Ind. Code ch. 13-30-10

Ind. Code ch. 13-30-10
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Ind. Code § 13-30-10-1 Offenses involving information

Sec. 1. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) makes a false material statement, representation, or certification in any form, notice, or report; or (2) destroys, alters, conceals, withholds, or falsely certifies a record, report, plan or other document; that is required to be filed or maintained under the terms of a permit issued by the department under IC 13-17 or IC 13-18 commits a Class B misdemeanor. (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally tampers with, falsifies, or renders inaccurate or inoperative a recording or monitoring device or method, including the data gathered from the device or method, that is required to be maintained under a permit issued by the department under IC 13-17 or IC 13-18 commits a Class B misdemeanor. (c) A person who knowingly or intentionally makes a false material statement or representation in any label, manifest, record, report, or other document that is required to be maintained or filed under a permit issued under IC 13-22 commits a Class B misdemeanor. (d) Notwithstanding the maximum fine provisions of IC 35-50-3-3, criminal fines for a person convicted of an offense described in subsection (a) or (b) shall be assessable as follows: (1) For a person regulated under IC 13-17, a fine in a maximum amount of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day per violation, in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 70.11(a)(3). (2) For a person regulated under IC 13-18, a fine in a maximum amount of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per day per violation, in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 123.27(a)(3). (e) Notwithstanding the maximum fine provisions of IC 35-50-3-3, criminal fines for a person convicted of an offense described in subsection (c) shall be assessable in a maximum amount of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day per violation, in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 271.16(a)(3). (f) The penalties under this section apply regardless of whether a person uses electronic submissions or paper documents to accomplish the actions described in this section. As added by P.L.137-2007, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.114-2008, SEC.25; P.L.181-2018, SEC.13.

Ind. Code § 13-30-10-1.5 Offenses involving hazardous waste management, air pollution control, or water pollution control

Sec. 1.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person regulated under IC 13-22 who knowingly: (1) transports hazardous waste to an unpermitted facility; (2) treats, stores, or disposes of hazardous waste without a permit issued by the department under IC 13-22; or (3) transports, treats, stores, disposes, recycles, or causes to be transported used oil regulated under rules adopted by the board without a manifest or in violation of the standards established by the department for the management of used oil; commits a Class B misdemeanor. (b) Notwithstanding the maximum fine provisions of IC 35-50-3-3, criminal fines for a person convicted of an offense described in subsection (a) shall be assessable in a maximum amount of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day per violation. (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), a person regulated under IC 13-17 who knowingly violates: (1) any applicable requirements of IC 13-17-4, IC 13-17-5, IC 13-17-6, IC 13-17-8, IC 13-17-9, IC 13-17-10, or IC 13-17-13 or of rules of the board implementing the chapters referred to in this subdivision; (2) any condition of a permit issued by the department under IC 13-17; or (3) any fee or filing requirement in IC 13-17, including the requirement to file an application for a permit under IC 13-17; commits a Class C misdemeanor. (d) Notwithstanding the maximum fine provisions of IC 35-50-3-4, criminal fines for a person convicted of an offense described in subsection (c) shall be assessable in a maximum amount of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day per violation. (e) Except as provided in subsection (f), a person who willfully or negligently violates: (1) any applicable standards or limitations of IC 13-18-3-2.4, IC 13-18-4-5, IC 13-18-12, IC 13-18-14, IC 13-18-15, or IC 13-18-16 or of rules of the board implementing the chapters referred to in this subdivision; (2) any condition of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit issued by the department under IC 13-18-19 or rules adopted by the board under IC 13-18-19; (3) any National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit filing requirement under IC 13-18-19; or (4) any condition of a permit issued by the department in accordance with the requirements of 33 U.S.C. 1344; commits a Class A misdemeanor. (f) Notwithstanding the maximum fine provisions of IC 35-50-3-2, criminal fines for a person convicted of an offense described in subsection (e) shall be assessable in a maximum amount of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day per violation. (g) A person who willfully or recklessly violates any applicable standards or limitations of IC 13-18-8 commits a Class B misdemeanor. (h) A person who willfully or recklessly violates any applicable standards or limitations of IC 13-18-9, IC 13-18-10, or IC 13-18-10.5 commits a Class C misdemeanor. (i) A person who: (1) knowingly commits any act described in subsection (a), (c), or (e); and (2) knows that commission of the act places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury; commits a Level 4 felony. However, the offense is a Level 3 felony if it results in serious bodily injury to any person, and a Level 2 felony if it results in the death of any person. (j) It shall be a defense to an offense described in subsection (i) that the person charged: (1) did not know; or (2) could not reasonably have been expected to know; that the violation would place another person in imminent danger or threat of serious bodily injury. For the purposes of subsection (i), a person is responsible only for the person's own actual awareness or actual belief, and knowledge by another person may not be attributed to the person. (k) The penalties under this section apply regardless of whether a person uses electronic submissions or paper documents to accomplish the actions described in this section. As added by P.L.114-2008, SEC.26. Amended by P.L.57-2009, SEC.2; P.L.158-2013, SEC.196; P.L.181-2018, SEC.14; P.L.135-2026, SEC.299.

Ind. Code § 13-30-10-5 Criminal penalties for violating underground storage tank laws

Sec. 5. (a) A person who: (1) operates an underground storage tank and knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly violates: (A) the terms of a permit issued by the department that relates to the operation of an underground storage tank; or (B) an Indiana statute that relates to the operation of an underground storage tank; and (2) discharges a contaminant into the environment, if the discharge results in: (A) a substantial risk of serious bodily injury; (B) serious bodily injury to an individual; (C) the death of a vertebrate animal; or (D) damage to the environment that renders the environment unfit for human or vertebrate animal life, or causes damage to an endangered, an at risk, or a threatened species; commits a Level 6 felony. However, the offense is a Level 5 felony if it results in the death of another person. (b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person did not know and could not reasonably have been expected to know that the substance discharged into the environment was capable of causing a result described in subsection (a)(2). (c) Notwithstanding IC 35-50-2-6(a), IC 35-50-2-7(a), or IC 35-50-3-2, the court may order a person convicted under this section to pay: (1) a fine of at least five thousand dollars ($5,000) and not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each day of violation; or (2) if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for an offense under this title that may be punished as a felony, a fine of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each day of violation. In determining the amount of a fine imposed for a violation of this section, the court shall consider any improper economic benefit, including unjust enrichment, received by the defendant as a result of the unlawful conduct. As added by P.L.137-2007, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.197.

Ind. Code § 13-30-10-6 Criminal penalties for violating state regulated wetlands laws

Sec. 6. (a) A person who: (1) knowingly or intentionally violates: (A) the terms of a permit issued under IC 13-18-22 that relates to state regulated wetlands; or (B) a statute that relates to state regulated wetlands; and (2) causes substantial harm to a state regulated wetland; commits a Level 6 felony. (b) Notwithstanding IC 35-50-2-6(a), IC 35-50-2-7(a), or IC 35-50-3-2, the court may order a person convicted under this section to pay: (1) a fine of at least five thousand dollars ($5,000) and not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each day of violation; or (2) if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for an offense under this title that may be punished as a felony, a fine of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each day of violation. In determining the amount of a fine imposed for a violation of this section, the court shall consider any improper economic benefit, including unjust enrichment, received by the defendant as a result of the unlawful conduct. As added by P.L.137-2007, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.198.

Ind. Code § 13-30-10-7 Unlawful dumping of contaminants or solid waste

Sec. 7. A person who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly: (1) deposits or causes or allows the deposit of thirty (30) square feet or more of contaminants or solid waste upon land owned or controlled by another person, except through the use of sanitary landfills, incineration, composting, garbage grinding, or another method acceptable to the board; or (2) on two (2) or more separate occasions deposits or causes or allows the deposit of any amount of contaminants or solid waste upon land owned or controlled by another person, except through the use of sanitary landfills, incineration, composting, garbage grinding, or another method acceptable to the board; commits a Class C misdemeanor. As added by P.L.218-2025, SEC.6.
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