article 14 Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• Article 15 Lead Rules
• Article 16 State Environmental Policy (APCD)
• Article 17.1 Public Records; Confidential Information; Confidentiality Agreements (APCD)
• Article 18 Asbestos Management
• Article 19 Mobile Source Rules
• Article 20 Hazardous Air Pollutants
• Article 21 Acid Deposition Control
• Article 22 Stratospheric Ozone Protection
• Article 24 Trading Programs: Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
• Article 25 Voluntary Performance Based Leadership Programs (APCD)
• Article 26 Regional Haze

Title 327 Water Pollution Control Division

• Article 1 General Provisions (WPCD)
• Article 2 Water Quality Standards
• Article 3 Wastewater Treatment Facilities; Issuance of Permits; Construction and Permit Requirements
• Article 4 Wastewater Treatment Facilities; Overload Condition
• Article 5 Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Programs and NPDES
• Article 6.1 Land Application of Biosolid, Industrial Waste Product, and Pollutant-bearing Water
• Article 7.1 Wastewater Management
• Article 8 Public Water Supply
• Article 11 State Environmental Policy (WPCD)
• Article 12.1 Public Records; Confidential Information; Confidentiality Agreements (WPCD)
• Article 15 NPDES General Permit Rule Program
• Article 17 Wetland Activity Permits
• Article 18 Voluntary Performance Based Leadership Programs (WPCD)
• Article 19 Confined Feeding Operations
• Article 20 Satellite Manure Storage Structure Permitting Program

Title 328 Underground Storage Tank Financial Assurance Board

• Article 1 Payment of Corrective Action and Third Party Liability Claims from the Excess Liability Trust Fund

Title 329 Solid Waste Management Division

• Article 1 General Provisions (SWMD)
• Article 3.1 Hazardous Waste Management Permit Program and Related Hazardous Waste Management
• Article 4.1 Regulation of Wastes Containing PCBs
• Article 5 State Environmental Policy (SMWD)
• Article 6.1 Public Records; Confidential Information; Confidentiality Agreements (SWMD)
• Article 7.1 Indiana Scoring Model
• Article 8 Household Hazardous Waste Grants Program
• Article 9 Underground Storage Tanks
• Article 10 Solid Waste Land Disposal Facilities
• Article 11 Solid Waste Processing Facilities
• Article 11.5 Biomass Anaerobic Digestion Facilities and Biomass Gasification Facilities
• Article 11.6 Mobile Home Salvaging Facilities
• Article 11.7 Alternative Fuel Source
• Article 12 Solid Waste Management Activity Registration
• Article 13 Used Oil Management
• Article 15 Waste Tire Management
• Article 16 Electronics Waste Management
• Article 18 Voluntary Performance Based Leadership Programs (SWMD)