Drainage School

Drainage School promotes an understanding of the laws and regulations impacting drainage decisions in Indiana. Seminar attendees will gain a greater knowledge of drainage law and dispute resolution. Farmers, public officials, agency personnel, attorneys and members of the general public are invited. Continuing education credit for attorneys and surveyors is being sought. 

2018 Materials

Presentations and Handouts

• Licensing Requirements for Maintenance Spraying
  • Office of the Indiana State Chemist Presentation
• A Federal Funding Opportunity for Drainage Projects
  • Joe Miller Presentation
  • Joe Miller Handout
    
• Railroads and Drainage Easements
  • John Duffey Presentation
• Drainage in INDOT Rights-of-Way
  • Presentation
  • District Contacts
  • Inspector ID Statewide (March 2018)
• The Revised Rule 5
  
  • IDEM Presentation
• Legally Removing Obstructions
  • Ken Hedge Presentation
  • Ken Hedge Handout
  • Mark Thornburg Presentation
  • Mutual Drains - Frazee v. Skees (Handout)
• Lessons Learned in Permitting for the Yellow River Project
  • Presentation
• Federal Permitting Requirements for Impacts to Wetlands
  • EPA Presentation
  • U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Presentation

Speaker Bios (in order of presentation)

• Justin Schneider, INFB
• Joe Becovitz, Office of Indiana State Chemist
• Joe Miller, Banning Engineering
• John Duffey, Stuart & Branigin
• Mark Tidd, INDOT
• Mark Bailey, INDOT
• Randy Braun, IDEM
• Sara Lamkin, IDEM
• Ken Hedge, Boone County Surveyor
• Mark Thornburg, INFB
• Bob Barr, IUPUI CEES
• Siavash Beik, Christopher B. Burke Engineering
• Andrea Schaller, EPA
• Yone Yu, EPA
• Laban Lindley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

General Information

• Agenda
• Speaker Contact Info
• Legal Considerations for Right-of-Way Easements (Brochure)
  
• Legal Considerations for Solving Drainage Problems (Brochure)
• The County Drainage Board - Indiana Code Book