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...When the board of directors of a watershed district has adopted a resolution under section 6105.131 of the Revised Code, designating a specific reach of a channel of a watercourse as a restricted channel or a specific area as a restricted floodway, it shall cause a copy of such resolution and a map and a description of the boundaries of such restricted channel or restricted floodway to be filed in the office of the c...

...onsent of the board of directors of the watershed district in which such restricted channel or restricted floodway is located. Application for such written consent shall be filed with the secretary of the board and shall be accompanied by plans, profiles, specifications, and such other information as the board may require. The board shall, within sixty days of the date of receipt of such application, grant or refus...

...n the event the board of directors of a watershed district, under section 6105.133 of the Revised Code, refuses to give its consent to the construction, change, alteration, relocation, deposit, encroachment, or change of grade in a restricted channel or restricted floodway or makes a part of its consent conditions, regulations, or restrictions not included in the original application for such consent, the person, or ...

... each year, the board of directors of a watershed district shall submit to the board of county commissioners of each watershed county an expenditure budget for the watershed district for the next succeeding calendar year.

... days after the expenditure budget of a watershed district has been submitted to the boards of county commissioners under section 6105.15 of the Revised Code, the president of the board of county commissioners of that county or part of a county with a population within the territorial boundaries of the district, according to the last federal census, greater than that of any other county or part of a county within suc...

...e board of county commissioners of each watershed county shall, by a majority vote of those present, adopt an expenditure budget for the district for the next succeeding calendar year. The amounts of the budget adopted under this section may be more or less than the amounts contained in the budget submitted under section 6105.15 of the Revised Code. The total amount of such budget shall be apportioned among the seve...

...third year following the creation of a watershed district a referendum may be held on the question of dissolution of the district. The question of dissolution of a watershed district may be presented to the electors within the territorial boundaries of the district, at any general election, by the filing of a petition, signed by at least two hundred qualified electors residing within the territorial boundaries...

...ode shall contain: (A) The name of the watershed district it is proposed to dissolve; (B) A statement that the signers of the petition request that the question of the dissolution of the district be presented to the electors within the territorial boundaries of the district at the next general election.

...thin the territorial boundaries of the watershed district, shall, on or before the ninetieth day before the day of the election at which the question of dissolving the district is to be submitted to the electors, certify to the board of elections of each watershed county the question of whether or not the district shall be dissolved. The board of elections of each of such counties shall place such question o...

...d against continuing the existence of a watershed district, the secretary of the board of directors of the district shall call a special meeting of the board for the purpose of distributing the assets of the district. At such meeting the board shall determine the value of the assets of the district and provide for their distribution among the several watershed counties, in the ratio that the taxable value of the real...

...at thereof, the board of directors of a watershed district in which such violation has occurred or is threatened, or the owner of any property who would be especially damaged by such violation, in addition to any other remedies provided by law may institute and prosecute a suit for injunction to prevent or terminate such violation or correction of a condition constituting or threatening to constitute such a violation...

...Whoever violates section 6105.13 or 6105.133 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Each day upon which such violation occurs or continues may constitute a separate offense.

...If the responsible officers of a municipal corporation, county, or public institution fail to submit to the director, within ninety days after receipt of notice of an order of the director of environmental protection under section 6109.15 of the Revised Code, plans for compliance with the order, or fail to perform any act required of them by such order within a reasonable time, the order may be enforced by a writ of ...

...The director of environmental protection may on the director's own initiative investigate or make inquiries into any suspected violation of section 6109.31 of the Revised Code. The attorney general, upon written request by the director, shall bring an action for injunction or other appropriate civil action or criminal prosecution against any person violating or threatening to violate that section. In an actio...

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, whoever recklessly violates section 6109.31 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor and, notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than four years, or both. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense. (B) Whoever knowingly violates division (B), (C), o...

...(A) Mitigation for impacts to isolated wetlands under sections 6111.02 to 6111.027 shall be conducted in accordance with the following ratios: (1) For category 1 and category 2 isolated wetlands, other than forested category 2 isolated wetlands, mitigation located at an approved wetland mitigation bank shall be conducted, or mitigation shall be paid for under an in-lieu fee mitigation program, at a rate of two time...

...(A) The discharge of dredged material into isolated wetlands is subject to sections 6111.021 to 6111.027 of the Revised Code. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Discharge of dredged material" has the same meaning as in 33 CFR 323.2 as effective February 16, 2001. (2) "Dredged material" means material that is excavated or dredged from isolated wetlands. "Dredged material" does not include material resulting from nor...

...The director of environmental protection shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code requiring the posting of notice regarding the land application of sludge that is classified as class B sludge under 40 C.F.R. 503.

...(A) Each person who is issued an injection well operating permit or a renewal of an injection well operating permit for a class I injection well shall pay an annual permit fee of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, except that a person who is issued such a permit or renewal of such a permit for a class I injection well that disposes of any hazardous waste identified or listed in rules adopted under section 3734.12 ...

...(A) For the purpose of defraying the costs to the environmental protection agency of implementing, administering, and enforcing sections 6111.043 to 6111.047 of the Revised Code pertaining to class I injection wells, a fee of one dollar per ton is hereby levied on the injection of industrial waste or other wastes into a class I injection well. The fee levied by this division does not apply to the injection into such ...

...In the discharge of his duties under sections 6111.043 to 6111.045 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection may call to his assistance temporarily employees of any state department, agency, authority, or institution, or any college or university financed wholly or partly by the state. The employees shall not receive any additional compensation above that which they receive from the departments, a...

...Section 6111.047 and rules adopted under division (B)(5) of section 6111.043 of the Revised Code do not apply to any nonhazardous class I injection well that disposes of naturally occurring formation fluids extracted during salt mining processes into an injection zone consisting of the Oriskany sandstone at depths of not more than one thousand five hundred feet.

...(A) No person shall violate or fail to perform any duty imposed by sections 6111.01 to 6111.08 o r division (B) of section 6111.33 of the Revised Code or violate any order, rule, or term or condition of a permit issued or adopted by the director of environmental protection pursuant to those sections. Each day of violation is a separate offense. (B) The attorney general, upon the written request of the director, shal...

...Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code does not abridge rights of action or remedies in equity or under the common law, nor does such chapter, or any act done under such chapter, estop the state, or any municipal corporation or person, as riparian owners or otherwise, in the exercise of their rights in equity or under the common law to suppress nuisances or to abate pollution.

...On and after July 1, 2010, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale a cleanser, rinsing aid, sanitizing agent, or detergent that is intended primarily for use in an automatic or machine dishwasher and that contains phosphorus in any form in excess of one-half per cent by weight expressed as elemental phosphorus. This section does not apply to either of the following: (A) Cleansers, rinsing...