327 Ind. Admin. Code 8-3.1-2

Current through January 8, 2025
Section 327 IAC 8-3.1-2 - Permitting authority and responsibilities

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-14-9; IC 13-15-1-2; IC 13-15-2-1; IC 13-18-3-1; IC 13-18-3-12; IC 13-18-4-1

Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-13-5-1; IC 13-18-2

Sec. 2.

(a) The plans for a water main extension are not required to be submitted to any state agency for a permit, permission, or review, unless required by the federal law, if the following are met:
(1) A person submits plans to a unit concerning the design or construction of a public water main.
(2) A professional engineer prepared the plans.
(3) The unit provided a review of the plans by a qualified engineer and subsequently approved the plans.
(4) All other requirements specified in this rule and all other rules adopted by the board are met.
(b) The proposed construction of a water main must be in accordance with the following:
(1) The Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f-300j-26 *.
(2) The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251-1387 *.
(c) The other requirements specified in rules that have been adopted by the board and must be adhered to in the permitting of a public water main include the following:
(1)327 IAC 8-1: Public Water Supply Direct Additive and Indirect Additive Standards.
(2)327 IAC 8-2: Drinking Water Standards.
(3)327 IAC 8-3.2: Technical Standards for Water Mains.
(4)327 IAC 8-3.3: Public Water System Quantity Requirement Standards.
(5)327 IAC 8-3.3-4: Additional public water system quantity requirement standards for school buildings and related facilities.
(6)327 IAC 8-3.3-5: Additional public water system quantity requirement standards for mobile home parks.
(7)327 IAC 8-3.3-6: Additional public water system quantity requirement standards for agricultural labor camps.
(8)327 IAC 8-10: Cross Connections; Control; Operation.
(d) Units shall notify the commissioner of all public water main construction permits that the unit has issued by submitting to the department, on the effective date of the permit, a copy of each issued permit. Each submission must contain the following information for each issued permit:
(1) The identification number that has been issued by the local unit.
(2) The effective date of the permit.
(3) The county where the construction project is to be located.
(4) The location of the construction project in terms of the following:
(A) The nearest public intersection.
(B) Quarter section, section, township, and range of the approximate center of the construction project.
(C) If the information requested by clause (B) is not available, the latitude and longitude of the approximate center of the construction project to the nearest fifteen (15) seconds.
(5) The maximum number of proposed service connections to the water main.
(6) A description and numerical count of the type or types of facilities to be located at each proposed service connection whether:
(A) residential;
(B) commercial; or
(C) industrial.
(7) A project layout map on an eight and one-half (8.5) inch by eleven (11) inch sheet of paper.
(e) The commissioner may approve alternatives to the notification procedure described in subsection (d) if requested. The alternative notification procedure must provide equivalent information to that required under subsection (d) to be considered for approval.

*Copies of these publications may be obtained from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov, or are available for review at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Legal Counsel, Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Thirteenth Floor, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

327 IAC 8-3.1-2

Water Pollution Control Board; 327 IAC 8-3.1-2; filed Mar 31, 1999, 1:50 p.m.: 22 IR 2499; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:23 p.m.: 24 IR 1518; errata filed Feb 6, 2006, 11:15 a.m.: 29 IR 1937; filed Apr 24, 2006, 3:00 p.m.: 29 IR 2951; readopted filed Jul 18, 2012, 2:25 p.m.: 20120815-IR- 327120261BFA; readopted filed Jun 6, 2018, 1:59 p.m.: 20180704-IR-327180171BFA
Filed 9/6/2018, 11:50 a.m.: 20181003-IR-327170278FRA
Filed Sep 6, 2018, 11:50 a.m.: 20181003-IR-327170278FRA