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...The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules having uniform application throughout the state governing scrap tire storage facilities and the inspection of and issuance of registration certificates and permits, as applicable, and licenses for those facilities in order to ensure that the facilities are located, maintained, oper...

...The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules having uniform application throughout the state governing scrap tire monocell and monofill facilities and the inspection of and issuance of permits and licenses for those facilities in order to ensure that they are located, maintained, operated, and closed in a manner that does not...

...The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules having uniform application throughout the state governing scrap tire recovery facilities and the inspection of and issuance of registration certificates and permits, as applicable, and licenses for those facilities in order to ensure that the facilities are located, maintained, ope...

...(A) The director of mental health and addiction services, the director of developmental disabilities, or the director of rehabilitation and correction may enter into contracts for the sale of land not needed by their departments and under their jurisdiction or supervision to metropolitan housing authorities for use by such an authority for a housing project or projects. Such contract may contain such conditions and t...

...The fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal may summon and compel the attendance of witnesses to testify in relation to any matter that is a proper subject of inquiry or investigation, and may require the production of any book, paper, document, or record, regardless of physical form or characteristic.

...The fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal may administer an oath to any person appearing as a witness before the fire marshal or assistant fire marshal. No witness shall refuse to be sworn, refuse to testify, disobey an order of the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal, or fail or refuse to produce a book, paper, document, or record, regardless of physical form or characteristic, concerning a matter unde...

...(A) No principal or person in charge of a public or private school or educational institution having an average daily attendance of twenty or more pupils, and no person in charge of any children's home or orphanage housing twenty or more minor persons, shall willfully neglect to instruct and train such children by means of drills or rapid dismissals, so that such children in a sudden emergency may leave the building ...

...The state fire marshal may conduct testing on cigarettes certified by a manufacturer pursuant to section 3739.07 of the Revised Code to determine whether the manufacturer complied with the requirements of this chapter. The state fire marshal shall conduct any such testing in accordance with division (B) of section 3739.03 of the Revised Code. Whenever the state fire marshal or a designee of the state fire mar...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Community-based long-term care provider" means a provider, as defined in section 173.39 of the Revised Code. (B) "Community-based long-term care subcontractor" means a subcontractor, as defined in section 173.38 of the Revised Code. (C) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (D) "Direct care" means any of the following: (1)...

...(A)(1) The director of health shall issue lead inspector, lead abatement contractor, lead risk assessor, lead abatement project designer, lead abatement worker, and clearance technician licenses. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the director shall issue a license to an applicant who meets all of the following requirements: (a) Submits an application to the director on a form prescribed by the dir...

...(A) Any person desiring approval from the director of health for an environmental lead analytical laboratory or a clinical laboratory to perform lead testing shall submit an application for approval to the director on forms that he shall prescribe and provide. (B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish all of the following: (1) Procedures and criteria for a...

...(A) The director of health shall maintain a list of both of the following: (1) Lead inspectors, lead abatement contractors, lead risk assessors, lead abatement project designers, lead abatement workers, and clearance technicians licensed under this chapter; (2) Training programs approved under section 3742.08 of the Revised Code. (B) Information contained in any list maintained under this section is a public reco...

...Any property owner or manager, at any time, may employ a lead inspector to conduct a lead inspection; a lead risk assessor to conduct a lead risk assessment; or a clearance technician, lead inspector, or lead risk assessor to conduct a clearance examination of the property, and may provide a copy of the report based on that inspection, assessment, or examination to the director of health. The director shall includ...

...When the director of health or a board of health authorized to enforce sections 3742.35 to 3742.40 of the Revised Code becomes aware that an individual under six years of age has lead poisoning, the director or board shall conduct an investigation to determine the source of the lead poisoning. The director or board may conduct such an investigation when the director or board becomes aware that an individual six years...

...(A) In completing residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices, the owner or agent of the owner of a residential rental unit shall do all of the following: (1) Successfully complete a training program in residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices approved by the director under section 3742.43 of the Revised Code; (2) Annually perform a visual examination for deteriorated paint, underlying da...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Lead abatement costs" means costs incurred by a taxpayer for either of the following: (a) A lead abatement specialist to conduct a lead risk assessment, a lead abatement project, or a clearance examination, provided the specialist is authorized under this chapter to conduct the respective task; (b) Relocation costs incurred in the relocation of occupants of an eligible dwell...

...(A) The state fire marshal may inspect the premises of a fireworks plant, and the inventory, wholesale sale, and retail sale records, of a licensed manufacturer of fireworks during the manufacturer's period of licensure to determine whether the manufacturer is in compliance with Chapter 3743. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted by the state fire marshal pursuant to section 3743.05 or 3743.22 of the Revised Code...

...(A) The state fire marshal may inspect the premises, and the inventory, wholesale sale, and retail sale records, of a licensed wholesaler of fireworks during the wholesaler's period of licensure to determine whether the wholesaler is in compliance with Chapter 3743. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted by the state fire marshal pursuant to section 3743.18 or 3743.22 of the Revised Code. (B) If the state fire m...

...(A) The state fire marshal may inspect the premises, the inventory, and retail sale records, of a licensed fountain device retailer during the retailer's period of licensure to determine whether the retailer is in compliance with Chapter 3743. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted by the state fire marshal pursuant to section 3743.28 of the Revised Code. (B) If the state fire marshal determines during an inspec...

...Each fireworks exhibitor licensed under section 3743.51 of the Revised Code shall register annually with the fire marshal all employees who assist the licensed exhibitor in conducting fireworks exhibitions. Once registered, such an employee may be employed by any other licensed fireworks exhibitor, without the need for that other licensed exhibitor to register the employee with the fire marshal. The fire marshal shal...

...(A) As used in this section, "hobbyist activities" means the manufacture, possession, and use of individual items, each of which meets the definition of either a 1.3G firework or 1.4G firework. (B) Upon application by an affected party, the fire marshal may grant variances from the requirements of this chapter or from the requirements of rules adopted pursuant to this chapter if the fire marshal determines that a ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Environmental law" means a law that is administered by the environmental protection agency. (2) "Regulated entity" means an entity that is regulated under an environmental law. (B)(1) The director of environmental protection may establish within the agency a program for providing compliance and pollution prevention assistance to regulated entities. Services provided under th...

...There is hereby created an environmental review appeals commission, consisting of three members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Terms of office shall be for six years, commencing on the twenty-third day of October and ending on the twenty-second day of October, except that the terms of the first members of the commission shall be for two, four, and six years, respectively, as desi...

...(A) 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 federa...

...(A) When emergency action is required to protect the public health or safety or the environment, any person responsible for causing or allowing an unauthorized spill, release, or discharge of material into or upon the environment or responsible for the operation of an illegal methamphetamine manufacturing laboratory that has caused contamination of the environment is liable to the municipal corporation, county,...