Authority: IC 4-22-2; IC 16-19-3.1-1; IC 16-19-3.1-4; IC
35-48-4
Affected: IC 5-2-15; IC 16-19-3.1
Sec. 1.
A qualified inspector shall do all of the following:
(1) Review the Indiana State Police
Methamphetamine Laboratory Occurrence Report prepared by the law enforcement
agency under IC 5-2-15 relevant to that property.
(2) Consult with the law enforcement agency
that terminated the laboratory and the local health department to determine the
types of chemicals used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance
that may reasonably be expected to be present.
(3) Conduct an initial assessment of the
contaminated property to determine the following:
(A) The types and levels of chemicals used in
the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance present.
(B) The scope and extent of the
decontamination, if any, that will be required to achieve the final
decontamination levels listed in Table 1 of section 2(d) of this rule.
This assessment must cover the entire contaminated property
and areas outside a structure that may have been used for disposal of chemicals
used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance including
contamination in the septic system or sewage disposal system.
(4) Notify all of the following in
writing that decontamination will be conducted at that location and the date
that decontamination will begin:
(A) The
local health department.
(B)
Indiana department of health, Environmental Public Health, Room N855, 100 North
Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
(5) Supervise decontamination of the
property, including the septic system and sewage disposal system.
(6) Notify the person who pumps out the
septic system that the property was used for illegal manufacture of a
controlled substance, including a warning about the hazards that may be
expected when cleaning the septic system.
(7) Follow the procedure in section 3 of this
rule if contamination is found outside the structure.
(8) Inspect the contaminated property in
accordance with this rule:
(A) when
decontamination is complete; or
(B)
if the initial assessment required by subdivision (3) shows that
decontamination is not required; to determine that the levels of contamination
are below the levels listed in Table 1 of section 2(d) of this rule.
(9) When the levels of
contamination have been determined to be equal to or lower than the levels
listed in Table 1 of section 2(d) of this rule, certify in accordance with
section 9 of this rule that:
(A) the property
has been decontaminated; and
(B)
the levels of chemicals used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled
substance that were found at the property are equal to or lower than the
decontamination levels listed in Table 1 of section 2(d) of this
rule.
(10) Dispose or
arrange for disposal of wastes resulting from decontamination in accordance
with the following:
(A) 329 IAC
3.1 for
hazardous wastes.
(B) 327 IAC
7.1
for wastewater from a septic system.
(C) 329 IAC
10 for all other wastes resulting
from decontamination.
