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...e necessary to protect human health or safety or the environment in accordance with this chapter, including, but not limited to, requirements respecting all of the following: (1) Record-keeping practices that accurately identify the quantities of hazardous waste generated, the constituents that are significant in quantity or in potential harm to human health or safety or the environment, and the disposition of...

...ing 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 provided to them by th...

...(A) As used in this section, "commercial facility" means a facility of a business engaged for profit in the storage and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls, substances, equipment, and devices containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or both. (B) The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt, amend, suspend, or rescind rules with respect t...

...(A) As used in this section and section 3734.124 of the Revised Code, "commercial hazardous waste incinerator" means an enclosed device that treats hazardous waste by means of controlled flame combustion and that accepts for treatment hazardous waste that is generated off the premises on which the device is located by any person other than the one who owns or operates the device or one who controls, is controlled by,...

...ode in order to protect human health or safety or the environment, the director shall issue as a final action a written determination to that effect. If the director determines that it is necessary or appropriate for those purposes to continue the restrictions until the issuance of the next succeeding periodic assessment under division (B) of section 3734.123 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue as a final ...

...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.

... 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 afforded a hearing as...

...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...

...(A) No person shall transport hazardous waste anywhere in this state unless the person has first filed an annual registration statement with, and paid an annual registration fee to, the United States department of transportation in accordance with 49 C.F.R. 107.601 to 107.620. For the purposes of this section, "registered transporter" means any person who has filed an annual registration statement with, and paid an ...

...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 ...

... 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 may apply fo...

... substantial threat to public health or safety; or (b) Are causing or contributing to or threatening to cause or contribute to air or water pollution or soil contamination. The director may obtain samples and examine and copy records for purposes of an investigation. (2) The director or the director's authorized representative may apply for, and any judge of a court of common pleas shall issue, an appropriate sear...

... 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...

... necessary to protect public health or safety or to prevent or abate air or water pollution or soil contamination. (C) The director shall determine the amount of the grant based upon the director's determination of what constitutes reasonable and necessary expenses for the proper closure of the facility or for the prevention or elimination of air or water pollution or soil contamination from the facility. In m...

... necessary to protect public health or safety or to abate or prevent air or water pollution or soil contamination. (C) The director shall determine the amount of the grant based upon the director's determination of what constitutes reasonable and necessary expenses for the proper closure of the facility or for the abatement or prevention of air or water pollution or soil contamination from the facility. The am...

...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, ...