Section 329IAC11-15-5. Prohibition on accepting municipal waste

   (a) Before accepting a shipment of municipal waste from a transfer station located inside or outside of Indiana, a solid waste processing facility must do the following:

(1) Receive a copy of the manifest.

(2) Review the manifest to determine whether the items listed under section 3 of this rule are included on the manifest.

  (b) A solid waste processing facility must not knowingly accept a shipment of municipal waste from a transfer station located inside or outside of Indiana if the:

(1) municipal waste is not accompanied by a manifest that contains the information required under section 3 of this rule; or

(2) solid waste processing facility has received notice from the department that the commissioner has issued an order under IC 13-20-6-4 that suspends the waste transfer activities within Indiana of the transfer station or operator that is listed on the manifest accompanying the shipment of municipal waste.

  (c) Subsection (b)(2) does not apply unless the department has sent notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the solid waste processing facility that the commissioner has suspended the waste transfer activities of the transfer station or operator listed on the manifest. The notice must contain the following:

(1) The name of the operator or transfer station subject to the commissioner's order to suspend waste transfer activities.

(2) The date on which the waste transfer activities are suspended under the commissioner's order.

(3) The location of the transfer station if the order applies to a transfer station.

  (d) Subsection (b)(2) does not apply after the department has notified a suspended transfer station or operator that they may resume waste transfer activities in Indiana. The notice to the formerly suspended transfer station or operator must contain the date in which waste transfer activities may resume. A copy of this notice must be sent by the department via certified mail, return receipt requested, to each solid waste processing facility that was sent the applicable notice under subsection (c). (Solid Waste Management Division; 329 IAC 11-15-5; filed Mar 14, 1996, 5:00 p.m.: 19 IR 1945; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:25 p.m.: 24 IR 1535; errata filed May 8, 2002, 2:01 p.m.: 25 IR 2741; readopted filed May 14, 2007, 1:53 p.m.: 20070523-IR-329070138BFA; filed Feb 13, 2008, 1:38 p.m.: 20080312-IR-329050297FRA; readopted filed Aug 6, 2014, 9:49 a.m.: 20140903-IR-329140187BFA)