Sec. 11. (a) The department shall maintain statistics on the use of environmental audit reports in department compliance and enforcement activities, including statistics on:
(1) the number of times the reports are disclosed to the department;
(2) the number and types of violations disclosed to the department through the reports;
(3) the civil penalties collected for the violations; and
(4) the time necessary for the violations to be corrected.
The department shall report annually to the interim study committee on environmental affairs established by IC 2-5-1.3-4 in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 on the use of environmental audit reports.
(b) The department shall propose an enforcement policy, pursuant to IC 13-14-1-11.5, that provides relief from civil penalties for a voluntary disclosure that results from an internal environmental audit. In developing this enforcement policy, the department shall consider similar policies implemented by:
(1) the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and
(2) states contiguous to Indiana.
As added by P.L.224-1999, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.130; P.L.130-2018, SEC.74.