Sec. 35. (a) Solid waste may be disposed of on land only through use of sanitary landfills, incineration, composting, garbage grinding, or other acceptable methods approved by the department of environmental management in accordance with rules adopted by the environmental rules board. A person may not operate or maintain an open dump.

     (b) A person may not operate or maintain facilities for the collection and disposal of solid waste, except as set out in section 4 of this chapter or under rules adopted by the environmental rules board.

     (c) Failure to comply with this section constitutes the operation of a nuisance inimical to human health. A prosecuting attorney who receives a report of such a failure from the department of environmental management, a solid waste management district, or a local health officer shall cause appropriate court proceedings to be instituted.

     (d) A person who fails to comply with this section commits a Class C infraction. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day of failure to comply constitutes a separate infraction.

     (e) The department of environmental management may bring proceedings for injunctive or mandatory relief through the attorney general against any person (including any agency of the state or federal government) for failure to comply with this section.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-1-31.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.106. Amended by P.L.143-1985, SEC.206; P.L.33-1992, SEC.22; P.L.113-2014, SEC.129.