Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 13-11-2-40 (2026)

"Confined feeding operation"

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     Sec. 40. "Confined feeding operation" means:

(1) any confined feeding of:

(A) at least three hundred (300) cattle;

(B) at least six hundred (600) swine or sheep;

(C) at least thirty thousand (30,000) fowl; or

(D) at least five hundred (500) horses.

(2) any animal feeding operation electing to be subject to IC 13-18-10; or

(3) any animal feeding operation that is causing a violation of:

(A) water pollution control laws;

(B) any rules of the board; or

(C) IC 13-18-10.

A determination by the department under this subdivision is appealable under IC 4-21.5.

[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-1-5.7-1(d), (g) part.]

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.125-1997, SEC.2; P.L.81-2009, SEC.1; P.L.127-2009, SEC.2; P.L.189-2011, SEC.4; P.L.113-2014, SEC.44.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2002–2020 · leading case: Jennings Water, Inc. v. Off. of Env't Adjudication, 909 N.E.2d 1020 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009).
Jennings Water, Inc. v. Off. of Env't Adjudication, 909 N.E.2d 1020 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “See Ind.Code §§ 13-11-2-40 and - 38.3 (incorporating federal definition of CAFO at 40 C.”
Save Valley, Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 223 F. Supp. 2d 997 (S.D. Ind. 2002). · cites it 4× “Ind. Code § 13-11-2-40 . Thus it covers operations beyond those within the scope of the federal definition of a CAFO.”
Save the Valley, Inc. v. Ferguson, 896 N.E.2d 1205 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “See Ind.Code §§ 13-11-2-40 and -38.3 (incorporating federal definition of CAFO at 40 C.”
Steven & Kathy Chambers, Stephen & Elizabeth Driscoll, & Perry & Tonya Evans v. Delaware-Muncie Metro. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, & Rhett & Alan Light (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “es within the “F Farming Zone” in relevant part as follows: For the purpose of this Ordinance, farming shall mean the carrying out of an agricultural use or uses, as permitted in this Ordinance, on a tract of land having a minimum area of five (5) acres where fifty (50) percent…”
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