Chapter 3710 | Asbestos Abatement

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Section 3710.01 \| Asbestos abatement definitions. Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF As used in this chapter: (A) "Asbestos" means the asbestiform varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonite-grunerite, anthophylite, and actinolite-tremolite as determined using the method specified in 40 C.F.R. Part 763, Subpart E, Appendix E, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM). (B) "Asbestos hazard abatement activity" means any activity involving the removal, renovation, enclosure, repair, encapsulation, or operations and maintenance of reasonably related friable asbestos-containing materials in an amount greater than three linear feet or three square feet. (C) "Asbestos hazard abatement contractor" means a business entity or public entity that engages in or intends to engage in asbestos hazard abatement projects and that employs or supervises one or more asbestos hazard abatement specialists for asbestos hazard abatement activities. "Asbestos hazard abatement contractor" does not mean an employee of an asbestos hazard abatement contractor, a general contractor who subcontracts to an asbestos hazard abatement contractor an asbestos hazard abatement project, or any individual who engages in an asbestos hazard abatement project in the individual's own home. (D) "Asbestos hazard abatement project" means one or more asbestos hazard abatement activities the sum total of which is greater than fifty linear feet or fifty square feet of friable asbestos-containing materials and is conducted by one asbestos hazard abatement contractor. "Asbestos hazard abatement project" includes any such activity involving such friable asbestos-containing materials in an amount of fifty linear feet or fifty square feet or less if, when combined with any other reasonably related activity in terms of time or location of the activity, the total amount is in an amount greater than fifty linear feet or fifty square feet. (E) "Asbestos hazard abatement specialist" means a person with responsibility for the oversight or supervision of asbestos hazard abatement activities, including asbestos hazard abatement project managers, hazard abatement project supervisors and foremen, and employees of school districts or other governmental or public entities who coordinate or directly supervise or oversee asbestos hazard abatement activities performed by school district, governmental, or other public employees in school district, governmental, or other public buildings. (F) "Asbestos hazard evaluation specialist" means a person responsible for the inspection, identification, detection, and assessment of asbestos-containing materials or suspect asbestos-containing materials, the determination of appropriate response actions, or the preparation of asbestos management plans for the purpose of protecting the public health from the hazards associated with exposure to asbestos, including the performance of air and bulk sampling. This category of specialists includes inspectors, management planners, health professionals, industrial hygienists, private consultants, or other individuals involved in asbestos risk identification or assessment or regulatory activities. (G) "Business entity" means a partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship, or other business concern. (H) "Public entity" means the state or any of its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of either. (I) "License" means a document issued by the director of environmental protection to a business entity or public entity affirming that the entity has met the requirements set forth in this chapter to engage in asbestos hazard abatement projects as an asbestos hazard abatement contractor. (J) "Certificate" means: (1) A document issued by the director to an individual affirming that the individual has successfully completed the training and other requirements set forth in this chapter to qualify as an asbestos hazard abatement specialist, an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, an asbestos hazard abatement worker, an asbestos hazard abatement project designer, an asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician, an approved asbestos hazard training provider, or other category of asbestos hazard specialist that the director establishes by rule; or (2) A document issued by a training institution in accordance with rules adopted by the director affirming that an individual has successfully completed the instruction required in all categories as provided in sections 3710.07 and 3710.10 of the Revised Code. (K) "Person" means any individual, business entity, governmental body, or other public or private entity. (L) "Encapsulate" means to coat, bind, or resurface walls, ceilings, pipes, or other structures for asbestos-containing materials with suitable products to prevent friable asbestos from becoming airborne. (M) "Friable asbestos-containing material" means friable asbestos material as defined in rules adopted under Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code. (N) "Enclosure" means the permanent confinement of friable asbestos-containing materials with an airtight barrier in an area not used as an air plenum. (O) "Renovation" means altering a facility or one or more facility components in any way, including the stripping or removal of friable asbestos-containing material from a facility component. (P) "Asbestos hazard abatement worker" means the person responsible in a nonsupervisory capacity for the performance of an asbestos hazard abatement activity. (Q) "Asbestos hazard abatement project designer" means the person responsible for the oversight of an asbestos hazard abatement activity or the determination of the workscope, work sequence, or performance standards for an asbestos hazard abatement activity, including preparation of specifications, plans, and contract documents. (R) "Clearance air sampling" means an air sampling performed after the completion of any asbestos hazard abatement project and prior to the reoccupation of the contained work area by the public and conducted for the purpose of protecting the public from the health hazards associated with exposure to friable asbestos-containing material. (S) "Asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician" means the person who is responsible for environmental monitoring or work area clearance air sampling, including air monitoring performed to determine completion of response actions under the rules set forth in 40 C.F.R. 763 Subpart E, adopted by the United States environmental protection agency pursuant to the "Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986," Pub. L. 99-519, 100 Stat. 2970. "Asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician" does not mean an industrial hygienist certified by the American board of industrial hygiene.
