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...ironmental protection agency or through contractors employed for that purpose, enter upon the facility or property and perform measures to abate or prevent air or water pollution or soil contamination from the facility or property or to protect public health or safety, including, but not limited to, measures prescribed in division (B) of section 3734.23 of the Revised Code. The director shall keep an itemized record...

... substantial threat to public health or safety. I n addition, the director may expend and pledge m oney credited to the hazardous waste facility management fund, the hazardous waste clean-up fund, or the environmental protection remediation fund for repayment of and for interest on any loan made by the Ohio water development authority to the environmental protection agency for the payment of such costs. (B) The di...

...opriate to protect the public health or safety, the agreement may require the owner to enter into an environmental covenant with the director in accordance with sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code. Upon a breach of the reimbursement provisions of the agreement by the owner of the land or facility, or upon notification to the director by the owner that the owner is unable to perform the duties under the r...

... substantial threat to public health or safety or results in air pollution, pollution of the waters of the state, or soil contamination. For this purpose and for the purposes of division (B) of this section, the director may expend moneys from the hazardous waste facility management fund created in section 3734.18 of the Revised Code, the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code, o...

...n necessary to protect public health or safety, enter into an environmental covenant in accordance with sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code. When selling any such cleaned-up facility, the director shall retain the right to enter upon the facility, in person or by an authorized agent, to provide for the post-closure care, maintenance, and monitoring of the facility. The director shall provide for the...

...authorized employee of the agency, or a contractor employed by the director may enter upon the facility to sample, repair, or reconstruct air and water quality monitoring equipment constructed under the contract. Such easements shall be for a specified period of years and may be extinguished by agreement between the political subdivision and the director. When necessary to protect public health or safety, the ...

...uthorized employee of the agency, or a contractor employed by the agency may enter upon the facility to sample, repair, or reconstruct air and water quality monitoring equipment constructed under the contract. Such easements shall be for a specified period of years and may be extinguished by agreement between the owner and the director. When necessary to protect the public health or safety, the contract may re...

...Before making grants from the hazardous waste facility management fund created in section 3734.18 of the Revised Code or the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall consider each project application submitted by a political subdivision under section 3734.25 of the Revised Code, each application submitted by the owner of a facil...

...Except as otherwise provided in sections 3734.281 and 3734.282 of the Revised Code, moneys collected under sections 3734.122, 3734.13, 3734.20, 3734.22, 3734.24, and 3734.26 of the Revised Code and under the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2767, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., as amended, including moneys recovered under division (B)(1) of this section, shall b...

...ubstantial threat to public health or safety or the environment. Remediation may include the direct and indirect costs associated with the overseeing, supervising, performing, verifying, or reviewing of remediation activities by agency employees. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The director of environmental protection may enter into contracts and grant agreements with...

...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...