I move that Engrossed Senate Bill 431 be amended to read as follows:
Page 5, between lines 34 and 35, begin a new paragraph and
insert:
"
SECTION 13. IC 13-18-12-8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 8. (a) If a person who
operates a publicly or privately owned wastewater treatment
plant:
(1) discovers that a contaminant has entered the wastewater
treatment plant that would pose a threat to human health or
animal life if the contaminant is not effectively treated before
the contaminant is discharged into the waters of Indiana;
and
(2) determines the wastewater treatment plant is not able to
effectively treat the contaminant;
the person must notify the department of the presence of the
contaminant at the wastewater treatment plant not more than
twenty-four (24) hours after the person determines the wastewater
treatment plant is not able to effectively treat the contaminant.
(b) If the department receives notification from a wastewater
treatment plant under subsection (a), the department must:
(1) notify all appropriate state and local government
agencies; and
(2) begin notifying members of the public who would be
adversely affected by a discharge of the contaminant into the
waters of Indiana;
not more than forty-eight (48) hours after receiving the notification
under subsection (a)."
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to ESB 431 as printed February 17, 2000.)