Title 15, AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Sec. 59. "Processed manure" means manure that has undergone at least one (1) step of physical or chemical processing to change the characteristics of the manure, including manure that is composted, digested, mechanically separated, or pelletized. The term does not include manure …

Sec. 59.5. (a) "Production area" means the part of an AFO that includes the following: (1) An animal confinement area. (2) A manure storage area. (3) A raw materials storage area. (4) A waste containment area. (5) An egg washing or egg processing facility. (6) An area used in the…

Sec. 6. "Aqua ammonia" means an aqueous solution of anhydrous ammonia generally containing from eighteen percent (18%) to thirty percent (30%) of ammonia (NH3) by weight and having a vapor pressure usually varying from zero (0) to ten (10) pounds per square inch gauge (psig) at o…

Sec. 60. "Public water supply surface intake structure" means any structure used for the purpose of providing water through a public water supply system. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 61. "Public water supply well" means any well that provides water to the public through a water distribution system that: (1) serves at least twenty-five (25) persons per day for: (A) drinking; (B) domestic use; or (C) other purposes; or (2) has at least fifteen (15) service…

Sec. 62. "Registrant" means a person that registers: (1) commercial fertilizer under IC 15-16-2; or (2) manure based fertilizer under IC 15-16-3.5. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 63. "Saturated ground" means soil soaked with moisture so that the soil cannot absorb any more liquid. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 64. "Secondary containment" means any structure, including a dike, used to contain fertilizer discharges from bulk storage containers and prevent runoff or leaching. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 65. "Sell" or "sale" includes exchange. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 66. "Sinkhole" means a natural depression in the surface of the land caused by the collapse of the roof of a cavern or subterranean passage. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 67. "Specialty fertilizer" means a commercial fertilizer distributed for nonfarm use. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 68. "Spill" means any unexpected, unintended, abnormal, or unapproved liquid or dry dumping, leakage, drainage, seepage, or other loss of fertilizer. The term does not include releases to impermeable surfaces when the fertilizer does not migrate off the surface or penetrate …

Sec. 69. "Staging" means the placement of fertilizer material: (1) gathered in a pile to be used for field application within one hundred twenty (120) days; or (2) at a production area for: (A) livestock (as defined in IC 15-17-2-47); or (B) poultry (as defined in IC 15-17-2-87);…

Sec. 7. (a) "Biosolid" means solid, semisolid, or liquid residue generated during the treatment of domestic sewage (as defined in 327 IAC 6.1-2-16) in a treatment works (as defined in 327 IAC 6.1-2-57) including the following: (1) Scum or solids removed in primary, secondary, or …

Sec. 70. "State chemist" means the Indiana state chemist or an agent appointed by the state chemist. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 71. "Storage" means the storage of bulk fertilizer or manure based fertilizer by a person that: (1) manufactures or distributes bulk fertilizer or manure based fertilizer; or (2) stores bulk fertilizer or manure based fertilizer for personal use. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC…

Sec. 72. (a) "Storage container" means the following: (1) A container used for the storage of fluid bulk fertilizer. (2) A rail car, nurse tank, or other mobile container used for the storage of fluid bulk fertilizer. (b) The term does not include the following: (1) A mobile cont…

Sec. 73. "Storage facility" means a location at which: (1) fluid bulk fertilizer in undivided quantities in excess of: (A) two thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons; or (B) a total capacity of seven thousand five hundred (7,500) gallons; or (2) dry bulk fertilizer in undivided qu…

Sec. 74. "Storage facility location registry" means the annual listing of all storage facilities at any location in Indiana by the state chemist that is compiled from the written notification received from the storage facility. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 75. "Surface application" means the placement of fertilizer material by spraying or spreading onto the land surface. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 76. (a) "Surface water" means waters, as defined in IC 13-11-2-265, that are present on the surface of the earth, including the following: (1) Streams. (2) Lakes. (3) Ponds. (4) Rivers. (5) Swamps. (6) Marshes. (7) Wetlands. (b) The term does not include the following: (1) T…

Sec. 77. "Tank mixed liquid fertilizer" means a fluid mixture of commercial fertilizer and water in which the total nutrient content of the mixture does not exceed the amount determined by the state chemist under IC 15-16-3-21. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 78. "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand (2,000) pounds avoirdupois. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 79. "Trained employee" means any individual who: (1) is operating as an employee, agent, or contractor of a certified applicator; and (2) has received training required under IC 15-16-2.5-5(b) to use fertilizer material under the supervision of the certified applicator. As a…

Sec. 8. "Blender" means a person or system engaged in the business of blending commercial fertilizer. As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 80. (a) "Use", except as provided in subsection (b), means the placement or usage of fertilizer materials on a targeted growing area. (b) "Use", for purposes of IC 15-16-2.7, means the: (1) application of fertilizer material on an agricultural crop growing area; (2) handling…

Sec. 9. "Blending" means the physical mixing or combining: (1) of one (1) or more commercial fertilizers and one (1) or more filler materials; (2) of two (2) or more commercial fertilizers; or (3) of two (2) or more commercial fertilizers and filler materials; including mixing th…