Section 410 IAC 6-1-1 - Sewerage systems in incorporated cities and towns; orders for construction and useAuthority: IC 16-19-3-4
Affected: IC 16-19-3
Sec. 1.
Requiring the Construction and Use of Sewers and Sewerage Facilities in Incorporated Cities and Incorporated Towns.
(1) Whenever investigation by the State Board of Health shall show that the lack of proper and adequate sewers and sewerage facilities in an incorporated city or town results in insanitary conditions, which may cause nuisances or produce conditions causative of disease, and that the construction of a proper and adequate sewerage system will abate and is a practical method to abate such insanitary conditions, said incorporated city or town shall, upon the issuance of an official order by the State Board of Health, immediately proceed with the construction of such sewers, interceptors, sewage treatment works, and such other parts and appurtenances of a sewerage system, as may be necessary to abate the insanitary conditions causative of disease and to protect the public health.(2) When an investigation made by the State Board of Health in any incorporated city or town shows the municipal sewerage facilities are available and that conditions causative of disease result from failure to make use of such facilities, the board of trustees or common council of said city or town, upon issuance of an official order by the State Board of Health, shall immediately require that connections be made to the sewerage system or that the use of privies, cesspools, septic tanks or other means of sewage disposal, other than the municipal sewerage system, be discontinued.(3) Provided, that such official order shall not be issued by the State Board of Health until after an opportunity for a hearing has been given to the proper officials of such incorporated city or town, at which hearing the facts as shown by the investigation made by the State Board of Health shall be presented to said proper officials.Indiana State Department of Health; Reg HSE 10; filed Oct 18, 1945, 10:30 am: Rules and Regs. 1947, p. 1294; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 2:23 p.m.: 24 IR 4234; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFANOTE: HSE 1 through 9 transferred to Environmental Management Board by IC 13-7-6-1.