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...Whoever violates section 322.02 or 322.06 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

... 5741.03 of the Revised Code. (B) "Impact facility" means a permanent structure, including all interior or exterior square footage used for educational or exhibition activities, that meets all of the following criteria: (1) It is used for the sale of tangible personal property or services; (2) At least ten per cent of the facility's total square footage is dedicated to educational or exhibition activities; (...

...erson that proposes to construct an impact facility in the county to provide payments to that person of up to seventy-five per cent of the county sales and use tax collected on each retail sale made by that person at the facility, for a term of up to ten years, or until the person's qualifying investment in the impact facility has been realized through the payments, whichever occurs first.

...e board that describes the proposed impact facility, including the projected level of investment in and new jobs to be created at the facility, the rationale used for determining that more than fifty per cent of the facility's visitors live at least fifty miles from the facility, the types of activities to be conducted at the facility, the projected levels of sales to occur at the facility, a calculation of th...

...of the following: (1) The proposed impact facility is economically sound; (2) Construction of the proposed impact facility has not begun prior to the day the agreement is entered into; (3) The impact facility will benefit the county by increasing employment opportunities and strengthening the local and regional economy; and (4) Receiving payments from the board of county commissioners is a major factor in th...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, if a person fails to meet or comply with any provision of an agreement entered into under section 333.02 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may amend the agreement to reduce the percentage or term, or both, of the payments the person is entitled to receive under the agreement. The reduction shall commence in the calendar quarter immediately ...

...son arising from retail sales at the impact facility, including for calendar quarters in which such sales were made before the calendar quarter for which the person is requesting a payment under this section.

... tax commissioner shall take no further action and the county auditor's determination under section 333.06 of the Revised Code is final. (2)(a) If the applicant files a notice of objection and requests a hearing within the time limit prescribed by division (A) of this section, the tax commissioner shall assign a time and place for the hearing and notify the applicant of the time and place, but the commissioner may c...

...atory accreditation conference. (B) "Activity and use limitations" has the same meaning as in section 5301.80 of the Revised Code. (C) "Affiliated" means under common ownership or control. (D) "Applicable standards," unless the context indicates otherwise, means standards that applied before the effective date of this amendment , standards established in or pursuant to sections 3746.05 and 3746.06 of the Rev...

...g: (1) Property for which a voluntary action under this chapter is precluded by federal law or regulations adopted under federal law, including, without limitation, any of the following federal laws or regulations adopted thereunder: (a) The "Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972," 86 Stat. 886, 33 U.S.C.A. 1251, as amended; (b) The "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976," 90 Stat. 280...

...rties after the completion of voluntary actions, including industrial, commercial, and residential uses and such other categories of land use as the director considers to be appropriate. The generic numerical clean-up standards established for each category of land use shall be the concentration of each contaminant that may be present on a property that shall ensure protection of public health and safety and the envi...

...other state, or the applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as an environmental professional in a state that does not issue that certification.

...(A) A remedy or remedial activity conducted under this chapter may attain applicable standards otherwise established in this chapter and rules adopted under it through the use of institutional controls or activity and use limitations that restrict the use of a property or through the removal of, treatment of, transportation for treatment or disposal of, disposal of, or use of engineering controls that contain or cont...

...s substance or petroleum, the voluntary action conducted at a property is required to achieve only the background level of the hazardous substance or petroleum, notwithstanding the contamination level established in the applicable standard. (B) If the ground water underlying a property complies with standards for residential use established in or pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(1) or (2) of section 3746...

...is engaging in business or professional practices of a fraudulent or dishonest nature. (3) If a certified professional has knowledge or reason to believe that another person or firm has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or any requirement of this section, the certified professional shall present the information to the director in writing. (F) The director, in accordance with rules adopted under sec...

...r who is participating in the voluntary action program under this chapter and rules adopted under it, in accordance with this section and rules adopted under division (B)(10) of section 3746.04 of the Revised Code, may apply to the director of environmental protection for a variance from applicable standards otherwise established in this chapter and rules adopted under it. The application for a variance shall be prep...

...e, any person may undertake a voluntary action under this chapter and rules adopted under it to identify and address potential sources of contamination by hazardous substances or petroleum of soil, sediments, surface water, or ground water on or underlying property and to establish that the property meets applicable standards. The voluntary action may include any one or more of the following elements: (1) A phase I...

...hether the property where the voluntary action was undertaken complies with applicable standards or shall ensure that they have been reviewed by another person or persons who performed work to support the request for the no further action letter as provided in division (B)(2) of section 3746.10 of the Revised Code. If, on the basis of the best knowledge, information, and belief of the certified professional, the cert...

... to the director an original no further action letter and accompanying verification under division (A) of section 3746.11 of the Revised Code a covenant not to sue for the property that is named in the letter. The director shall not issue a covenant not to sue if an original no further action letter is submitted to the director by any person other than the certified professional who prepared the letter or if a copy o...

...gible costs associated with a voluntary action incurred by the applicant for the agreement under that section, a certified professional shall submit to the director of development verification of the eligible costs associated with the voluntary action as defined in section 122.16 of the Revised Code. The verification shall be submitted in the form of an affidavit subject to section 3746.20 of the Revised Code, shall ...

... as in 42 U.S.C. 9601. (B) In a civil action to address a release or threatened release of hazardous substances from a facility, it is an affirmative defense, and a person is immune from liability to this state for performing investigational and remedial activities, if all of the following apply: (1) The person demonstrates that the person is a bona fide prospective purchaser of the facility. (2) The state's ca...

... the Revised Code and where no remedial activities for which there is a required operation and maintenance agreement or an environmental covenant under this chapter or sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code, as applicable, are used to comply with applicable standards, the director of environmental protection shall issue a covenant not to sue pursuant to section 3746.12 of the Revised Code by issuance of an o...

...l of the following: (1) The no further action letter issued under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code or an executive summary of it; (2) The covenant not to sue issued for the property under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code; (3) The environmental covenant for the property, if any, proposed pursuant to division (C)(3)(b) of section 3746.10 of the Revised Code and executed under section 5301.82 of the Revised Cod...

...A person participating in the voluntary action program under this chapter and rules adopted under it who otherwise would be required to obtain any permits, licenses, plan approvals, or other approvals from the environmental protection agency in connection with the voluntary action under Chapter 3704., 3714., 3734., or 6111. of the Revised Code or rules adopted under any of those chapters, or under the "Federal Water ...

...sit them to the credit of the voluntary action program administration fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The director shall expend moneys in the fund exclusively for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it.