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...ommercial hazardous waste incinerator" means an enclosed device that treats hazardous waste by means of controlled flame combustion and that accepts for treatment hazardous waste that is generated off the premises on which the device is located by any person other than the one who owns or operates the device or one who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the person who owns or operates the dev...

...e state emergency response commission created in section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, regarding the capability of this state to respond to the types and frequencies of releases of hazardous waste that are likely to occur at commercial hazardous waste incinerators; (3) The effect that a new commercial hazardous waste incinerator may have on ambient air quality in this state; (4) The findings of a review of relevant ...

...The director of environmental protection may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing requirements governing the beneficial use of material from a horizontal well that has come in contact with a refined oil-based substance and that is not technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material.

... issued by the director or a board of health under this chapter, or to another person, directing the holder or person to abate a violation, or to prevent any threatened violation, of any section of this chapter other than sections 3734.90 to 3734.9013 of the Revised Code, a rule adopted thereunder, or a term or condition of a permit, license, or variance issued thereunder within a specified, reasonable time. ...

...lly determine the market potential and feasibility of the exchange, use, and recovery of resources from hazardous waste. Using the information required under divisions (B) and (I) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code, the director shall, in compliance with the procedures adopted under division (G) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code pertaining to the protection of trade secrets, provide information on the availa...

...waste, that the waste: (A) Cannot be treated and rendered nonhazardous, recycled, reclaimed, or destroyed by incineration or biological agents; (B) Has been reduced to its lowest level of toxicity; and (C) Has been completely encapsulated or is otherwise protected so as to eliminate its leaching potential.

...ste that the registered transporter transports from such time as the registered transporter obtains the waste until the registered transporter delivers it to a treatment, storage, or disposal facility specified in division (F) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code, as recorded on the manifest required in division (B) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code. Any registered transporter who violates this chapter or any ...

...A generator of hazardous waste who violates any of the rules adopted by the director of environmental protection in accordance with divisions (B) and (I) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code shall be liable for any damage or injury caused by the violation and for the costs of rectifying the violation and conditions caused by the violation in addition to any civil penalties or criminal fines imposed for the violatio...

...hall accept for transportation or for treatment, storage, or disposal any hazardous waste whose generator has violated any of the rules adopted by the director of environmental protection in accordance with divisions (B) and (I) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code with respect to the waste. Any person who accepts for treatment, storage, or disposal any hazardous waste and who violates any of the rules adopted by t...

...this section: (1) "On-site facility" means a facility that treats or disposes of hazardous waste that is generated on the premises of the facility. (2) "Off-site facility" means a facility that treats or disposes of hazardous waste that is generated off the premises of the facility. (3) "Satellite facility" means any of the following: (a) An on-site facility that also receives hazardous waste from other pre...

...20, 3734.21, 3734.23, 3734.25, and 3734.26 of the Revised Code, "soil contamination" means the presence in or on the soil of any o f the following: (1) Hazardous waste or hazardous waste residue resulting from the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, emitting, or placing into or on the soil of hazardous waste or hazardous waste residue, or any material that when discharged, deposited, injected...

... for labor, materials, and any contract services required. Upon completion of the investigation or measures, the director shall record the cost of performing the investigation and measures at the office of the county recorder of the county in which the facility or property is located. The cost so recorded attaches to the real property and constitutes a perfected lien against the property. A lien imposed under this s...

...ardous waste facility management fund created in section 3734.18 of the Revised Code, the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code, or the environmental protection remediation fund created in section 3734.281 of the Revised Code for a ny of the following: ( 1) The payment of the cost of measures necessary for the proper closure of hazardous waste facilities or any solid waste fac...

...or of environmental protection shall endeavor to enter into an agreement with the owner of the land on which the activities will be conducted, specifying the activities to be performed and authorizing the director, employees of the agency, or contractors retained by the director to enter upon the land and perform the specified activities. The director also may enter into an agreement with any other owner of real o...

...part of the plan by contracting for the services, construction, and necessary repairs. (D) The director shall keep an itemized record of the costs of any acquisition under division (A) of this section and the costs of cleanup under division (B) of this section.

...After the cleanup of a solid waste facility or a hazardous waste facility acquired and cleaned up under section 3734.23 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection may, if the facility is suitable for use by any other state department, agency, office, or institution and if the proposed use of the facility is compatible with the condition of the facility as cleaned up, transfer the facility to ...

...rdous waste facility management fund created in section 3734.18 of the Revised Code or the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code for payment by the state of up to two-thirds of the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by a municipal corporation, county, or township for the proper closure of or abatement of air or water pollution or soil contamination from a solid wa...

...rdous waste facility management fund created in section 3734.18 of the Revised Code or the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code to the owner, other than a political subdivision, of a solid waste facility in which significant quantities of hazardous waste were disposed of or a hazardous waste facility for up to fifty per cent of the cost of the reasonable and necessary ex...

...owner of a facility under section 3734.26 of the Revised Code, and each facility surveyed under section 3734.19 of the Revised Code and, based upon the feasibility, cost, and public benefits of restoring the particular land and the availability of federal or other financial assistance for restoration, establish priorities for awarding grants from the fund.

...ection, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the hazardous waste clean-up fund, which is hereby created. In addition, both of the following shall be credited to the fund: (A) Moneys recovered for costs paid from the fund for activities described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3745.12 of the Revised Code; (B) Natural resource damage assessment costs recovered under any of the followi...

...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, o...

...to be credited to the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in that section, all money collected by the state for natural resources damages under the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2767, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended, the "Oil Pollution Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 484, 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as defin...

...cause of action for personal injury or real property damage resulting from a civil violation of the hazardous waste provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to have accrued or arisen until the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered the injuries or damage, provided that this section shall not be construed to affect in any way causes of action that might otherwise be deemed to accrue or arise as...

...The state i s immune from liability for any injury or damage resulting from a ny of the following: (A) Operation of a hazardous waste facility, solid waste facility, or construction and demolition debris facility by a person other than an agency, department, or institution of the state; (B) Conditions present at a facility that is acquired by the state by gift or devise ; (C) Activities conducted pursuant to sect...

...us waste facilities, infectious waste treatment facilities, or solid waste facilities located off the premises where hazardous waste, infectious waste, or solid waste is generated. (B) The director may employ and equip such individuals as are necessary to inspect and monitor operating hazardous waste facilities, infectious waste treatment facilities, or solid waste facilities other than those described in division (...