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Indiana Code › Title 13 › Article 11 › Chapter 2 › Section 13-11-2-191

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Sec. 191. (a) "Responsible party", for purposes of IC 13-18-10, means any of the following:

(1) An applicant.

(2) An officer, a corporation director, or a senior management official of any of the following that is an applicant:

(A) A corporation.

(B) A partnership.

(C) A limited liability company.

(D) A business association.

(b) "Responsible party", for purposes of IC 13-19-4, means:

(1) an officer, a corporation director, or a senior management official of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or business association that is an applicant; or

(2) an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, or a business association that owns, directly or indirectly, at least a twenty percent (20%) interest in the applicant.

(c) "Responsible party", for purposes of IC 13-24-2, has the meaning set forth in Section 1001 of the federal Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701).

(d) "Responsible party", for purposes of IC 13-25-6, means a person:

(1) who:

(A) owns hazardous material that is involved in a hazardous materials emergency; or

(B) owns a container or owns or operates a vehicle that contains hazardous material that is involved in a hazardous materials emergency; and

(2) who:

(A) causes; or

(B) substantially contributes to the cause of;

the hazardous materials emergency.

[Pre-1996 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 13-7-10.2-2; subsection (b) formerly 13-7-10.5-5; subsection (c) formerly 13-7-12-4(g); subsection (d) formerly 13-6-2-9.]

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2009, SEC.4; P.L.10-2019, SEC.63.

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