Section 312IAC6.2-1-2. Definitions

   The definitions in IC 14-8-2, Section 1.2 of IC 14-25-15-1, 312 IAC 1, and the following definitions apply throughout this article:

(1) "Baseline volume" refers to the amount of water approved through a status determination under IC 14-25-15-12 (or approved through a modification to a status determination or another previous department order) with respect to any of the following categories:

(A) A total water withdrawal capability registered under IC 14-25-7-15(c)(3).

(B) A consumptive use attributable to a facility.

(C) A facility that diverts water outside the basin.

(2) "Basin" or "Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin" means the watershed of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River upstream from Trois-Rivières, Québec, within the jurisdiction of the parties to the compact.

(3) "Basin of Indiana" means the portion of the basin located in the state of Indiana.

(4) "Best management practices" or "BMPs" means methods or techniques found to be the most effective and practical means in achieving an objective (such as preventing or minimizing water losses) while making the optimum use of available resources.

(5) "Compact" means the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact described in IC 14-25-15-1.

(6) "Deputy director" refers to the deputy director for the bureau of water and resource regulation established by IC 14-9-3.

(7) "Division" means the division of water of the department.

(8) "Facility" means a water withdrawal facility.

(9) "Q90" means the amount of flow in a stream that was equaled or exceeded by the annual daily mean stream flow ninety percent (90%) of the time.

(10) "Resolution 5" refers to "Resolution #5--Adoption of Basin-Wide Conservation and Efficiency Objectives", which was adopted by the council on December 8, 2008.

(11) "Salmonid stream" refers to each of the following:

(A) Trail Creek and its tributaries downstream to Lake Michigan.

(B) Galena River and its tributaries in LaPorte County.

(C) East Branch of the Little Calumet River and its tributaries downstream to Lake Michigan via Burns Ditch.

(D) St. Joseph River and its tributaries in St. Joseph County from the Twin Branch Dam in Mishawaka downstream to the Indiana/Michigan state line.

(12) "Water use audit" means a systematic framework for accurately measuring water use and water loss in a given system.

(13) "Water withdrawal facility" refers to a system or process that:

(A) is a diversion; or

(B) in the aggregate from all sources and by all methods, has the capability of withdrawing more than one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons of ground water, surface water, or ground and surface water combined, in one (1) day.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 6.2-1-2; filed Jan 5, 2005, 9:45 a.m.: 28 IR 1459; filed Jan 2, 2009, 1:30 p.m.: 20090128-IR-312080531FRA; filed Jul 9, 2014, 11:14 a.m.: 20140806-IR-312130335FRA, eff Sep 1, 2014)