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...(A) Applicants for and holders of permits, licenses, variances, plan approvals, and certifications issued by the director of environmental protection pursuant to Chapters 3704., 3734., 6109., and 6111. of the Revised Code shall pay a fee to the environmental protection agency for each such issuance and each application for an issuance as provided by this section. No fee shall be charged for any issuance for which no ...

...During the month 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 und...

...(A) A person that applies for a state isolated wetland permit 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. In addition, that person shall pay, at the time of application, a review fee of five hundred dollars per acre of the wetlands to be impacted. However, the review fee shall not exceed five thousand dolla...

...(A) A person 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 resour...

... emergency action to protect the public health or safety or the environment; (2) Conducting remedial actions under section 3752.13 of the Revised Code. (B) Any person responsible for causing or allowing the unauthorized spill, release, or discharge is liable to the director for the costs incurred by the agency regardless of whether those costs were paid out of the fund created under division (A) of this section or ...

...tion 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, township, countywid...

...(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 of ...

...(A) As used in this section, "eligible 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 treasur...

...(A)(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 o...

...(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 environ...

...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.

...sult with the directors of agriculture, health, and natural resources and representatives of local governments, publicly owned treatment works, and public water systems to implement actions that do both of the following: (1) Protect against cyanobacteria in the western basin and public water supplies; (2) Manage wastewater to limit nutrient loading into the western basin. (C) The director or the director's designe...

...As used in sections 3745.70 to 3745.73 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'...

...stantial endangerment or harm to human health or the environment. (10) Any circumstance in which both of the following apply: (a) The information contains evidence regarding an alleged violation of environmental laws and a government agency charged with enforcing any of those laws has a substantial need for the information to protect public health or safety or to prevent substantial harm to property or the env...

... and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment. (3) With respect to a specific violation, the violation is of a specific requirement of an administrative or judicial order. (F) The immunity provided by this section applies only to disclosures made concerning environmental audits initiated after March 13, 1997, in accordance with the time frames specified in division (A) of section 3745.70 of ...

...Not later than March 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...

...Nothing in sections 3745.70 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.

...at is regulated under the "Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1590, 29 U.S.C.A. 651, as amended, and regulations adopted under that act, or under Chapter 4167. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it; (2) Emissions from the engine exhaust of a motor vehicle, rolling stock, aircraft, vessel, or pipeline pumping station engine; (3) Any release of a source, byproduct, or special nuclear m...

...ty poses a substantial threat to public health or safety or the environment, and either of the following applies: (a) The person subject to the letter does not present sufficient evidence to the director that the person has entered into the voluntary action program under this chapter and is proceeding expeditiously to address that threat. (b) The person cannot demonstrate the person is a bona fide prospective pur...

... that shall ensure protection of public health and safety and the environment for the reasonable exposure for that category of land use. When developing the standards, the director shall consider such factors as all of the following: (a) Scientific information, including, without limitation, toxicological information and realistic assumptions regarding human and environmental exposure to hazardous substances or pe...

...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...

...(A) If applicable standards otherwise established in this chapter and rules adopted under it establish a contamination level for a hazardous substance or petroleum that is below the background level of the hazardous 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 estab...

...e 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 certified professional's employer or client; (b) Ref...

... at the property and ensure that public health and safety will be protected. (3) The establishment of and compliance with the alternative standard or set of standards and terms and conditions are necessary to promote, protect, preserve, or enhance employment opportunities or the reuse of the property named in the application. A variance issued under this section shall state the specific standard or standards wh...