Under IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday August 3, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. at the William H. Daniel Center Turf Center, 1340 Cherry Lane, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, 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 also establishes 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.

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, West Lafayette, Indiana and are open for public inspection, or at:

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