Indiana House Bill 1291 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-16 - First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
Pending: House Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fertilizer runoff and Lake Michigan discharges. Amends the water pollution control law effective July 1, 2020, to: (1) eliminate an exception to the prohibition against causing water pollution that applies to fertilizer run off from a field in a storm event if the fertilizer was applied to the land in compliance with rules of the state chemist; (2) eliminate a requirement that the commissioner of the department of environmental management allow for a mixing zone in a permit that involves a discharge into Lake Michigan if the permit applicant can demonstrate that the mixing zone will not cause harm to

Fertilizer runoff and Lake Michigan discharges. Amends the water pollution control law effective July 1, 2020, to: (1) eliminate an exception to the prohibition against causing water pollution that applies to fertilizer run off from a field in a storm event if the fertilizer was applied to the land in compliance with rules of the state chemist; (2) eliminate a requirement that the commissioner of the department of environmental management allow for a mixing zone in a permit that involves a discharge into Lake Michigan if the permit applicant can demonstrate that the mixing zone will not cause harm to

Rep. Ryan Dvorak [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-16	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
2018-01-16	House	Authored by Representative Dvorak

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1291/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/3/9/a/d39aa0e7/HB1291.01.INTR.pdf