Section 3710.02 \| Director of health to adopt rules for asbestos hazard abatement - powers and duties of director. Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall, as the director determines necessary, adopt rules to carry out this chapter. The rules shall include all of the following: (1) Criteria and procedures for the certification of asbestos hazard abatement specialists, asbestos hazard evaluation specialists, asbestos hazard abatement workers, asbestos hazard abatement project designers, and asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technicians by the director; (2) Criteria and procedures for the director to examine the records of licensees, certificate holders, and asbestos hazard abatement training schools; (3) Procedures and criteria in addition to those provided in this chapter for the approval of courses for asbestos hazard training; (4) Fees for licenses, certifications, and course approvals in excess of the levels set in section 3710.05 of the Revised Code and fees for the certification of asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technicians; (5) Levels of asbestos exposure or other circumstances constituting an environmental health emergency that authorize the director to issue an emergency order under division (B) of section 3710.13 of the Revised Code; (6) Employee training standards, work practices that reduce the risk of contamination and recontamination of the environment, record-keeping requirements, action levels, project clearance levels, and other requirements that asbestos hazard abatement contractors, asbestos hazard abatement specialists, asbestos hazard evaluation specialists, asbestos hazard abatement project designers, asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technicians, asbestos hazard abatement workers, and other persons involved with asbestos hazard abatement activities must follow for the prevention of hazard to the public; (7) Worker protection equipment and practices and other health and safety standards for employees and agents of public entities coming in contact with asbestos through asbestos hazard abatement activity; (8) Standards of acceptable conduct for licensees and certificate holders engaged in asbestos hazard abatement or evaluation activities and acts and omissions that constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of a license or certificate, or the denial of an application or renewal of a license or certificate in addition to those otherwise provided in this chapter; (9) Training requirements for asbestos hazard abatement project designers and asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technicians; (10)(a) Subject to the condition specified in division (A)(10)(b) of this section, a standard requiring that the amount of asbestos contained in the air in areas accessible to the public in buildings that are owned, operated, or leased by a public entity be not more than ten thousand asbestos fibers longer than five microns per cubic meter of air calculated as an eight-hour time-weighted average, which is measured during periods of normal building occupancy, and a requirement that measurement of airborne asbestos be made by either or both of the following methods, provided that results derived by use of the method described in division (A)(10)(a)(i) of this section supersede results derived by use of the method described in division (A)(10)(a)(ii) of this section if both methods are used and the methods yield conflicting results concerning the presence of fibers in the tested air that may not be asbestos: (i) Transmission electron microscopy in the manner described in the measurement protocol established by the United States environmental protection agency as set forth in 40 C.F.R. 763; (ii) Optical phase contrast microscopy in the manner described in the measurement protocol established by the United States occupational safety and health administration as set forth in 29 C.F.R. 1910. (b) The director periodically shall review the standard required by division (A)(10)(a) of this section and determine whether and how it should be amended and how it shall be used in conjunction with visual and physical assessment of asbestos-containing materials located in buildings that are owned, operated, or leased by a public entity to determine appropriate and cost-effective response actions to such asbestos-containing materials and shall amend the standard if it determines that such action is necessary. (11) Other rules that the director determines necessary for the implementation of this chapter and to protect the public health from the hazards associated with exposure to asbestos. (B) The director shall do all of the following: (1) Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant thereto; (2) Develop comprehensive programs and policies for the control and prevention of nonoccupational exposure of the public to friable asbestos-containing materials; (3) Ensure that persons are trained and licensed or certified, where appropriate, in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant thereto; (4) Examine those records of licensed asbestos hazard abatement contractors, certified asbestos hazard abatement specialists, asbestos hazard evaluation specialists, asbestos hazard abatement project designers, asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technicians, and asbestos hazard training courses in accordance with rules adopted by the director as the director determines necessary to determine compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant thereto; (5) Prohibit and prevent improper asbestos hazard abatement procedures and require the modification or alteration of asbestos abatement procedures as they relate to this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant thereto; (6) Collect and disseminate health education information relating to safe management of asbestos hazards; (7) Accept and administer grants from the federal government and other sources, both public and private, for carrying out any of the director's functions; (8) As the director determines appropriate, conduct on-site inspections at any location where an asbestos hazard abatement activity is planned, in progress, or has been completed, at any location where an environmental health emergency involving asbestos may occur, is occurring, or has occurred, or to evaluate the performance or compliance of any person subject to this chapter; (9) Conduct an on-site audit of each asbestos hazard training provider approved pursuant to this chapter, at least once biennially, during an actual course conducted by the provider within the state; (10) Cooperate and assist in investigations, as such relate to this chapter, conducted by local law enforcement agencies, , the United States occupational safety and health administration, and other local, state, and federal agencies.
Section 3710.03 \| Evaluations to assess health hazards. Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 589 - 116th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF All evaluations for the purpose of assessing the health hazards associated with the presence of friable asbestos materials in order to determine the need for an asbestos hazard abatement project shall be conducted by an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist certified pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 3710. of the Revised Code.
Section 3710.04 \| Requirements to qualify for contractor's license. Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) To qualify for an asbestos hazard abatement contractor's license, a business entity or public entity shall meet the requirements of this section. (B) Each employee or agent of the business entity or public entity applying for a license who will come in contact with asbestos or will be responsible for an asbestos hazard abatement activity shall: (1) Be familiar with all applicable state and federal standards for asbestos hazard abatement projects; (2) Have successfully completed the course of instruction on asbestos hazard abatement activities, for their particular certification, approved by the Ohio environmental protection agency pursuant to section 3710.10 of the Revised Code, have passed an examination approved by the agency, and demonstrate to the agency that the employee or agent is capable of complying with all applicable standards of this state, the United States environmental protection agency, and the United States occupational safety and health administration. (C) A business entity or public entity applying for an asbestos hazard abatement contractor's license shall, in addition to the other requirements of this section, provide at least one asbestos hazard abatement specialist, certified pursuant to this chapter and the rules adopted under it, for each asbestos hazard abatement project, and demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Ohio environmental protection agency that the applicant: (1) Has access to at least one asbestos disposal site approved by the agency that is sufficient for the deposit of all asbestos waste that the applicant will generate during the term of the license; (2) Is sufficiently qualified to safely remove asbestos, demonstrated by reliability as an asbestos hazard abatement contractor, possesses a work program that prevents the contamination or recontamination of the environment and protects the public health from the hazards of exposure to asbestos, possesses evidence of certification of each individual employee or agent who will be responsible for others who may come in contact with friable asbestos-containing materials, possesses evidence of training of workers required by section 3710.07 of the Revised Code, and has prior successful experience in asbestos hazard abatement projects or equivalent qualifications as determined in accordance with rules adopted by the director of environmental protection; (3) Possesses a worker protection program consistent with requirements established by the director if the contractor is a public entity, and a worker protection program consistent with the requirements of the United States occupational safety and health administration if the contractor is a business entity; (4) Is registered as a business entity with the secretary of state. (D) No applicant for licensure as an asbestos hazard abatement contractor, in order to meet the requirements of this chapter, shall list an employee of another contractor. (E) The business entity or public entity shall meet any other standards that the director, by rule, sets. (F) Nothing in this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant thereto relating to asbestos hazard abatement project designers shall be interpreted as authorizing or permitting an individual who is certified as an asbestos hazard abatement project designer to perform the services of a registered architect or professional engineer unless that person is registered under Chapter 4703. or 4733. of the Revised Code to perform such services.
