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...dition to the definitions in rules 3745-1-02, 3745-1-05 and 3745-1-50 of the Administrative Code, the following definitions apply to this chapter. (A) (1) "401 certification" means a Section 401 water quality certification from Ohio EPA, pursuant to section 401 of the act, Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and this chapter, that any discharge, as set forth in section 401, will comply with sections...

...enced in this rule, see rule 3745-32-01 of the Administrative Code.] (A) The filing of an application for a federal permit or license for which a 401 certification is required does not constitute an application for a 401 certification with the state of Ohio. (1) The director may waive the application requirement if, in the judgment of the director, the activity for which a federal permit or license is...

...enced in this rule, see rule 3745-32-01 of the Administrative Code.] (A) The filing of an application for a federal permit or license for which a 401 certification is required does not constitute an application for a 401 certification with the state of Ohio. (1) The director may waive the application requirement if, in the judgment of the director, the activity for which a federal permit or li...

...ferenced in this rule, see rules 3745-1-03 and 3745-1-50 of the Administrative Code.] (A) This rule applies when establishing mitigation requirements for stream impacts that are authorized under a section 401 water quality certification in accordance with this chapter or other appropriate authorization issued by the director. [Comment: Compensatory mitigation requirements for authorized impacts to...

...is rule, the definitions in sections 6111.01 and 6111.13 of the Revised Code shall have the same meaning in this chapter as in those sections. (A) (1) "Act" means Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act) 33 U.S.C. sections 1251 to 1387 as amended through July 1, 2017. (2) "Administrator" means the administrator of the United States environmental protec...

...enced in this rule, see rule 3745-33-01 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Applications for Ohio NPDES permits shall be filed only on forms approved by Ohio EPA and shall contain such information as Ohio EPA deems necessary. These forms may be electronic. As a minimum, these applications shall contain any NPDES application information required by regulations adopted by the administrator, including 40...

...enced in this rule, see rule 3745-33-01 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Criteria for issuing Ohio NPDES permits. (1) The director shall issue an Ohio NPDES permit for the discharge if, on the basis of all information available to Ohio EPA, the director determines all of the following: (a) The authorized discharge levels specified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of rule 3745-33-05 of the...

...enced in this rule, see rule 3745-33-01 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Final limitations. (1) Except as provided by paragraph (G) of this rule, for each point source from which pollutants are discharged, the director shall determine and specify in the permit limits on the levels of pollutants that may be discharged to ensure compliance with all of the following: (a) Applicable water quality sta...

...erenced in this rule, see rule 3745-33-01 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Establishing final permit conditions for parameters other than whole effluent toxicity. Final effluent limitations and monitoring requirements shall be established in an NPDES permit in accordance with this rule. The director may impose additional terms and conditions as part of an NPDES permit as are appropriate or necessary to ensure compli...

...erenced in this rule, see rule 3745-33-01 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Each Ohio NPDES permit shall contain the following requirements: (1) That all discharges authorized under the NPDES permit shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of the permit. The discharge of any pollutants more frequently than or at a level in excess of that identified and authorized by the permit shall constitute a violation o...

...enced in this rule, see rule 3745-33-01 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Best management practices (BMPs) may be included in NPDES permits according to the requirements of 40 C.F.R. 122.44(k). (B) Pollutant minimization programs. When pollutant minimization programs are required under Chapter 3745-1, 3745-2, or 3745-33 of the Administrative Code, the pollutant minimization program shall be dev...

...(A) (1) "Abandoned well" means a well whose use has been permanently discontinued or that is in a state of disrepair such that it cannot be used for its intended purpose or for observation purposes. (2) "Application" means the Ohio EPA standard forms for applying for a permit, including any additions, revisions or modifications to the forms; or forms approved by Ohio EPA, including any app...

...(A) (1) "Abandoned well" means a well whose use has been permanently discontinued or that is in a state of disrepair such that it cannot be used for its intended purpose or for observation purposes. (2) "Application" means the Ohio EPA standard forms for applying for a permit, including any additions, revisions or modifications to the forms; or forms approved by Ohio EPA, including any app...

... classified as follows: (A) Class I. (1) Wells used by generators of hazardous waste or owners or operators of hazardous waste management facilities to inject hazardous waste beneath the lowermost formation containing an underground source of drinking water (USDW) within one-quarter mile of the well bore. (2) Other industrial and municipal disposal wells that inject fluids beneath the lowermost...

...rule shall comply with the following: (1) Notification. The owner or operator shall comply with the notification requirements of paragraph (C) of rule 3745-50-40 of the Administrative Code. (2) Identification number. The owner or operator shall comply with the identification number requirements of rule 3745-54-11 of the Administrative Code. (3) Manifest system. The owner or operator shall compl...

...operate in accordance with rule 3745-34-12 of the Administrative Code. Examples of industrial waste include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Hair salon chemicals; (2) Surgical or medical wastes; (3) Chemicals or insecticides used for flea dips; (4) Wastewater resulting from the treatment of drinking water unless authorized without a permit in accordance with paragraph (E) of this rule; (5) Contact co...

...ate in accordance with rule 3745-34-12 of the Administrative Code. Examples of industrial waste include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Hair salon chemicals. (2) Surgical or medical wastes. (3) Chemicals or insecticides used for flea dips. (4) Wastewater resulting from the treatment of drinking water unless authorized without a permit in accordance with paragraph (E) of thi...

...quired in accordance with rules 3745-34-12 and 3745-34-13 of the Administrative Code, the owner shall include the following in a permit application for a permit to drill a class I injection well: (A) The final report on the seismic reflection data survey in compliance with rule 3745-34-40 of the Administrative Code. (B) Well construction. The owner shall submit the following information for a permit to drill applic...

...ired in accordance with rules 3745-34-12 and 3745-34-13 of the Administrative Code, the owner shall include the following in a permit application for a permit to drill a class I injection well: (A) The final report on the seismic reflection data survey in compliance with rule 3745-34-40 of the Administrative Code. (B) Well construction. The owner shall submit the following information for a permit...

...equired in accordance with rule 3745-34-12 of the Administrative Code, the owner shall include the following in a permit application for a permit to drill a class V injection well: (1) A map showing the injection well(s) for which a permit is sought and the applicable area of review. The area of review shall be one-quarter mile beyond the injection well(s). Within the area of review, the map must show the number o...

...equired in accordance with rule 3745-34-12 of the Administrative Code, the owner shall include the following in a permit application for a permit to drill a class V injection well: (1) A map extending at least one thousand five hundred feet or the area of review, whichever is greater, from the injection well for which a permit is sought showing the number or name, and location of all of the follo...

... the director pursuant to paragraph (A)(1) of rule 3745-34-27 of the Administrative Code (establishing UIC permit conditions), provided that any such alteration shall comply with the requirements of this chapter. (G) Amend a plugging and abandonment plan which has been updated under paragraph (B)(5) of rule 3745-34-27 of the Administrative Code.

...eading to compliance with sections 6111.043 and 6111.044 of the Revised Code and this chapter. (1) Time for compliance. Any schedules of compliance shall require compliance as soon as possible, and in no case later than three years after the effective date of the permit. (2) Interim dates. Except as provided in paragraph (B)(1)(b) of this rule, if a permit establishes a schedule of compl...

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... integrity if the following are met: (1) There are no significant leaks in the casing, tubing or packer. (2) There is no significant fluid movement into an underground source of drinking water (USDW) through vertical channels adjacent to the injection well bore. (B) One of the following methods shall be used to evaluate the absence of leaks under paragraph (A)(1) of this rule: (1) Monitoring ...