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...Except for natural resource damage assessment costs recovered by the state that are required by section 3734.28 of the Revised Code to be credited to the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in that section, all money collected by the state for natural resources damages under the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2767, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended, ...

...Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code that limits the time within which an action shall be commenced, a cause of action for personal injury or real property damage resulting from a civil violation of the hazardous waste provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to have accrued or arisen until the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered the injuries or damage, provided that this...

...The state i s immune from liability for any injury or damage resulting from a ny of the following: (A) Operation of a hazardous waste facility, solid waste facility, or construction and demolition debris facility by a person other than an agency, department, or institution of the state; (B) Conditions present at a facility that is acquired by the state by gift or devise ; (C) Activities conducted pursuant to sect...

...(A) The director of environmental protection shall employ and equip such individuals as are needed to adequately and regularly inspect and monitor operating hazardous waste facilities, infectious waste treatment facilities, or solid waste facilities located off the premises where hazardous waste, infectious waste, or solid waste is generated. (B) The director may employ and equip such individuals as are necessary to...

...Enforcement of applicable public health codes; (6) Enforcement of applicable environmental laws. The request shall state with particularity the nature and extent of the alleged impacts upon the affected community or communities for which compensation is sought, the amount of compensation sought, and the terms of payment of compensation sought. The affected community or board of county commissioners representing aff...

...The general assembly hereby finds and declares the following to be the public policy of this state: (A) That the off-site treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste and the off-site disposal of solid wastes, including incineration, and transfer of solid wastes are critical components of the economic structure of this state and, when properly controlled and regulated, make substantial contributions to the ge...

...e" also includes those employees of the contractor who act in a supervisory capacity, or are empowered to make discretionary decisions, with respect to the operation of the solid, infectious, or hazardous waste facility. An officer or director of a business concern required to file a disclosure statement under section 3734.42 of the Revised Code who meets the definition of "key employee" shall be considered a key emp...

... under this division in accordance with rules adopted under section 109.5721 of the Revised Code. The fees shall not exceed fees that are charged to any other person who is charged fees for purposes of the database established under that section and who is not an officer, director, partner, or key employee of an applicant, permittee, or prospective owner under this section. (F)(1) Every five years, the attorney gen...

...shed by the discovery provisions of the Rules of Civil Procedure. (H)(1) Whenever an individual or business concern served with a demand under this section refuses on the basis of the individual's privilege against self-incrimination to provide any oral testimony, to answer any written interrogatories, or to produce any documentary material, the attorney general or his designated representative may file a written re...

...or state environmental protection laws, rules, or regulations that is committed knowingly or recklessly, as defined in section 2901.22 of the Revised Code; (20) A violation of any provision of Chapter 2909. of the Revised Code; (21) Any offense specified in Chapter 2921. of the Revised Code. (C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, no applicant shall be denied the issuance or renewal of a permit or lic...

...Any permit or license may be revoked by the director of environmental protection or board of health for any of the following causes, in addition to other causes for revocation authorized by this chapter: (A) Any cause that would require disqualification pursuant to division (A), (B), (D), or (E) of section 3734.44 of the Revised Code from receiving a permit upon original application; (B) Fraud, deceit, or misrepres...

...Notwithstanding the disqualification of the applicant or permittee pursuant to this chapter, the director of environmental protection or the board of health may issue or renew a permit or license if the applicant or permittee severs the interest of or affiliation with the individual or business concern that would otherwise cause that disqualification or may issue or renew a license on a temporary basis for a period n...

... with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, rules necessary to implement the investigations and review of applications for permits and licenses as required under sections 3734.40 to 3734.47 of the Revised Code.

...r 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules having uniform application throughout the state governing coal combustion residuals units. The director shall ensure that the rules are equivalent to, but not more stringent than, 40 C.F.R. Part 257. The rules shall address all of the following: (1) Additional definitions relating to coal combustion residuals; (2) Siting criteria; (3) Groundwater monitoring requi...

...(A) There is 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 o...

...n of the plan, the director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing the objectives and restrictions of the state plan, and schedules for implementing them, under divisions (B) and (C) of this section as mandatory elements of the solid waste management plans of county and joint solid waste management districts under division (A) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code. Within ...

...The standing committees of the house of representatives and senate that are primarily responsible for considering environmental matters shall conduct an annual review of solid waste management in this state. In conducting such an annual review, the committees may consider any topics pertaining to solid waste management, and may make any recommendations, they consider necessary or appropriate.

...3734.01 to 3734.13 of the Revised Code, rules adopted under those sections, the solid waste management plan of the county or joint solid waste management district having territorial jurisdiction over the facility or service area approved or ordered under section 3734.521 or 3734.55 of the Revised Code, amendments to the plan approved or ordered under section 3734.521 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code, and rules adopted ...

...(A) As used in this section and sections 3734.531 and 3734.57 of the Revised Code, "change in district composition" or "change" includes the withdrawal of a county from a joint solid waste management district, the establishment of a new county or joint district, the joinder of a county to an existing joint district, the union of two or more joint districts, or any combination thereof. (B) In addition to the requirem...

... state solid waste management plan and rules adopted under section 3734.50 of the Revised Code. The plan shall provide for, demonstrate, and certify the availability of and access to sufficient solid waste management facility capacity to meet the solid waste management needs of the district for the ten-year period covered by the plan. The solid waste management policy committee of a county or joint district created...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the validity of any action taken prior to the date ninety days after October 29, 1993, under this chapter or Section 5 of Sub. H.B. 723 of the 119th general assembly by a solid waste management policy committee or the board of trustees of a regional solid waste management authority formed under section 343.011 of the Revised Code is not affected ...

...(A) Each county and joint solid waste management district established under Chapter 343. of the Revised Code shall prepare, adopt, submit to the director of environmental protection for review and approval, and implement a solid waste management plan for the district. The plan shall be prepared and submitted to the director in accordance with the following schedule: (1) Within twenty-four months after June 24, 1988,...

...(A) Upon completion of its draft solid waste management plan under section 3734.54 of the Revised Code, the solid waste management policy committee of a county or joint solid waste management district shall send a copy of the draft plan to the director of environmental protection for preliminary review and comment. Within forty-five days after receiving the draft plan, the director shall provide the committee w...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of a county or board of directors of a joint solid waste management district that is ordered to implement an initial or amended solid waste management plan prepared 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 th...

...(A) Each county and joint solid waste management district having a solid waste management plan approved under section 3734.521 or 3734.55 of the Revised Code with a planning period of less than fifteen years shall submit triennially, on or before the anniversary date of the approval of the initial plan, to the director of environmental protection an amended plan and certification for the subsequent ten-year period or...