Section 3710.05 \| Application for required licensure or certification - fees. Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall engage in any asbestos hazard abatement activities in this state unless licensed or certified pursuant to this chapter. (B) To apply for licensure as an asbestos hazard abatement contractor or certification as an asbestos hazard abatement specialist, an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, an asbestos hazard abatement project designer, or an asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician, a person shall do all of the following: (1) Submit a completed application to the director of environmental protection, on a form provided by the agency; (2) Pay the requisite fee as provided in division (D) of this section; (3) Submit any other information the director by rule requires. (C) The application form for a business entity or public entity applying for an asbestos hazard abatement contractor's license shall include all of the following: (1) A description of the protective clothing and respirators that the public entity will use to comply with rules adopted by the director and that the business entity will use to comply with requirements of the United States occupational safety and health administration; (2) A description of procedures the business entity or public entity will use for the selection, utilization, handling, removal, and disposal of clothing to prevent contamination or recontamination of the environment and to protect the public health from the hazards associated with exposure to asbestos; (3) The name and address of each asbestos disposal site that the business entity or public entity might use during the year; (4) A description of the site decontamination procedures that the business entity or public entity will use; (5) A description of the asbestos hazard abatement procedures that the business entity or public entity will use; (6) A description of the procedures that the business entity or public entity will use for handling waste containing asbestos; (7) A description of the air-monitoring procedures that the business entity or public entity will use to prevent contamination or recontamination of the environment and to protect the public health from the hazards of exposure to asbestos; (8) A description of the final clean-up procedures that the business entity or public entity will use; (9) A list of all partners, owners, and officers of the business entity along with their social security numbers; (10) The federal tax identification number of the business entity or the public entity. (D) The fees to be charged to each public entity, except for the agency, and each business entity and their employees and agents for licensure, certification, approval, and renewal of licenses, certifications, and approvals granted under this chapter, subject to division (A)(4) of section 3710.02 of the Revised Code, are: (1) Seven hundred fifty dollars for asbestos hazard abatement contractors; (2) Two hundred dollars for asbestos hazard abatement project designers; (3) Fifty dollars for asbestos hazard abatement workers; (4) Two hundred dollars for asbestos hazard abatement specialists; (5) Two hundred dollars for asbestos hazard evaluation specialists; and (6) Nine hundred dollars for approval or renewal of asbestos hazard training providers. (E) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, no business entity that engages in asbestos hazard abatement projects solely at its own place of business is required to be licensed as an asbestos hazard abatement contractor provided that the business entity is required to and does comply with all applicable standards of the United States environmental protection agency and the United States occupational safety and health administration and provided further that all persons employed by the business entity on the project meet the requirements of this chapter.
Section 3710.051 \| Asbestos hazard abatement project agreements. Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF No asbestos hazard abatement contractor shall enter into an agreement to perform any aspect of an asbestos hazard abatement project unless the agreement is written and contains at least all of the following: (A) A requirement that all persons working on the project are licensed or certified by the director of environmental protection as required by this chapter; (B) A requirement that all project clearance levels and sampling be in accordance with rules adopted by the director; (C) A requirement that all clearance air-monitoring be conducted by asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technicians or asbestos hazard evaluation specialists certified by the director.
