Indiana Administrative Code
Title 329 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Article 5 - STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Rule 3 - Definitions
Section 3-6 - "Significantly affecting the quality of the human environment" defined
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 13-12-4-5; IC 13-14-8
Affected: IC 13-12-4
Sec. 6.
"Significantly affecting the quality of the human environment" means, in relation to a major state action, the following:
(1) An action that, when analyzed according to the context and intensity of the action, has an adverse, rather than beneficial, impact on the natural and physical environment and the relationship of people with that environment.
(2) Impacts may be direct, meaning they occur at the same time and place, or indirect, meaning the impacts caused by the action occur later in time or farther removed in distance, but are still reasonably foreseeable.
(3) The significance of an action may vary with the setting of the proposed action. Both short-term and long-term effects are relevant.
(4) The intensity of an action means the severity of the impact on the environment. Considerations include the following:
resources.
(5) Significance cannot be avoided by terming an action temporary or breaking it down into several smaller component actions. Significance exists if it is reasonable to anticipate a cumulatively significant impact on the environment.