Section 329IAC11-9-3. Signatories to permit application and reports  


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  •    (a) All permit applications must be signed as follows:

    (1) For a corporation, by a responsible corporate officer.

    (2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship, by a general partner or the proprietor, respectively.

    (3) For a municipality or state, by the executive of the unit.

    (4) For a federal or other public agency, by either a principal executive officer or ranking elected official or a senior executive officer having responsibility for the overall operations of a principal geographic unit of the agency that covers the facility to be permitted.

      (b) All reports required by permits and other information requested by or on behalf of the commissioner must be signed by the permittee, or by a duly authorized representative of that person. A person is presumed to be an authorized representative if the conditions in any of the following are met:

    (1) The information is submitted on behalf of a person described in subsection (a).

    (2) The information is submitted in response to a requirement of the permit or in response to a request for information directed to a person described in subsection (a).

    (3) Written authorization is submitted to the commissioner, by an individual identified in subsection (a) that identifies a specific individual or position as authorized to submit information.

      (c) If an authorization under subsection (b)(3) is no longer accurate, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of subsection (b)(3) must be submitted to the commissioner prior to or together with any reports of information to be signed by the authorized representative.

      (d) Any person signing a document under subsection (a) or (b) shall make the certification, "I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the persons who managed the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations. I further certify that I am authorized to submit this information.". (Solid Waste Management Division; 329 IAC 11-9-3; filed Mar 14, 1996, 5:00 p.m.: 19 IR 1938; readopted filed Nov 16, 2001, 4:43 p.m.: 25 IR 1128, eff Jan 1, 2002; readopted filed May 14, 2007, 1:53 p.m.: 20070523-IR-329070138BFA; readopted filed Jul 29, 2013, 9:20 a.m.: 20130828-IR-329130179BFA; readopted filed Jun 6, 2016, 11:52 a.m.: 20160706-IR-329160144BFA.1)