Section 3710.06 \| Action on application - waiver of requirements for emergency - renewal. Effective: October 9, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) Within fifteen business days after receiving an application, the director of environmental protection shall acknowledge receipt of the application and notify the applicant of any deficiency in the application. Within sixty calendar days after receiving a completed application, including all additional information requested by the director, the director shall issue a license or certificate or deny the application. The director shall issue only one license or certificate that is in effect at one time to a business entity and its principal officers and a public entity and its principal officers. (B)(1) The director shall deny an application if it determines that the applicant has not demonstrated the ability to comply fully with all applicable federal and state requirements and all requirements, procedures, and standards established by the director in this chapter, Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code, or rules adopted under those chapters, as those chapters and rules pertain to asbestos. (2) The director shall deny any application for an asbestos hazard abatement contractor's license if the applicant or an officer or employee of the applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying offense as determined under section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (3) The director shall send all denials of an application by certified mail to the applicant. If the director receives a timely request for a hearing from the applicant on the proposed denial of an application, the director shall hold a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, as provided in division (A) of section 3710.13 of the Revised Code. (C) In an emergency that results from a sudden, unexpected event that is not a planned asbestos hazard abatement project, the director may waive the requirements for a license. For the purposes of this division, "emergency" includes operations necessitated by nonroutine failures of equipment or by actions of fire and emergency medical personnel pursuant to duties within their official capacities. Any person who performs an asbestos hazard abatement project under emergency conditions shall notify the director within three days after performance thereof. (D) Each license or certificate issued under this chapter expires one year after the date of issue, but each licensee or certificate holder may apply to the environmental protection agency for the extension of the holder's license or certificate under the standard renewal procedures of Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. To qualify for renewal of a license or certificate issued under this chapter, each licensee or certificate holder shall send the appropriate renewal fee set forth in division (D) of section 3710.05 of the Revised Code or as adopted by rule by the director pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 3710.02 of the Revised Code. Certificate holders also shall successfully complete an annual renewal course approved by the agency pursuant to section 3710.10 of the Revised Code. (E) The director may charge a fee in addition to those specified in division (D) of section 3710.05 of the Revised Code or in rules adopted by the director pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 3710.02 of the Revised Code if the licensee or certificate holder applies for renewal after the expiration thereof or requests a reissuance of any license or certificate, provided that no such fee shall exceed the original fees by more than fifty per cent. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:17 AM
Section 3710.07 \| Contractor's duties prior to engaging in project. Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) Prior to engaging in any asbestos hazard abatement project, an asbestos hazard abatement contractor shall do all of the following: (1) Prepare a written respiratory protection program as defined by the director of environmental protection pursuant to rule, and make the program available to the environmental protection agency, and workers at the job site if the contractor is a public entity or prepare a written respiratory protection program, consistent with 29 C.F.R. 1910.134 and make the program available to the agency, and workers at the job site if the contractor is a business entity; (2) Ensure that each worker who will be involved in any asbestos hazard abatement project has been examined within the preceding year and has been declared by a physician to be physically capable of working while wearing a respirator; (3) Ensure that each of the contractor's employees or agents who will come in contact with asbestos-containing materials or will be responsible for an asbestos hazard abatement project receives the appropriate certification or licensure required by this chapter and the following training: (a) An initial course approved by the agency pursuant to section 3710.10 of the Revised Code, completed before engaging in any asbestos hazard abatement activity; and (b) An annual review course approved by the agency pursuant to section 3710.10 of the Revised Code. (B) After obtaining or renewing a license, an asbestos hazard abatement contractor shall notify the agency, on a form approved by the director, at least ten working days before beginning each asbestos hazard abatement project conducted during the term of the contractor's license. (C) In addition to any other fee imposed under this chapter, an asbestos hazard abatement contractor shall pay, at the time of providing notice under division (B) of this section, the agency a fee of sixty-five dollars for each asbestos hazard abatement project conducted.
