Under IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on April 9, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., at the Office of the Indiana State Chemist, Purdue University, 175 South University Street, Room A151, West Lafayette, Indiana, the State Chemist of the State of Indiana will hold a public hearing on a proposed rule to regulate the distribution and storage of manure based fertilizer and establish fees for the distribution of manure based fertilizer.

The proposed rules would require a company that wishes to distribute a manure based commercial fertilizer product to register that product and pay a tonnage fee based on distribution up to $1,000 on a semiannual basis.

Public comments may be made at the meeting, submitted via email to pearsonm@purdue.edu, or mailed to the address below:

Matthew E. Pearson

Fertilizer Administrator

Office of Indiana State Chemist

175 S. University St.

West Lafayette, IN 47907-2063

Copies of these rules and any data or analyses referenced in a justification of requirements or costs on regulated entities are now on file at the Office of Indiana State Chemist, Purdue University, 175 South University Street, Room A151, West Lafayette, Indiana and are open for public inspection and copying, or at: