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...n the environmental protection agency's official web site. (B) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code or Administrative Code requiring the director of environmental protection to deliver a document or notice by certified mail, the director may instead deliver the document or notice by any method capable of documenting the intended recipient's receipt of the document or notice.

...ion agency, in accordance with section 126.02 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The environmental review appeals commission shall adopt or amend, as appropriate, regulations governing procedure to be followed for hearings before it, including regulations governing all of the following: (1) Expedited hearings; (2) Expedited decisions; (3) Stays. (B) No regulation adopted by the commission shall be effective until the tenth day after it has been adopted by the filing of a certified copy th...

... As used in this section, "any person" means any individual, any partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, or any political subdivision, instrumentality, or agency of a state, whether or not the individual or legal entity is an applicant for or holder of a license, permit, or variance from the environmental protection agency, and includes any department, agency, or instrumentality of the federal g...

...vidence submitted shall be taken by an official court reporter. The record shall include all of the testimony and other evidence and the rulings on the admissibility thereof presented at the hearing. The commission shall pass upon the admissibility of evidence, but any party may at the time object to the admission of any evidence and except to the rulings of the commission thereon, and if the commission refuse...

...an order of the environmental review appeals commission may appeal to the court of appeals of Franklin county, or, if the appeal arises from an alleged violation of a law or regulation, to the court of appeals of the district in which the violation was alleged to have occurred. Any party desiring to so appeal shall file with the commission a notice of appeal designating the order appealed. A copy of the notice also s...

... verified complaints received, and all hearings and public meetings to be conducted under Chapters 3704., 3714., 3734., and 6111. of the Revised Code. The director shall mail notice to each subscriber of a proposed action or an issuance, denial, modification, revocation, or renewal of a permit, license, or variance within one week after issuance thereof, of a verified complaint within one week after receipt thereof, ...

...vestigation to be conducted such as is reasonably necessary to determine whether a violation, as alleged, has occurred, is occurring, or will occur. The investigation shall include a discussion of the complaint with the alleged violator. If, upon completion of the investigation, the director determines that a violation, as alleged, has occurred, is occurring, or will occur, the director may enter such order as may be...

...hall immediately notify the responsible officials of the state in which the source lies, the United States environmental protection agency, and the attorney general of Ohio, in an effort to secure prompt compliance with all laws, regulations, and standards for the prevention, abatement, and control of air and water pollution and disposal of solid wastes.

...evised Code shall pay an administrative service fee for each plan submitted under that section for approval that shall not exceed the minimum amount necessary to pay administrative costs directly attributable to processing plan approvals. The director annually shall calculate the fee and shall notify all persons who have entered into agreements under that section, or who have applied for agreements, of the amount of ...

...nth of August 1997, and biennially thereafter, the director of environmental protection shall enter into a contract for the performance of an independent evaluation of the Title V permit program to be conducted under the supervision of an independent certified public accountant. The evaluation shall review the finances, operations, revenues, costs, and expenditures of the Title V permit program under section 3...

...tion shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the surface water protection fund created in section 6111.038 of the Revised Code. (D) Fees established under this section shall not apply to any agency or department of the state or to any county, township, or municipal corporation in this state.

...e water resource to be impacted is a stream one of the following fees, as applicable: (a) For an intermittent stream, a review fee of ten dollars per linear foot of stream to be impacted, or two hundred dollars, whichever is greater; (b) For a perennial stream, a review fee of fifteen dollars per linear foot of stream to be impacted, or two hundred dollars, whichever is greater. (3) If the water resource to be ...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the immediate removal fund, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection. The fund may be used for both of the following purposes: (1) To pay costs incurred by the environmental protection agency in investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing, or abating any unauthorized spill, release, or discharge of material into or upon the environm...

... agency established under section 5502.26 of the Revised Code, regional authority for emergency management established under section 5502.27 of the Revised Code, or emergency management program established by a political subdivision under section 5502.271 of the Revised Code, having territorial jurisdiction, or responsibility for emergency management activities in the location of the spill, release, discharge,...

...(A) There is hereby created within the environmental protection agency the Ohio environmental education fund advisory council consisting of the directors of environmental protection, natural resources, and education and workforce, or their designees, as members ex officio, one member of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives or the member's designee, one member to ...

...gible institution of higher education" means any of the state universities listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, or a community college, technical college, university branch, state community college, or an institution that is nonprofit and holds a certificate of authorization issued under section 1713.02 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the environmental education fun...

...)(1) As used in this section, "policy" means a clarification, explanation, or interpretation of a statute or rule that is initiated or used by the environmental protection agency for regulatory purposes and not adopted in accordance with rules adoption procedures consistent with this chapter and Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. "Policy" includes documents, manuals, advisories, protocols, forms, and other written or ...

...ds established in that division, proper service of process can be given in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure and jurisdiction of a court in this state can be obtained. (D) The time periods established in division (B) of this section may be tolled by mutual agreement between the enforcing agency, department, or authority and the person who is subject to a civil or administrative penalty of any kind u...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the Volkswagen clean air act settlement fund consisting of money received by the state from the Volkswagen clean air act settlement. It is the intent of the general assembly to appropriate into the fund the money received by the state from that settlement.

...has the same meaning as in section 905.326 of the Revised Code.

...vised Code: (A) "Environmental audit" means a voluntary, thorough, and discrete self-evaluation of one or more activities at one or more facilities or properties that is documented; is designed to improve compliance, or identify, correct, or prevent noncompliance, with environmental laws; and is conducted by the owner or operator of a facility or property or the owner's or operator's employee or independent contract...

... engaging in conduct that manifests a clear intent that the information not be privileged. If an owner or operator introduces part of an environmental audit report into evidence in a civil or administrative proceeding to prove that the owner or operator did not violate, or is no longer violating, any environmental laws, the privilege provided by this section is waived with respect to all information in the audi...

...nducts the environmental audit. (2) A reasonable, good faith effort is made to achieve compliance as quickly as practicable with environmental laws applicable to the information disclosed. (3) Compliance with environmental laws applicable to the information disclosed is achieved as quickly as practicable or within such period as is reasonably ordered by the director of the state agency that has jurisdiction ov...

...o the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a report on the operation and impacts of Substitute Senate Bill No. 138 of the 121st general assembly, including the impact on environmental compliance and protection. The attorney general and each state agency that has received a disclosure under section 3745.72 of the Revised Code shall cooperate with the director in preparing the report ...