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...nd maintenance, as the case may be, of water supply facilities or for other authorized purposes.

...ction, maintenance, or operation of any water supply facilities authorized by this chapter, or to acquire the right to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate those facilities in and upon any property within or outside of a county sewer district, it may purchase the real estate, interest in real estate, or right by negotiation. If the board and the owner of the real estate, interest in real estate, or right are ...

...ricts and for construction of sewer and water improvements under sections 6117.01 to 6117.45, inclusive, and 6103.02 to 6103.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code, prior to May 10, 1927, and all petitions granted, or the letting or awarding of contracts, or all contracts made and entered into, or proceedings preliminary to or in connection therewith, or certificates of indebtedness or bonds issued or to be issued or tax...

...e board of county commissioners of each watershed county shall, by a majority vote of such presidents or representatives, adopt an official name for the district and appoint a board of directors for the district. Such board shall consist of five members. By reason of his vocation, employment, or affiliation one of such members shall be classed as a representative of the public, one as a representative of agriculture...

...Annually the board of directors of a watershed district shall prepare and publish a report of its proceedings during the preceding calendar year. Such report shall contain a summary of the hearings held by the board, the recommendations of the board resulting from such hearings, and any suggestions or recommendations which the board may deem pertinent to the orderly development and beneficial use of the water resourc...

...The legislative authority of each municipal corporation, or the department or officer having jurisdiction to provide for the raising of revenue by tax levies, sales of bonds, or otherwise shall take all steps necessary to secure the funds for any purpose set forth in sections 6109.11 to 6109.20 of the Revised Code. When the funds are secured, or the bonds therefor have been sold, such funds shall be considered as in ...

...If the director of environmental protection determines that the municipal corporation is unable to comply with section 6109.17 of the Revised Code by reason of existing debt and tax limitations, the director may find that an emergency exists requiring the immediate issuance of bonds. When such finding is approved by the tax commissioner and is certified to the taxing authority of the municipal corporation, it shall i...

...terfere with the operation of a public water system without the authorization of the owner or operator of the system or of the director.

... treasury to the credit of the drinking water protection fund created in section 6109.30 of the Revised Code. The attorney general, upon written request by the director of environmental protection, shall bring an action for such a penalty against any person who violates that section. Such an action is a civil action, governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure and other rules of practice and procedure applicable to civi...

... maintenance, and operation of a public water system, and may take samples for analysis. If entry or inspection authorized by this section is refused, hindered, or thwarted, the director or his authorized representative may by affidavit apply for, and any judge of a court of record may issue, an appropriate inspection warrant necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter within the court's territorial jurisdictio...

... a significant negative impact on state water quality. An applicant that receives such a notice may apply for an individual state isolated wetland permit in accordance with the procedures and requirements established under section 6111.023 of the Revised Code. (D) Mitigation for the proposed filling of an isolated wetland that is subject to level one review shall be conducted in the following preferred order: ...

... Revised Code and the state section 401 water quality certification program administered under section 6111.30 of the Revised Code. (E) Any wetland category determined through the use of the appropriate Ohio rapid assessment method and verified by the environmental protection agency for purposes of an isolated wetlands permit issued under sections 6111.02 to 6111.027 of the Revised Code is valid for a period o...

...nto or on any land or ground or surface water or into the air, except if the disposition constitutes storage or treatment. (2) "Recycling" means to use, reuse, or reclaim a material. (3) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or discharging into the environment of any industrial waste or other wastes, including the abandonment or discardi...

...onduct of hearings, except standards of water quality adopted pursuant to section 6111.041 of the Revised Code, shall be subject to and governed by sections 119.01 to 119.13, and Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall not refuse to issue a permit, nor modify or revoke a permit already issued, unless the applicant or permit holder has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing prior to the refusal ...

...ing in an application for a section 401 water quality certification: a mitigation proposal, including a wetland mitigation bank proposal, stream mitigation bank proposal, in-lieu fee mitigation project proposal, or permittee responsible mitigation, the establishment of performance metrics, a request for credit release, or termination of monitoring requirements. (2) Beginning on the effective date of the actions tak...

...bating new or existing pollution of the waters of the state, the director of environmental protection, upon application by any person and determination by the director that such action will be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare, may grant approval for general plans to such person for the construction and installation of a disposal system for the disposal of sewage, industrial waste, or o...

... three members of the Ohio river valley water sanitation commission from this state. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint two of such commissioners, each of whom shall be a resident and citizen of the state. The two commissioners so appointed shall not be of the same political party. Terms of office of the appointed commissioners shall be for six years, commencing on the thirtieth da...

...transmission lines, gas, sewerage, and water systems, pipelines and rights-of-way of public service corporations, and all other real property whether public or private. (F) "Board of directors" applies to the duties of one director appointed in accordance with section 6115.10 of the Revised Code in a district lying wholly within one county. (G) "Biting arthropods" include mosquitoes, ticks, biting flies, or o...

...d wholly for the purpose of providing a water supply for domestic, municipal, and public use that includes two municipal corporations in two counties shall be composed and appointed in accordance with section 6115.103 of the Revised Code.

...d wholly for the purpose of providing a water supply for domestic, municipal, and public use or meeting for any other matter regarding such a district other than litigation involving the district shall keep a written transcript of the meeting and shall make the transcript available to the public upon request.

... purposes other than the provision of a water supply for domestic, municipal, and public use, or for the reduction of populations of biting arthropods, after the establishment of the district and the organization of the board of directors of the district no public corporation or person shall install within the district any outlet for discharge of sewage or other liquid waste or any treatment or disposal works until t...

... prevention and elimination of stagnant water or other breeding places for biting arthropods. (B) No person or corporation shall prevent any entrance upon lands authorized by division (A) of this section. Whoever violates this section shall be subject to a writ of injunction issued upon application of the board of directors by a court of proper jurisdiction.

...nt domain of railroad, telephone, gas, water power, and other companies and corporations, and over townships, counties, and municipal corporations. In the exercise of this right due care shall be taken to do no unnecessary damage to other public utilities, and, in case of failure to agree upon the mode and terms of interference, not to interfere with their operation or usefulness beyond the actual necessities...

...ancing the works of the district or the waters thereof, not in violation of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, or for making surveys and investigations or reports thereon. The board may purchase, lease, or acquire land or other property in adjoining states to secure outlets or for other purposes of this chapter, and may let contracts or spend money for securing such outlets or other works in adjoining states.

...ed sewage and sewage disposal, improved water supply for domestic, municipal, and public use, improved conditions affecting health, comfort, convenience, and welfare, and other benefits deemed proper to recognize. In making appraisals, the board of appraisers shall give due consideration and credit to any other works or systems already constructed, or under construction, which form a useful part of the work of the di...