Indiana packaging and PFAS laws

What it would do: Requires the Indiana Department of Health to establish state maximum contaminant levels for PFAS in public water systems that are protective of public health, including vulnerable subpopulations, and at least as stringent as EPA standards.

What it would do: Requires the department of environmental management to adopt maximum contaminant levels for PFAS chemicals and effluent limitation standards for wastewater by July 1, 2027, and establishes monitoring, compliance, and penalty requirements for direct and indirect dischargers.

What it would do: Defines PFAS chemicals and state prioritized PFAS chemicals. Prohibits the department of environmental management from basing decisions primarily on federal risk values not promulgated through federal rulemaking, and requires it to focus on state prioritized PFAS chemicals.

What it would do: Creates a presumption of line-of-duty disability for firefighters diagnosed with PFAS exposure-related health conditions requiring medical treatment or causing disability, effective July 1, 2026. Defines PFAS chemicals and related health conditions.

What it would do: Prohibits restaurants and third party food delivery services from providing plastic single use food service items unless customers explicitly request them, effective July 1, 2025. Establishes a citizens education and complaint fund financed by civil penalties for violations.

What it would do: Prohibits applying biosolids, industrial waste products, or pollutant-bearing water containing more than 100 parts per billion of PFAS chemicals to land. Requires testing, notification to landowners, warning labels, and establishes department oversight and data sharing.

What it would do: Defines PFAS chemicals as non-polymeric perfluoroalkyl substances meeting specified criteria, including PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHxS, PFBS, and GenX chemicals. Requires the environmental rules board to use this definition when adopting rules concerning PFAS chemicals used in industrial processes or research and development, with a two-year delay for rules more restrictive than federal law.

What it would do: Requires the department of environmental management to develop and publish a registry of persons discharging PFAS chemicals into Indiana waters, with registration beginning January 1, 2026, and establishes civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation for non-compliance.

What it would do: Requires the Indiana Department of Health to establish state maximum contaminant levels for PFAS in public water systems that are protective of public health and at least as stringent as any EPA maximum contaminant level or health advisory.