312 IAC 6-3-1 Applicability

Sec. 1. (a) This rule establishes standards applicable to the issuance of licenses, license conditions, and the conduct of investigations and scientific investigations needed to satisfy IC 14-21-1 and IC 14-29-1-8 for an abandoned shipwreck or historic site located in whole or in part within a navigable waterway. (b) In addition to the purposes described in subsection (a), this rule is intended to effectuate the Abandoned Shipwreck Act (43 U.S.C. 2101) in Indiana. To the extent not inconsistent with this article, the department may apply guidelines of the National Park Service, Department of Interior, published on December 4, 1990, at 55 FR 50116 through 55 FR 50145 in considering an activity that may affect an abandoned shipwreck.