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...(A) The Ohio Ireland trade commission is created. The commission shall study potential means of advancing the following: (1) Bilateral trade and investment between Ohio and Ireland; (2) Policy issues of mutual interest to Ohio and Ireland; (3) Business and academic exchanges between Ohio and Ireland; (4) Mutual economic support between Ohio and Ireland; (5) Mutual investment in the infrastructure of Oh...

...(A) The investment policy established or modified under section 150.03 of the Revised Code shall specify the terms and conditions under which the authority may grant tax credits under section 150.07 of the Revised Code, subject to that section and division (B) of this section, to provide security against lenders' losses. (B) Nothing in this chapter authorizes the providing of security against losses on any bases o...

...Hillside land owned by the state adjacent to the Little Miami river is hereby declared the Little Miami forest preserve. This designation constitutes a statement of intent by the general assembly that such land be used and managed by state agencies having its custody or control for the purpose of protecting, preserving, and enhancing its natural and scenic beauty for its own sake and in conjunction with the protectio...

...(A) The director of natural resources may appoint natural resources officers for purposes of custodial or patrol service on lands and waters owned, controlled, maintained, or administered by the department of natural resources under Chapters 1503., 1517., 1546., and 1547. of the Revised Code, and waters in this state. The department shall employ a natural resources officer in conformity with the law applicable to the...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Qualifying land" means land that meets all of the following criteria: (a) The land is owned in fee by the department of natural resources or the department owns an interest in the land. (b) The land or the department's interest in the land is exempted from taxation. (c) The total area of the land is more than five thousand acres. (d) The land or interest in the land was acq...

...The chief of the division of forestry, with the approval of the director of natural resources, shall establish fire protection areas for the state. When establishing fire protection areas, the chief shall consider all of the following: (A) The amount of forest cover; (B) The actual and potential fire occurrence; (C) The threat to forest resources; (D) The population of the areas; (E) Any other pertinent forest r...

...(A) No person shall kindle a fire upon public land without the written permission of the forest-fire warden having jurisdiction or on land of another without the written permission of the owner or the owner's agent. (B) No person shall kindle or authorize another to kindle a fire in or near any woodland, brushland, or land containing tree growth or in any place from which the fire is likely to escape unless all leav...

...As used in sections 1503.50 to 1503.55 of the Revised Code: (A) "Conservation" means the wise use and management of natural resources. (B) "Forestry pollution" means failure to use management or conservation practices in silvicultural operations to abate wind or water erosion of the soil or to abate the degradation of the waters of the state by soil sediment, including attached substances, from silvicultural operat...

...The division of geological survey: (A) Shall collect, study, and interpret all available information pertaining to the geomorphology, stratigraphy, paleontology, mineralogy, and geologic structure of the state and shall publish reports on the same; (B) Shall collect, study, and interpret all available data pertaining to the origin, distribution, extent, use, and valuation of mineralogical and geological raw m...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, the chief of the division of geological survey shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish a fee schedule for requests for manipulated, interpreted, or analyzed data from the geologic records, data, maps, rock cores, and samples archived by the division. The fee schedule may include the cost of specialized storage...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Coastal area" means the waters of Lake Erie, the islands in the lake, and the lands under and adjacent to the lake, including transitional areas, wetlands, and beaches. The coastal area extends in Lake Erie to the international boundary line between the United States and Canada and landward only to the extent necessary to include shorelands, the uses of which have a direct and significa...

...(A) No later than September 15, 1989, each county or municipal corporation within whose jurisdiction is a coastal flood hazard area shall either participate in and remain in compliance with the national flood insurance program or shall adopt resolutions or ordinances governing the coastal flood hazard area that meet or exceed the standards required for participation in the regular phase of the national flood insuranc...

...(A) The director of natural resources, using the best available scientific records, data, and analyses of shoreline recession, shall make a preliminary identification of Lake Erie coastal erosion areas, which are the land areas anticipated to be lost by Lake Erie-related erosion within a thirty-year period if no additional approved erosion control measures are completed within that time. The preliminary identificatio...

...(A) "Territory," as used in this section, means the waters and the lands presently underlying the waters of Lake Erie and the lands formerly underlying the waters of Lake Erie and now artificially filled, between the natural shoreline and the international boundary line with Canada. (B) Whenever the state, acting through the director of natural resources, upon application of any person who wants to develop or improv...

...(A)(1) There is hereby created the Ohio Lake Erie commission, consisting of the directors of environmental protection, natural resources, health, agriculture, transportation, and development services, or their designees, the two board members of the great lakes protection fund board appointed by the governor under section 1506.22 of the Revised Code who shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members, and five additional...

...As used in sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "Abandoned property" means a submerged aircraft; a submerged watercraft, including a ship, boat, canoe, skiff, raft, or barge; the rigging, gear, fittings, trappings, and equipment of a submerged aircraft or watercraft; the personal property of the officers, crew, and passengers of a submerged aircraft or watercraft; the cargo of a submerged airc...

...(A) The director of natural resources may suspend or revoke, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, a permit issued under section 1506.32 of the Revised Code if the permit holder has done either of the following: (1) Failed to comply with sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code, any rules adopted under those sections, or any provision or condition of the holder's permit; (2) Damaged abandoned ...

...(A) A board of county commissioners may use a loan obtained under division (C) of this section to provide financial assistance to any person who owns real property in a coastal erosion area and who has received a permit under section 1506.40 of the Revised Code to construct an erosion control structure in that coastal erosion area. The board shall enter into an agreement with the person that complies with all ...

...There is hereby created in the department of natural resources the division of engineering to be administered by the chief engineer of the department, who shall be a professional engineer registered under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code or a professional architect certified and registered under Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code. With the approval of the director of natural resources, the chief engineer shall do...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Well" means any borehole, whether drilled or bored, within the state for production, extraction, or injection of any gas or liquid mineral, excluding potable water to be used as such, but including natural or artificial brines and oil field waters. "Well" includes a stratigraphic well. (B) "Oil" means crude petroleum oil and all other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are p...

...On and after June 30, 2010, all of the following apply: (A) The surface location of a new well or a tank battery of a well shall not be within one hundred fifty feet of an occupied dwelling that is located in an urbanized area unless the owner of the land on which the occupied dwelling is located consents in writing to the surface location of the well or tank battery of a well less than one hundred fifty feet...

...(A) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall adopt, rescind, and amend, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, rules for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this chapter. The rules shall include an identification of the subjects that the chief shall address when attaching terms and conditions to a permit with respect to a well and production facilities of a ...

...(A) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, or the chief's authorized representatives, shall enforce this chapter and the rules, terms and conditions of permits and registration certificates, and orders adopted or issued pursuant thereto, except that any peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, may arrest for violations of this chapter involving transportation of brine ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this chapter and rules adopted under it apply to a stratigraphic well regardless of whether a section in this chapter or in such rules refers to a well for oil and gas production or to an owner. (B) Notwithstanding section 1509.06 of the Revised Code, an application for a permit to drill a stratigraphic well shall be on a form prescribed by the chief of the divisio...

...(A) An application for a permit to drill a new well, drill an existing well deeper, reopen a well, convert a well to any use other than its original purpose, or plug back a well to a different source of supply, including associated production operations, shall be filed with the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management upon such form as the chief prescribes and shall contain each of the following that...