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... that applies for a section 401 water quality certification under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it shall pay an application fee of two hundred dollars at the time of application plus any of the following fees, as applicable: (1) If the water resource to be impacted is a wetland, a review fee of five hundred dollars per acre of wetland to be impacted; (2) If the water resource to be imp...

...n 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 environment that requires emergency a...

... 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,...

...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 be appoint...

...ed 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 fund consisting of moneys credited to the fund pursuant to sections 3704.06 and 6111.09 of the Revised Code and any g...

... 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 electronic materials provided to the public, a regulated party, or agency personnel regarding the substance, requireme...

...A) As used in this section, "environmental law" means sections 903.08, 903.17, and 3737.87 to 3737.882 and Chapters 3704., 3714., 3734., 3745., 3750., 3751., 3752., 3753., 6109., and 6111. of the Revised Code; any rule adopted under those sections or chapters or adopted for the purpose of implementing those sections or chapters; and any applicable provisions of Chapter 3767. of the Revised Code when an environm...

...ettlement. 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.

...3 of the Revised 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 independe...

...or property who conducts an environmental audit of one or more activities at the facility or property has a privilege with respect to both of the following: (1) The contents of an environmental audit report that is based on the audit; (2) The contents of communications between the owner or operator and employees or contractors of the owner or operator, or among employees or contractors of the owner or operat...

...or property who conducts an environmental audit of the facility or property and promptly and voluntarily discloses information contained in or derived from an audit report that is based on the audit and concerns an alleged violation of environmental laws to the director of the state agency that has jurisdiction over the alleged violation is immune from any administrative and civil penalties for the specific vi...

...ch 31, 2002, the director of environmental protection, in consultation with the attorney general, appropriate federal, state, and local agencies, and appropriate statewide organizations, shall submit to 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 ...

...745.70 to 3745.73 of the Revised Code shall be construed to limit or affect either of the following: (A) The authority or obligation of any government agency pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code; (B) Any employee protection rights under federal or state laws.

... the purposes of sections 3746.02, 3746.26, and 3746.27 of the Revised Code, means any parcel of real property, or portion thereof, and any improvements thereto, the limits of which have been described in writing by the owner of record or a legally appointed representative of the owner and that is or has been the subject of a voluntary action under this chapter and rules adopted under it. (O) "Radioactive material...

...Act," 90 Stat. 2003 (1976), 15 U.S.C.A. 2601, as amended; (d) The "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2779, 42 U.S.C.A. 9601, as amended; (e) The "Safe Drinking Water Act," 88 Stat. 1661 (1974), 42 U.S.C.A. 300(f), as amended. (2) Those portions of property where closure of a hazardous waste facility or solid waste facility is required under Chapter 3734. of...

...Act," 90 Stat. 2003 (1976), 15 U.S.C.A. 2601, as amended; the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2779, 42 U.S.C.A. 9601, as amended; and the "Safe Drinking Water Act," 88 Stat. 1660 (1974), 42 U.S.C.A. 300f, as amended. In order for the rules adopted under division (B)(1) of this section to require that any such federal environmental standard apply to a proper...

...The director of environmental protection shall issue an environmental professional certification provided for under division (B)(5) of section 3746.04 of the Revised Code in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code if an applicant either holds a certification or license in another state, or the applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in ...

...(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...

...ty complies with standards for residential use established in or pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(1) or (2) of section 3746.04 of the Revised Code, the remedy or remedial activities undertaken in connection with a voluntary action to address sources of potential ground water contamination at or upon the property shall ensure the continued compliance of the ground water underlying the proeprty with those s...

...(A) A certified professional shall do all of the following: (1) Protect the safety, health, and welfare of the public in the performance of professional duties. If a circumstance arises where the certified professional faces a situation where the safety, health, or welfare of the public would not be protected, the certified professional shall do all of the following: (a) Sever the relationship with the certifie...

...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 prepared by a certified professional. The director shall issue a variance from those applicable standards only if the application makes all of the following demonstrations to the director's satisfaction: (1) Either o...

...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 property assessment conducted in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(3...

...o be submitted to a certified professional under division (C) of section 3746.10 of the Revised Code, the certified professional shall review them to verify whether 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 d...

...his section, the director of environmental protection shall issue to a person on behalf of whom a certified professional has submitted 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...