Ohio Revised Code Search

...(A) The director of environmental protection shall develop and administer a federally approvable Title V permit program and shall take all necessary and appropriate action to implement, through the issuance of Title V permits, applicable requirements of the federal Clean Air Act. Title V permits shall be required only for major sources and affected sources, as defined in 40 C.F.R. 70.2, and solid waste incineration u...

...(A) The director of environmental protection shall formulate and implement a tiered permitting system for air contaminant sources that categorizes, prioritizes, and expedites review of, and final action on, applications for installation permits and operating permits issued pursuant to divisions (F) and (G) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, respectively. The tiered permitting system shall include at least exempt...

...ncy, personnel from local air pollution control agencies, regulated industry, small businesses, environmental advocacy organizations, and other interested persons. The director may charge a fee for the training course in an amount necessary to cover only the actual cost of the training.

...Not later than the first day of March each year, the director of environmental protection shall prepare and submit to the governor and the general assembly a report on the timeliness of the issuance of installation permits pursuant to division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code for the immediately preceding year. The report shall include indicators to monitor the processing of installation permits by the envi...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Air nuisance rule" means a rule adopted by the director of environmental protection that declares any of the following to be a public nuisance: (a) The emission or escape into the open air from any source or sources whatsoever, of smoke, ashes, dust, dirt, grime, acids, fumes, gases, vapors, or any other substances or combinations of substances, in such manner or in such amounts ...

...The adoption, modification, and repeal of rules and the issuance, revocation, modification, and denial of permits and variances under this chapter shall be in accordance with Chapter 119., Chapter 3745., and division (H) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code.

...fail to install and maintain monitoring devices or to submit reports or other information as may be required under division (I) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code. (E) No person to whom a permit or variance has been issued shall refuse entry to an authorized representative of the director or the environmental protection agency as provided in division (L) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code or hinder or thwart...

...shall be credited to the air pollution control administration fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The air pollution control administration fund shall be administered by the director. Moneys in the air pollution control administration fund shall be used to supplement other moneys available for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and the rules adopted and terms and conditions of o...

...Nothing contained in sections 3704.01 to 3704.11 of the Revised Code, shall be construed as authorizing the director of environmental protection to make any rule, regulation, determination, or order which supersedes or limits the applicability of any law or ordinance relating to industrial health, safety, or sanitation within the boundaries of the industrial property.

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any records, reports, or information obtained under this chapter shall be available for public inspection, except that upon a showing satisfactory to the director of environmental protection by any person that such records, reports, or information, or any particular part thereof, other than emission data, to which the director has access under this chapter, if m...

...tection agency or a local air pollution control authority in any rulemaking action or in any action relating to the issuance of an installation permit or operating permit unless such consideration or reliance is requested by the owner or operator of the air contaminant source requesting the permit.

...regulations relative to the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution, except that every such local ordinance or regulation shall be consistent with Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code, and shall include emission standards and other regulations which are not less stringent than the emission standards and other regulations adopted pursuant to division (E) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this...

...agreement with each local air pollution control authority listed in division (O)(1) of section 3704.01 of the Revised Code under which the local air pollution control authority agrees to perform on behalf of the environmental protection agency air pollution control regulatory services within the political subdivision represented by the local air pollution control authority. The director may enter into such a delegati...

...r quality monitoring stations and other devices designed to measure air pollution or ambient air quality; (B) Enter upon public or private property, real or personal, at any reasonable time to make inspections, conduct tests, examine or copy records or reports, determine actual or potential emissions of air contaminants from a premises, and ascertain compliance with this chapter and any rules, orders, terms or condi...

... grants a waiver allowing this state to control or prohibit the use of MTBE in motor vehicle fuels. The director of environmental protection shall apply for this waiver in a timely manner in order to obtain it before July 1, 2005.

...state; and redesignation of air quality control regions.

...(A)(1) If the director of environmental protection determines that implementation of a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program is necessary for the state to effectively comply with the federal Clean Air Act after June 30, 2025, the director may provide for the implementation of the program in those counties in this state in which such a program is federally mandated. Upon making such a determination, the dir...

...(A) Each motor bus, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, that is owned or operated by a transit system, authority, or commission organized under Chapter 306. or 747. of the Revised Code or under a municipal or county charter or ordinance and within a county that is subject to section 3704.14 of the Revised Code shall meet emission standards for hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and, in the case of diesel f...

... 301, as amended, the "Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976," 90 Stat. 2003, 15 U.S.C.A. 2601, as amended, or the "Consumer Product Safety Act," 86 Stat. 1207, 15 U.S.C.A. 2051, as amended.

... "Emission control system" includes any device or element of design of the system. (4) "Clean Air Act Amendments" has the same meaning as in section 3704.14 of the Revised Code. (5) Notwithstanding section 3704.01 of the Revised Code, "person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Sell, offer for sale, possess for sale, advertise, manufac...

...(A) The director of environmental protection shall enforce sections 3704.16 to 3704.162 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under them. In doing so, the director or the director's authorized representative may do either or both of the following: (1) Inspect, during normal business hours, any motor vehicle or documents located at premises owned, operated, rented, leased, or otherwise used by any owner or operat...

...(A) For a violation of division (C)(2) or (3) of section 3704.16 of the Revised Code, a purchaser, renter, or lessee of a motor vehicle or a person who rents or leases a motor vehicle to a renter or lessee has a cause of action and is entitled to rescission of the transaction, recovery of actual damages, or both. In any action for rescission of the transaction, rescission shall occur within a reasonable amount of tim...

...(A) The director of environmental protection, with the advice of the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance council created in section 3704.19 of the Revised Code, shall establish a technical and environmental compliance assistance program for small business stationary sources. The program shall include all of the following: (1) Adequate mechanisms for developing, collecti...

...(A) There is hereby created within the environmental protection agency the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance council. The council shall consist of the following seven members: (1) Two members who are not owners or representatives of owners of small business stationary sources to represent the general public, to be appointed by the governor; (2) Four members who are o...

...(A) No state agency, township, or county shall restrict the use or sale of a motor vehicle based on the energy source used to power the motor vehicle, including an energy source used for propulsion or used for powering other functions of the motor vehicle. (B) The environmental protection agency or any other state agency shall not adopt any motor vehicle emissions standards that are established by California as a r...