Section 3710.08 \| Duties of contractor and specialist. Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) An asbestos hazard abatement contractor engaging in any asbestos hazard abatement project shall, during the course of the project: (1) Conduct each project in a manner that is in compliance with the requirements the director of environmental protection adopts pursuant to section 3704.03 of the Revised Code and the asbestos requirements of the United States occupational safety and health administration set forth in 29 C.F.R. 1926.1101; (2) Comply with all applicable rules adopted by the director of environmental protection pursuant to sections 3704.03 and 3710.02 of the Revised Code. (B) An asbestos hazard abatement contractor that is a public entity shall: (1) Provide workers with protective clothing and equipment and ensure that the workers involved in any asbestos hazard abatement project use the items properly. Protective clothing and equipment shall include: (a) Respirators approved by the national institute of occupational safety and health. These respirators shall be fit tested in accordance with requirements of the United States occupational safety and health administration set forth in 29 C.F.R. 1926.1101. At the request of an employee, the asbestos hazard abatement contractor shall provide the employee with a powered air purifying respirator, in which case, the testing requirements of division (B)(1)(a) of this section do not apply. (b) Items required by the director by rule as provided in division (A)(7) of section 3710.02 of the Revised Code. (2) Comply with all applicable standards of conduct and requirements adopted by the director pursuant to section 3710.02 of the Revised Code. (C) An asbestos hazard abatement specialist engaging in any asbestos hazard abatement activity shall, during the course of the activity: (1) Conduct each activity in a manner that will meet decontamination procedures, project containment procedures, and asbestos fiber dispersal methods as provided in division (A)(6) of section 3710.02 of the Revised Code; (2) Ensure that workers utilize, handle, remove, and dispose of the disposable clothing provided by abatement contractors in a manner that will prevent contamination or recontamination of the environment and protect the public health from the hazards of exposure to asbestos; (3) Ensure that workers utilize protective clothing and equipment and comply with the applicable health and safety standards set forth in division (A) of section 3710.08 of the Revised Code; (4) Ensure that there is no smoking, eating, or drinking in the work area; (5) Comply with all applicable standards of conduct and requirements adopted by the director pursuant to sections 3704.03 and 3710.02 of the Revised Code. (D) An asbestos hazard evaluation specialist engaged in the identification, detection, and assessment of asbestos-containing materials, the determination of appropriate response actions, or other activities associated with an abatement project or the preparation of management plans, shall comply with the applicable standards of conduct and requirements adopted by the director pursuant to sections 3704.03 and 3710.02 of the Revised Code. (E) Every asbestos hazard abatement worker shall comply with all applicable standards adopted by the director pursuant to sections 3704.03 and 3710.02 of the Revised Code.
Section 3710.09 \| Contractor to maintain records of projects. Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) As a means of protecting the public, each asbestos hazard abatement contractor licensed under this chapter shall maintain records of all asbestos hazard abatement projects which the contractor performs and make these records available to the the director of environmental protection upon request. The licensee shall maintain the records for at least thirty years. (B) The records required by this section shall include all of the following: (1) The name, social security number, and address of the person who supervised the asbestos hazard abatement project; (2) The names and social security numbers of all workers at the job site; (3) The location and description of the asbestos hazard abatement project and the amount of asbestos-containing material that was removed; (4) The starting and completion dates of each asbestos hazard abatement project; (5) A summary of the procedures that were used to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local standards; (6) The name and address of each asbestos disposal site where the waste containing asbestos was deposited; (7) Any other information that the director, by rule, requires.
