Denial of permit

Sec. 3. The department may, after an investigation has been conducted and a hearing has been held, deny permission to an applicant to inject, pump, or otherwise introduce potable ground water into an underground formation that contains nonpotable water if: (1) the practice would: (A) constitute a waste of potable ground water; or (B) threaten to impair or exhaust the supply of the area; and (2) available nonpotable water could be used instead of potable water. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-3-2 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.