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...A member of the emergency response commission or his designated representative who also is an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, a member of the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district having territorial jurisdiction who is also an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, or the designated representative of the fire department having territo...

...(A) No person shall violate any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. (B) No person shall falsify, tamper with, or render inaccurate any information or records required to be submitted under any section of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or an order issued under it. Violation of this division is not also a violation of division (C) of this section and is not falsification under s...

...s chapter or rules adopted under it. Enforcement orders issued under this section and other orders issued by the commission under this chapter shall be issued in accordance with procedures established by the commission by rules adopted under division (B)(2)(g) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. Issuance of an enforcement order under this section is not a condition precedent to bringing a criminal, civil, or civ...

...The environmental review appeals commission created in section 3745.02 of the Revised Code has exclusive original jurisdiction over any matter that may be brought before it under Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code or this chapter. For purposes of this section, the terms "any person," "act," and "action" have the same meanings as in section 3745.04 of the Revised Code. Any person who has been aggrieved or adversely af...

...ection 3750.18 of the Revised Code to enforce that section shall pay a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day of violation. (2) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3750.17 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each violation. (3) Whoever violates section 3750.05, 3750.07, or 3750.08 of the Revised Code, divisions (C)(1)...

...A member of the emergency response commission, officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, member or employee of a local emergency planning committee, officer or employee of a fire department, health professional, physician, nurse, or other person who receives information classified as a trade secret pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(2)(d) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, information...

...including the Ohio department of public safety, the Ohio highway patrol, the office of homeland security, and the emergency management agency. (2) A local emergency planning committee, fire department, sheriff, or chief of police, or other public office that receives a vulnerability assessment or other security-sensitive information pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section may provide a copy of that assessment or...

...ection 3750.18 of the Revised Code to enforce that section is guilty of a felony and shall be fined at least ten thousand but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for at least two but not more than four years, or both. Each day of violation is a separate offense. Upon a second or subsequent conviction for such an offense, the offender shall be fined at least twenty-five thousand but not more than ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Confidential business information" means the types or categories of information identified in rules adopted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA. (B) "EPCRA" means the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1728, 42 U.S.C. 11001, et seq. (C) "Facility" means all buildings, equipment, structures, and othe...

...The director of environmental protection may do any of the following: (A) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing requirements or authorizations that the director considers necessary or appropriate to implement and administer this chapter. (B) As the representative of the governor pursuant to EPCRA, request the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency t...

...(A)(1) On or before the first day of July of each year or as otherwise prescribed by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA, the owner or operator of a facility described in division (A)(2) of this section shall prepare and submit to the administrator a completed toxic chemical release form for each toxic chemical that was so manufactured, processed, or otherwise used at th...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, any person required to provide information under section 3751.03 of the Revised Code may withhold from submission the specific chemical identity, including the chemical name and other specific identification, of the toxic chemical on the grounds that the information constitutes a trade secret if either of the following conditions is met: (1)(a) At the...

...All civil penalties received under division (B) of section 3751.10 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the toxic chemical release reporting fund, hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys credited to the fund shall be expended by the director exclusively for the purposes of implementing, administering, and enforcing this chapter and the rules adopted and orders issued under it.

...ion 3750.03 of the Revised Code shall enforce any ordinance, resolution, rule, or requirement for the reporting or providing of the names or amounts of toxic chemicals manufactured, processed, or otherwise used at facilities within the political subdivision or district; for the reporting or providing of information regarding locations where those chemicals are stored at those facilities; or for the reporting of any r...

...No person shall violate any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it.

...The director of environmental protection or his authorized representative, upon proper identification and upon stating the purpose and necessity of an inspection, may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property, real or personal, to inspect or investigate, obtain samples, and examine and copy records to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted and orders issued under it. The directo...

...The director of environmental protection may issue orders requiring the owner or operator of a facility where toxic chemicals are manufactured, processed, or otherwise used to abate a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. The director may issue such orders as final orders without issuing a proposed action under section 3745.07 of the Revised Code and, notwithstanding section 119.06 of ...

...(A) The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the director of environmental protection, shall prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person who has violated or is violating any section of this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued under it. The c...

...A member of the emergency response commission, officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, member or employee of a local emergency planning committee, officer or employee of a fire department, health professional, physician, nurse, or other person who receives information classified as a trade secret or identified as confidential business information pursuant to EPCRA and who violates division (F) of ...

...Whoever purposely violates division (F) of section 3751.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Each violation is a separate offense.

...rdous chemicals or one or more material safety data sheets under section 3750.07 of the Revised Code and is required to submit annual emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms under section 3750.08 of the Revised Code. (W) "Tank" has the same meaning as in section 3737.87 of the Revised Code. "Tank" also includes any stationary device that is designed to contain or contains an accumulation of a regulated subs...

...Nothing in this chapter or rules adopted under it applies to any of the following: (A) Oil or gas production operations regulated under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it; (B) Equipment, petroleum, or piping owned or operated by a public utility as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code or other electric light company as defined in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code or by a subsid...

...e implementation, administration, and enforcement of this chapter. (C) No person shall violate a rule adopted under this section.

...Unless the owner or operator of a reporting facility has submitted to the director of environmental protection in connection with the facility a notice of the temporary discontinuation of all regulated operations at the facility in compliance with division (A)(1) of section 3752.09 of the Revised Code or an application for a waiver in compliance with division (A) of section 3752.10 of the Revised Code, the owner or o...

...(A) Each owner or operator who is required to submit a notice of cessation of all regulated operations under section 3752.04 of the Revised Code and a certification of the removal of regulated substances under section 3752.06 of the Revised Code shall designate a contact person in connection with the reporting facility. The contact person shall have the responsibility to provide access to the facility named in the no...