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...he facility is necessary to protect the public health, and if the board has exhausted all means to compel the person holding a license for the facility under section 3734.81 of the Revised Code to abate the problem, the board may apply to the director of environmental protection for a grant from the scrap tire management fund created in section 3734.82 of the Revised Code to pay the board's costs of providing such tr...

... the proposed location will not cause a nuisance, cause or contribute to water pollution, or endanger public health or safety, the director may issue a permit for the facility with such terms and conditions as the director finds necessary to protect public health and safety and the environment. If a permit is issued, the director shall state in the order issuing it the specific findings supporting each such term or c...

...uch terms and conditions, by a board of health on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revised Code. (2) Division (A) of this section does not alter, impair, or limit the authority of a board of health or political subdivision of this state that has been delegated any of the powers and duties of the director of environmental protection under Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code pursuant to division (P) of sec...

...t of the applicable fee to the board of health or the director, as appropriate, within thirty days after issuance of the license. (B) The board of health shall retain two thousand five hundred dollars of each license fee collected by the board under divisions (A)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section or the entire amount of any such fee that is less than two thousand five hundred dollars. The moneys retained shall ...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the waste management fund. The fund shall consist of money credited to it under this chapter and Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code. The environmental protection agency shall use money in the fund to pay the costs of administering and enforcing this chapter and Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those chapters, including ground water evaluations rela...

...at reasonable times upon any private or public property, real or personal, to inspect or investigate, obtain samples, and examine or copy any records to determine compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. The board of health or its authorized representative or the director or the director's authorized representative may apply for, and any judge of a court of record may issue, an appropriate search ...

...l protection shall survey annually each health district licensing solid waste facilities and infectious waste treatment facilities as provided by section 3734.05 or 3734.81 of the Revised Code to determine whether there is substantial compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it and, upon determining that there is substantial compliance, shall place the health district upon an approved list. The director s...

...quiring immediate action to protect the public health or safety or the environment, no suspension, modification, or revocation of a permit or license shall be made effective until the permit or license holder has been given notice in writing and, in the case of a permit holder, a reasonable period of time to make corrections. Appeal from any modification, suspension, revocation, or denial of a license shall be made i...

..., or as provided by statute to suppress nuisances or to abate or prevent pollution.

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) or (H) of this section, any person aggrieved or adversely affected by an alleged violation of this chapter or a rule, permit, license, variance, or order issued or adopted under it may commence a civil action on his own behalf against any person, the state, or a political subdivision that is alleged to be in violation of this chapter or a rule, permit, license, variance, or orde...

...(A) No person shall violate any section of this chapter, any rule adopted under it, or any order issued under section 3734.13 of the Revised Code. (B) No person who holds a permit or license issued under this chapter shall violate any of the terms and conditions of the permit or license. (C) No person shall operate a solid waste facility or portion of such a facility within the boundaries of a state park establishe...

...lations will not adequately protect the public health or safety or the environment of this state with respect to the subject matter of the more stringent rules. Such more stringent rules shall be developed to achieve a degree of protection, as determined by the director, consistent with the degree of hazard potentially posed by the various wastes or categories of wastes to be treated, stored, or disposed of and...

...(a) Providing training for local public health and public safety officers in the proper procedures for dealing with emergencies involving hazardous waste facilities in their jurisdictions; (b) Providing special clothing and equipment needed by local public health and public safety officers for dealing with emergencies involving hazardous waste facilities in their jurisdictions; and (c) Reviewing materials pro...

...e, and neither the director, a board of health of a health district, nor the legislative authority of a political subdivision shall request the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of a county, or a city director of law to prosecute or bring an action for injunction under section 3734.10 of the Revised Code, for a violation of a rule adopted under division (B) of this section if the United States environmental ...

...t has been proposed for such listing by publication of a notice in the federal register on or before December 1 of the year immediately preceding the triennial assessment; (7) An analysis of other factors that may result in capacity changes over the period addressed by the assessment. (C) Except as otherwise provided in section 3734.124 of the Revised Code, none of the following shall occur on or after April 15, ...

...l hazardous waste incinerators on human health and the environment, such as health studies and risk assessments; (5) The findings of a review of the operational records of commercial hazardous waste incinerators operating in this state; (6) The findings of any review of relevant information concerning the following: (a) The cost of and access to commercial hazardous waste incinerator capacity; (b) The length of t...

...The director of environmental protection may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing requirements governing the beneficial use of material from a horizontal well that has come in contact with a refined oil-based substance and that is not technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material.

...quiring immediate action to protect the public health or safety or the environment, the director may issue an order, without notice or hearing, reciting the existence of the emergency and requiring that such action be taken as necessary to meet the emergency. The order shall take effect immediately. Any person to whom the order is directed shall comply immediately, but on application to the director shall be affo...

...The director of environmental protection shall periodically determine the market potential and feasibility of the exchange, use, and recovery of resources from hazardous waste. Using the information required under divisions (B) and (I) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code, the director shall, in compliance with the procedures adopted under division (G) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code pertaining to the protec...

...After December 31, 1986, no person shall dispose of any acute hazardous waste listed in 40 C.F.R. 261.33 (e), as amended, in this state unless the director of environmental protection determines, based upon information provided by the generator of the waste, that the waste: (A) Cannot be treated and rendered nonhazardous, recycled, reclaimed, or destroyed by incineration or biological agents; (B) Has been reduced t...

...ealth in the person's location, and the public utilities commission of the request. If a generator causes an unregistered transporter to transport the hazardous waste, the generator of the waste, the transporter, and any person who accepts the waste for treatment, storage, or disposal shall be jointly and severally liable for any damage or injury caused by the handling of the waste and for the costs of rectifying th...

...A generator of hazardous waste who violates any of the rules adopted by the director of environmental protection in accordance with divisions (B) and (I) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code shall be liable for any damage or injury caused by the violation and for the costs of rectifying the violation and conditions caused by the violation in addition to any civil penalties or criminal fines imposed for the violatio...

...No person shall accept for transportation or for treatment, storage, or disposal any hazardous waste whose generator has violated any of the rules adopted by the director of environmental protection in accordance with divisions (B) and (I) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code with respect to the waste. Any person who accepts for treatment, storage, or disposal any hazardous waste and who violates any of the rules a...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "On-site facility" means a facility that treats or disposes of hazardous waste that is generated on the premises of the facility. (2) "Off-site facility" means a facility that treats or disposes of hazardous waste that is generated off the premises of the facility. (3) "Satellite facility" means any of the following: (a) An on-site facility that also receives hazardous waste ...

...minent and substantial threat to public health or safety. The director shall report the findings of the investigation to the municipal corporation, county, or township requesting the survey. For the purpose of conducting investigations under this section, the director or the director's authorized representative may enter upon any public or private property. The director or the director's authorized representative ma...