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...1 of the Revised Code, regarding any proposed impact to an ephemeral feature that is a water of the state, the director shall not impose or require any mitigation standard, criteria, scientific method, process, or other procedure or policy that is not specified in sections 6111.313 to 6111.316 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding section 6111.31 of the Revised Code, the director shall not impose any requirement...

...(A) For the purposes of division (B)(1) of this section, the AMIT and VMIT shall be calculated as follows: (1) First, calculate the area of the streamway (ASW). The ASW is the WSW multiplied by the LV. (2) Next, calculate the AMIT as follows: (a) For streams with a slope that is less than or equal to two per cent, the AMIT is equal to the ASW divided by two. (b) For streams with a slope that is greater than t...

...ector of environmental protection may impose all of the following mitigation reporting and monitoring requirements on any person performing mitigation as required under division (B)(1)(a) of section 6111.313 of the Revised Code: (1) A requirement that all mitigation for an ephemeral feature that is a water of the state be monitored for up to two years following the completion of mitigation construction activities. ...

...ing. Straw bales may be utilized for purposes of erosion control such as ditch checks. (E) Disturbance and removal of vegetation from the project construction area is to be avoided where possible and minimized to the maximum extent practicable. (F) Entry to surface waters shall be through a single point of access to the maximum extent practicable to minimize disturbance to riparian habitat. (G) Heavy equipmen...

...of environmental protection shall not impose any additional requirements upon, an activity associated with an ephemeral feature that is a water of the state if the activity is either of the following: (A) A restoration or enhancement project that will result in a net improvement of water quality. Such projects may include a project under section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, an H2Ohio project, a w...

...ance of federal navigation channels and ports in this state, the director of environmental protection shall endeavor to work with the United States army corps of engineers on a dredging plan that focuses on long-term planning for the disposition of dredged material consistent with the requirements established in this section. (B) On and after July 1, 2020, no person shall deposit dredged material in the portion of L...

...(A) As used in this section and in sections 6111.32 and 6111.34 of the Revised Code, "dredged material" means material excavated or dredged from a federal navigation channel during harbor or navigation maintenance activities. (B) No person shall use, manage, or place dredged material in any location except in accordance with the following: (1) Section 6111.32 of the Revised Code; (2) Rules adopted under Chapter...

...l Act," 90 Stat. 2003 (1976), 15 U.S.C. 2601; the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2779, 42 U.S.C. 9601; and the "Safe Drinking Water Act," 88 Stat. 1660 (1974), 42 U.S.C. 300f. (D) As used in this section, "solid wastes" has the same meaning as in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code.

...tor of natural resources approves those portions of the plan relating to recreation, fish, wildlife, flood control, and flood plain management. In the performance of his functions relating to comprehensive water resource management planning, the director of environmental protection may plan different beneficial uses for different bodies of water and different reaches thereof, and in connection therewith shall give d...

...ion of the territorial boundaries of proposed watershed districts within the state. The map and description shall follow the property line, section line, half section line, or patent line that is nearest to the hydrologic boundary of the proposed watershed district. There shall be not less than fifteen nor more than eighteen proposed watershed districts in the state, and each shall be composed of one or more major ri...

...03 of the Revised Code, no municipal corporation, county, public institution, corporation, or officer or employee thereof or other person shall provide or install sewerage or treatment works for sewage, sludge, or sludge materials disposal or treatment or make a change in any sewerage or treatment works until the plans therefor have been submitted to and approved by the director of environmental protection. Sections ...

...e or treatment works for the on-lot disposal or treatment of sewage from a small flow on-site sewage treatment system, as defined in section 3718.01 of the Revised Code, concerning which the board of health of a city or general health district has notified the director of health and the director of environmental protection under section 3718.021 of the Revised Code that the board has chosen to regulate the sys...

...No municipal corporation, county, public institution, corporation, or officer or employee thereof or other person shall establish as proprietor, agent, employee, lessee, or tenant, any garbage disposal plant, shop, factory, mill, industrial establishment, process, trade, or business in the operation of which an industrial waste is produced, or make a change in or enlargement of a garbage disposal plant, shop, factory...

...nstalling works for the treatment or disposal of sewage or other waste for which approval of plans is required under section 6111.44 or 6111.45 of the Revised Code. The activities shall include the grading and clearing of land, on-site storage of portable parts and equipment, and the construction of foundations or buildings that are not directly related to the installation of treatment or disposal works. The rules al...

...ral supervision of the treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes and the operation and maintenance of works or means installed for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes. Such general supervision shall apply to all features of construction, operation, and maintenance of the works or means that do or may affect the proper treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial was...

...As used in sections 6111.50 to 6111.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "Credible data" means scientifically valid chemical, physical, or biological water quality monitoring data concerning surface waters, including qualitative scoring of physical habitat characteristics and the sampling of fish, macroinvertebrates, and water quality, that have been collected by or submitted to the director of environmental protection and t...

...no more stringent than necessary to support, the purposes for which the data will be used. In adopting rules under this section, the director shall consider the cost of data collection methods and procedures to persons or entities collecting data, and the burden of compliance with those methods and procedures for those persons or entities, while ensuring the degree of accuracy commensurate with the purpose for...

...y inventory or other water assessment report; (C) Identifying, listing, and delisting waters of the state for the purpose of section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; (D) Determining whether a water of the state is supporting its designated use or other classification; (E) Establishing a total maximum daily load for a water of the state.

...may develop generic plans or generic components of plans for use by qualified data collectors. (B) A qualified data collector may submit credible data to the director in accordance with a generic plan without submitting a plan to the director for approval under division (C) of this section. (C) In lieu of submitting data pursuant to a generic plan, a qualified data collector who intends to submit credible data to t...

...Each state agency in possession of surface water quality data shall submit the data to the environmental protection agency in a format designated by the director of environmental protection. Each such agency shall submit the data to the director at the same time that the agency compiles or summarizes the data for its own use, but at a minimum shall submit the data to the director annually. If the director determines ...

...a computerized database or databases composed of all credible data in the director's possession and shall make the data available to other agencies and all other interested persons. The data shall be stored in such a manner that they are easily retrieved and analyzed and are available for sharing with other agencies and all other interested persons.

...(A) If the source or sources of a pollutant causing an impairment of a water of the state are unknown, the water of the state may be identified and listed under section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. However, the director of environmental protection shall continue to monitor the water of the state to determine the source or sources of the impairment before a total maximum daily load is established...

...vised Code: (1) "NPDES" means national pollutant discharge elimination system. (2) "TMDL" means total maximum daily load. (B) The director of environmental protection shall develop and establish a TMDL for waters of the state where required under section 1313(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The director shall establish a TMDL only for pollutants that the administrator of the United States environmen...

...rotection shall provide notice of and opportunity for input from potentially affected dischargers, county soil and water conservation districts, and other stakeholders during the development of a TMDL after March 24, 2015, at each of the following stages of development of a TMDL and plans and actions necessary for TMDL implementation: (a) The project assessment study plan, including portions of the plan that seek to...

...An estimate of the total amount of each pollutant that causes water quality impairment from all sources; (2) An estimate of the total amount of pollutants that may be added to the water of the state while still allowing the water of the state to achieve and maintain applicable water quality standards. (B) The director shall provide all of the following: (1) Public notice of the official draft TMDL. At a minimum, t...