3734.281 Environmental protection remediation fund.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any moneys set aside by the state for the cleanup and remediation of the Ashtabula river; any moneys collected from settlements made by the director of environmental protection, including those associated with bankruptcies, related to actions brought under Chapter 3714. and section 3734.13, 3734.20, 3734.22, 6111.03, or 6111.04 of the Revised Code; and any moneys received under the “Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980,” 94 Stat. 2767, 42 U.S.C. 9602, as amended, may be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the environmental protection remediation fund, which is hereby created. The environmental protection agency shall use the moneys in the fund only for the purpose of remediating conditions at a hazardous waste facility, a solid waste facility, a construction and demolition debris facility licensed under Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code, or another location at which the director has reason to believe there is a substantial threat to public health or safety or the environment. Remediation may include the direct and indirect costs associated with the overseeing, supervising, performing, verifying, or reviewing of remediation activities by agency employees. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.

Effective Date: 03-30-2000; 12-22-2005