Section 3710.10 \| Approving sponsors of training courses or examinations. Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) No person other than the director of environmental protection shall conduct or offer to conduct any initial or review training course or examination required by this chapter unless that person is approved to sponsor the courses and examinations under this section. In conducting any such course or examination, the director and the approved person shall administer the courses and examinations according to the United States environmental protection agency "Model Accreditation Plan," 40 C.F.R. 763, Subpart E, Appendix C, and the rules of the director adopted pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 3710.02 of the Revised Code. A person may apply for approval or renewal of a course on the health and safety aspects of asbestos hazard abatement activities which meets the requirements of division (A)(3) of section 3710.07 of the Revised Code by submitting a written application on forms provided by the director. (B) In order to obtain or renew approval, a person sponsoring a course shall substantially satisfy all of the following criteria: (1) Provide courses of instruction and examinations that meet the requirements of division (A) of this section; (2) Ensure that instruction is given or supervised by personnel with sufficient education and experience as determined in rules adopted by the director; (3) Maintain lists of students trained and the dates on which training occurred for at least twenty years, and make this information available to the director upon request. (C) In order to obtain or renew approval, a person sponsoring an initial course or a review course annually shall apply to the director for approval. In applying, the person shall submit the fee set forth in division (D) of section 3710.05 of the Revised Code along with any increase in fee adopted pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 3710.02 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) The director shall act or acknowledge receipt of an application within ten working days after receiving the application. (2) The director shall act on the application within ninety days after it is complete. (3) The director shall grant contingent approval of an application if the director determines the course substantially satisfies or will substantially satisfy the criteria in this chapter and the rules adopted by the director. (4) The director may deny or revoke approval of a course if the director determines the course does not or will not substantially satisfy the criteria in this chapter or the rules adopted by the director. (5) The director shall grant final approval of a course only after an on-site audit by the director which reveals that the course substantially satisfies the criteria in this chapter and the rules adopted by the director. Course approvals expire one year from the date of final approval under division (D)(5) of this section. (E) Each course approval issued under this section expires one year after the date of issue, but a person who received approval may apply to the director for renewal under the standard renewal procedures of Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. The fee prescribed in section 3710.05 of the Revised Code must accompany the application.
Section 3710.11 \| Persons licensed, certified or approved in another state. Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Persons licensed, certified, or otherwise approved under the laws of another state to perform functions substantially similar to those of an asbestos hazard abatement contractor, asbestos hazard abatement specialist, asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, asbestos hazard abatement project designer, or asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician, may apply to the director of environmental protection for licensure or certification. The director shall license or certify persons under this section upon a determination that the standards for certification, licensure, or approval in the other state are at least substantially equivalent to those established by this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder. The director may require an examination before licensure or certification under this section. Persons certified or licensed under this section are subject to the same duties and requirements for renewal as other persons certified or licensed pursuant to this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder.
Section 3710.12 \| Denying, suspending, or revoking any license or certificate. Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Subject to section 3710.13 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection may deny, suspend, or revoke any license or certificate, or renewal thereof, if the licensee or certificate holder: (A) Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license or certificate; (B) Fails at any time to meet the qualifications for a license or certificate; (C) Is violating or threatening to violate any provisions of any of the following: (1) This chapter, Chapters 3704. and 3745. of the Revised Code, or the rules of the director adopted pursuant to those chapters, as those chapters and rules pertain to asbestos; (2) The "National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants" regulations of the United States environmental protection agency as the regulations pertain to asbestos; (3) The regulations of the United States occupational safety and health administration as the regulations pertain to asbestos; (4) The regulations adopted by the United States environmental protection agency pursuant to the "Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act," Title II of the "Federal Toxic Substances Control Act," 90 Stat. 2003, 15 U.S.C. 2641 et seq. (1986).
Section 3710.13 \| Hearing. Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) Before the director of environmental protection takes any action under section 3710.12 of the Revised Code, the director shall give the license applicant, licensee, or certificate holder against whom action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The director, without notice or hearing and in accordance with rules adopted by the director, may issue an order requiring any action necessary to meet an environmental health emergency involving asbestos. Any person to whom an order is directed shall immediately comply with the order. Upon application to the director, the person shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible, but no more than twenty days after receipt of the application by the director. (C) If the director determines, pursuant to division (B) of this section, that an environmental health emergency involving asbestos exists, the director may order, without a hearing, the denial, suspension, or revocation of any license or certificate issued under this chapter of the parties involved, provided that an opportunity for a hearing is provided to the affected party as soon as reasonably possible.
