Floyd County, IN Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

Floyd County's stormwater management ordinance treats illegal dumping as an illicit discharge violation. 030(A)(4) prohibits the discharge of spills and the dumping or disposal of materials other than stormwater, including industrial and commercial wastes, sewage, garbage, yard waste, trash, petroleum products (including used motor vehicle fluids), leaf litter, grass clippings and animal wastes, into the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4), whether the dumping happens directly or indirectly. 030(C) lists a long roster of banned contaminants covering trash and debris, construction materials, batteries, paints, solvents, animal carcasses, medical waste, junk motor vehicles and sewage sludge, among others.

030(B), such as firefighting runoff or uncontaminated groundwater, or is authorized under an NPDES permit. 999(B)(1)(d) as improperly disposing of any substance defined as an illicit discharge. 999(B)(2) also lets the county pass on a lesser state-imposed penalty, up to the same $2,500 cap, if the state fines the county over the same violation. Floyd County Stormwater Management, which administers Chapter 152, can inspect facilities and require abatement.