Rule 3745-50-501 | Permitting program requirements - purpose and scope.
Chapter 3745-50 of the Administrative Code:
(A) Contains procedures for issuing, modifying, or revoking all hazardous waste management permits. Hazardous waste permit by rule is not a "permit" and is covered by specific provisions in Chapter 3745-50 of the Administrative Code. The procedures of Chapter 3745-50 of the Administrative Code also apply to denial of a permit for the active life of a hazardous waste management facility or hazardous waste management unit under paragraph (D) of rule 3745-50-44 of the Administrative Code.
(B) Covers several main subjects:
(1) General procedural requirements applicable to all permits;
(2) Supplements to the general provisions with requirements that apply to only certain types of permits:
(a) The steps Ohio EPA will follow in receiving permit applications, preparing draft permits, issuing permit-related public notices, and inviting public comment and holding public hearings on draft permits. Chapter 3745-50 of the Administrative Code also covers assembling an administrative record, responding to comments, issuing a final permit decision, and allowing for administrative appeal of the final permit decisions;
(b) Public participation requirements applicable to all hazardous waste management facilities;
(c) [Reserved;]
(d) [Reserved;]
(e) Rules 3745-50-700 to 3745-50-711 of the Administrative Code contain specific procedural requirements for hazardous waste standardized permits, which, in some instances, change how other rules in Chapter 3745-50 of the Administrative Code apply in the context of the standardized permit.
(C) Provides an opportunity for public hearings regarding permits.
(D) Is designed to allow permits for a given facility under two or more types of hazardous waste-related permits to be processed separately or together at the choice of the director. This allows Ohio EPA to combine the processing of permits only when appropriate. The director may consolidate permit processing when the permit applications are submitted, when draft permits are prepared, or when final permit decisions are issued. Chapter 3745-50 of the Administrative Code also allows consolidated permits to be subject to a single public hearing. Permit applicants may recommend whether or not their applications should be consolidated in any given case.
(E) [Reserved.]
(F) Allows some types of permit applications to be jointly processed, joint comment periods and hearings to be held, and final permits to be issued separately or jointly when different types of hazardous waste-related permits will be issued by Ohio EPA.
Last updated March 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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