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...at the public health and prevention of pollution may require. Any action taken by the director shall be a matter of public record and shall be entered in the director's journal. Each period of thirty days that a violation of this section continues, after a conviction for the violation, constitutes a separate offense. (B) Sections 6111.45 and 6111.46 of the Revised Code and division (A) of this section do not apply t...

...In addition to the exemption established under division (B)(4) of section 6111.44 of the Revised Code, sewerage 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 envi...

...al. Each period of thirty days that a violation of this section continues, after a conviction of the violation, constitutes a separate offense.

...Not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the director of environmental protection shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying construction activities that do not, by themselves, constitute installing 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 Re...

...ce 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 wastes. (B)(1) The agency shall investigate the works or means employed in the collection, treatment, and dis...

...ifically 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 that comply with the requirements established in rules adopted under section 6111.51 of the Re...

...uirements for data assessment, sample collection and analytical methods, and quality assurance and quality control procedures that must be followed in order to classify data as credible at that level. The rules shall provide that level three credible data are collected by employing the most stringent methods and procedures, level two credible data are collected using methods and procedures that are less string...

...ee credible data to conduct any of the following activities: (A) Developing, reviewing, and revising use designations in water quality standards; (B) Developing a statewide water quality 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...

... a water quality monitoring program to collect levels one, two, and three credible data for surface water monitoring and assessment. In the same manner provided in division (A)(2) of section 6111.51 of the Revised Code, the director shall adopt rules establishing the program. The rules shall describe the training and experience that are required for a person to become a qualified data collector in the program. The re...

...director determines that the data were collected in accordance with the rules adopted under section 6111.51 of the Revised Code, the director shall approve the data as credible.

...Following the adoption of rules under sections 6111.51 and 6111.53 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall establish and maintain 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 ana...

...(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...

...ised 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 environment...

...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 determine the causes and sources of impairments or threats; (b) The biological and water quality study report or its eq...

...all include, at a minimum, both of the following: (1) 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) Pu...

...s to the appeal, subject to a right of voluntary dismissal, all significant industrial users listed in those NPDES permit holders' annual pretreatment program reports who are known to discharge a significant amount of a pollutant limited by the TMDL into the publicly owned treatment works. (C)(1) In the case of an NPDES permit issued in draft or final form to a publicly owned treatment works that contains TMDL-based...

...Before issuing a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit for discharges from a publicly owned sewerage system, requiring and approving a long-term control plan for wet weather discharges from a publicly owned sewerage system, or enforcing the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as applied to publicly owned sewerage systems, the director of environmental protection, to the extent allowable under t...

...(A) Whoever purposely violates section 6111.04, 6111.042, 6111.05, or division (A) or (C) of section 6111.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony and shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than four years, or both. Each day of violation is a separate offense. (B) Whoever knowingly violates section 6111.04, 6111.042, 6111.045, 6111.047, 6111.05, 6111.45, or division (A) ...

...rporation, county, township, and other political subdivision, or any other public corporation or agency, the United States or any agency thereof, and any agency, commission, or authority established pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement. (B) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, or any combination thereof. (C) "Solid waste" means such unwanted residual solid or semi...

...ing out Chapter 6123. shall be payable solely from funds provided under Chapter 6123. of the Revised Code, appropriated for such purpose by the general assembly, or provided by the controlling board and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which moneys have been so provided or appropriated.

...It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state through the operations of the Ohio water development authority under this chapter to contribute toward one or more of the following: to provide for the comfort, health, safety, and general welfare of all employees and other inhabitants of the state and for the conservation of the land, air and water resources of the state through efficient and proper methods ...

...are of the people of the state, to control air, water, and thermal pollution, or to dispose of solid waste, and pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII, of the Ohio Constitution, the Ohio water development authority may exercise the powers set forth in this chapter, with the approval of a project by the director of development, for the purpose of constructing or providing financial assistance for the construction of any...

... of the people of the state, or to control air, water, or thermal pollution, and pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, the Ohio water development authority may exercise the powers set forth in this chapter for the purpose of providing financial assistance for the undertaking of any voluntary action and shall establish a fund for providing such assistance. Determinations by resolution of the authori...

... refunding bonds of the state, payable solely from revenues as provided in section 6123.06 of the Revised Code, unless the bonds be refunded by refunding bonds, for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of one or more development projects or parts thereof; (G) Acquire by gift or purchase, hold, and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of the powers of the authority and the performance of its du...

...roject is to be leased, sub-leased, or sold or to whom a loan is to be made for the project is to make payments sufficient to pay all of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the development revenue bonds issued for the project, the Ohio water development authority, in addition to other powers under this chapter, may do any or all of the following: (1) Make loans for the acquisition or construction of t...