Section 3710.14 \| Civil action against violator. Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) At the request of the director of environmental protection, the attorney general may commence a civil action for civil penalties and injunctions, in a court of common pleas, against any person who has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate this chapter, any rule adopted under this chapter, or any license or certificate issued under this chapter. (B) The court of common pleas in which an action for injunctive relief is filed has jurisdiction to, and shall grant, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate any provision of this chapter, any rule adopted under this chapter, or any license or certificate issued under this chapter. (C) Upon a finding of a violation, the court shall assess a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars against the person. (D) Each day a violation continues is a separate violation under this section. (E) The remedies provided in Chapter 3710. of the Revised Code are in addition to remedies otherwise available under any federal, state, or local law.
Section 3710.15 \| Funds for administration and enforcement. Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF All civil and criminal penalties ordered pursuant to this chapter and paid as provided in the chapter, and all fees and other moneys collected pursuant to the chapter, shall be deposited in the non-title V clean air fund created in section 3704.035 of the Revised Code.
Section 3710.16 \| Air pollution laws not limited. Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 589 - 116th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The provisions of this chapter shall not limit the administration and enforcement of the provisions set forth in Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code.
Section 3710.17 \| Civil liability. Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) Where any person is certified or licensed by the director of environmental protection to engage in asbestos hazard abatement or evaluation activity pursuant to this chapter, the liability of that person when performing such activity in accordance with procedures established pursuant to state or federal law for an injury to any individual or property caused or related to this activity shall be limited to acts or omissions of the person during the course of performing the activity which can be shown, based on a preponderance of the evidence, to have been negligent. For the purposes of this section, the demonstration that acts or omissions of a person performing asbestos hazard abatement or evaluation activities were in accordance with generally accepted practice and with procedures established by state or federal law at the time the abatement or evaluation activity was performed creates a rebuttable presumption that the acts or omissions were not negligent. (B) Where any person contracts with a certified asbestos hazard abatement specialist, asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, or other category of asbestos hazard specialist established by the director of health, or a licensed asbestos hazard abatement contractor, the liability of that person for asbestos-related injuries caused by the person's contractee in the performance of asbestos hazard abatement or evaluation activities shall be limited to those asbestos-related injuries arising from acts which the person knew or could reasonably have been expected to know were not in accordance with generally accepted practice or with procedures established by state or federal law at the time the abatement activity took place. (C) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code or rules of a court to the contrary, this section governs all claims for asbestos-related injuries arising from asbestos hazard abatement or evaluation activities.
Section 3710.18 \| Exempting electric light company and full-time employees. Effective: October 8, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 334 - 119th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF This chapter does not apply to an electric light company, or the full-time employees of the electric light company, if the electric light company and the full-time employees of the electric light company are otherwise required to comply with all applicable standards of the United States environmental protection agency and the United States occupational safety and health administration, and if the electric light company engages in an asbestos hazard abatement activity solely at its own place or places of business, except that such electric light company and its full-time employees shall comply with the certification provisions contained in this chapter to the extent required to comply with applicable accreditation requirements of the "Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act," P.L. 99-519, 100 Stat. 2980, 15 U.S.C. 2646, as amended, and rules adopted pursuant to that act. As used in this section, "electric light company" has the same meaning as in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code and includes affiliates and subsidiaries of an electric light company.
Section 3710.19 \| Effect of child support default on license or certificate. Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.
Section 3710.99 \| Penalty. Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) At the request of the director of environmental protection, a prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer may commence a criminal action, in a court of this state, against any person who violates any provision of this chapter, any rule adopted under this chapter, any license or certificate issued under this chapter, or any order issued pursuant to this chapter. (B) Upon conviction, the person is subject to: (1) A fine of at least ten thousand dollars but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisonment at least one year but not more than two years, or both, for a first offense; or (2) A fine of at least twenty thousand dollars but not more than forty thousand dollars or imprisonment of at least two years but not more than four years or both for a second or subsequent offense.