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...created. The director of environmental protection shall use money in the fund only in accordance with the purposes of and the limitations on natural resources damages set forth in the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," as amended, the "Oil Pollution Act of 1990," as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or another applicable federal or state law. All in...

...mitted to the director of environmental protection and the attorney general by an applicant. The statement shall include all of the following: (1) The full name, business address, and social security number of the applicant or, if the applicant is a business concern, of all officers, directors, partners, or key employees thereof and all individuals or business concerns holding any equity in or debt liability of that...

...enewed by the director of environmental protection or a board of health: (A) Unless the director or the board of health finds that the applicant, in any prior performance record in the transportation, transfer, treatment, storage, or disposal of solid wastes, infectious wastes, or hazardous waste, has exhibited sufficient reliability, expertise, and competency to operate the solid waste, infectious waste, or hazard...

...hereby created within the environmental protection agency the materials management advisory council consisting of the following thirteen members who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate: (1) One member who is an employee of a health district whose duties include enforcement of the solid waste provisions of this chapter; (2) One member representing the interests of counties; ...

...epared by the director of environmental protection under section 3734.521, 3734.55, or 3734.56 of the Revised Code and that is levying fees under division (A) or (B) of section 3734.574 of the Revised Code shall reimburse the director from moneys in the special fund of the district created in division (G) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code for the expenses incurred by the director in preparing and ordering the im...

...e. (B) The director of environmental protection shall use the fund to pay for the state's removal and remedial actions and long term operation and maintenance costs or applicable cost shares for actions taken under the federal "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq. The director may use money in the fund to enter into contracts and grant agreements w...

... (C) When the director of environmental protection considers it appropriate, he may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code listing plastic materials in addition to those listed in divisions (B)(1) to (6) of this section and prescribing a code letter and code number for each of those additional plastic materials. When labeling requirements similar to those established by this section have been...

...ted or by the director of environmental protection when the health district in which the facility is located is not on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revised Code. During the month of December, but before the first day of January of the next year, every person proposing to continue to operate an existing scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facility shall procure a license ...

...cate from the director of environmental protection. No more than one registration certificate shall be required of any single business or governmental entity. An applicant shall file an application with the director in such form as the director prescribes. The application shall contain such information as the director prescribes, including at least the name and address of the principal office of the applicant in this...

...sed Code, the director of environmental protection may take action under this section to abate accumulations of scrap tires. If the director determines that an accumulation of scrap tires constitutes a danger to the public health or safety or to the environment, the director shall issue an order under section 3734.13 of the Revised Code to the person responsible for the accumulation of scrap tires directing that pers...

...nd 2006, the director of environmental protection shall submit a report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate concerning the implementation, administration, and enforcement of the scrap tire provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under them, including at least a discussion of the expenditure of moneys from the scrap tire management fund created in section 3734.82 o...

...ignate areas as being sensitive for the protection of human health and the environment and adopt alternative rules regarding release containment and release detection methods for new and upgraded underground storage tank systems located in those areas. In designating such areas, the fire marshal shall take into consideration such factors as soil conditions, hydrogeology, water use, and the location of public and priv...

...ces, particularly ground water, for the protection and preservation of the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare, to assist in the financing of repair and replacement of petroleum underground storage tanks and to improve property damaged by any petroleum releases from those tanks, and to preserve jobs and employment opportunities or improve the economic welfare of the people of the state. In furtherance of ...

...ost recent version of the national fire protection association standard number 30A, as that standard is incorporated into the fire code adopted by the state fire marshal in accordance with section 3737.82 of the Revised Code, and the provisions of the "Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1590, 5 U.S.C.A. 5108, and any amendments thereto and standards adopted thereunder. (B) The fire marshal shall ...

...osure to lead hazards and ensure worker protection during lead abatement projects; (E)(1) Record-keeping and reporting requirements for clinical laboratories, environmental lead analytical laboratories, lead inspectors, lead abatement contractors, lead risk assessors, lead abatement project designers, and lead abatement workers for lead abatement projects and record-keeping and reporting requirements for clinical ...

...ng: (1) Prepare a written respiratory protection plan that meets requirements established by rule adopted under section 3742.03 of the Revised Code and make the plan available to the department of health and all lead abatement workers at the project site; (2) Ensure that each lead abatement worker who is or will be involved in a lead abatement project has been examined within the preceding calendar year by a phys...

...on from the United States environmental protection agency; (7) Standards that must be met to pass a clearance examination; (8) Procedures and criteria for approving training programs in residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices, in addition to those specified in section 3742.43 of the Revised Code; (9) Procedures for post-maintenance dust sampling. (B) The director shall establish procedures for rev...

...(A) The director of environmental protection shall collect all moneys for permits, licenses, plan approvals, variances, and certifications of any nature issued and administered by the environmental protection agency under Chapter 3704., 3714., 3734., 6109., or 6111. of the Revised Code. The director shall keep a record of all such moneys collected showing the amounts received, from whom, and for what purpose collecte...

...stered by the director of environmental protection. Money credited to the fund shall be used for administrative costs of the environmental protection agency. The director may assess any operating funds from which the agency receives appropriations, except the central support indirect fund, for a share of the administrative costs of the agency. The amounts assessed shall be transferred to the central support indirect ...

...t 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 the program may include all of the following: (a) Establishment of a st...

...The director of environmental protection shall establish within environmental protection the agency a division to administer the agency's financial, technical, and compliance programs to assist communities, businesses, and other regulated entities. The division shall administer all of the following: (A) State revolving wastewater and drinking water loan programs under sections 6109.22 and 6111.036 of the Revised Cod...

...ducted by the director of environmental protection in accordance with sections 119.09 and 119.10 of the Revised Code or conducted by a board of health, the environmental review appeals commission is confined to the record as certified to it by the director or the board of health, as applicable. The commission may grant a request for the admission of additional evidence when satisfied that such additional eviden...

...d mail to the director of environmental protection unless the director is the party appealing the order. Such notices shall be filed and mailed within thirty days after the date upon which the appellant received notice from the commission by certified mail of the making of the order appealed. No appeal bond shall be required to make an appeal effective. The filing of a notice of appeal shall not automatically operat...

... Code, if the director of environmental protection finds that the violation is caused by or contributed to from air or water pollution sources outside Ohio, he shall immediately notify the responsible officials of the state in which the source lies, the United States environmental protection agency, and the attorney general of Ohio, in an effort to secure prompt compliance with all laws, regulations, and standards fo...

...ereafter, 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 under section 3704.036 of the Revised Code and the Ti...