Public Hearing  
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency  
Five-Year Rule Review of Ohio Administrative Code (OAC)  
Rules 3745 -112-02 and 3745 -112-08 
‘Consumer Products”  
 
Notice is hereby given that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Air Pollution Control 
(DAPC) has performed a review of the above referenced rules primarily to satisfy the requirements of 
Ohio Revised Code (ORC) 106.03 and 106.031 (5 -year rule review) . 
 
Pursuant to Section 121.39 of the Ohio Revised Code, DAPC was required to consult with interested 
parties affected by the rul es before the Division formally adopts them. On July 13, 2017, these rules went 
out for a 30 -day review by interested parties.  No comments were received on the rule or the draft 
business impact analysis document.  No changes are being made to the rule language, only the 
supplemental information is being updated to correct a statutory reference.  
 
Pursuant to Sec tion 119.03 of the Ohio Revised Code, a public hearing on these rule changes will be 
conducted on  Monday, April 30, 2018 at 10:30 AM  at Ohio EPA, Lazarus Government Center, 50 W. Town 
Street, Suite 700 , Columbus, Ohio.  All visitors to Ohio EPA must registe r at the Security desk in the lobby 
upon arrival. Please bring photo identification (such as a valid driver's license). For security reasons, 
visitor's are required to wear their badge at all times while in the building.  Please arrive early to complete 
these procedures.  
 
Pursuant to Part D of Title I of the Clean Air Act, Ohio EPA is required to establish a state implementation 
plan (SIP) for the att ainment and maintenance of the National Ambient Air Quality S tandards (NAAQS). 
The above -mentioned rules are a part of Ohio ’s SIP and the proposed amendments will be submitted to 
USEPA as a mod ification of the SIP. The above -mentioned hearing shall be considered the public hearing 
for the SIP submittal.  
 
All interested persons are entitled to attend or be rep resented at the hearing and give written or oral 
comments on these rule changes.  All oral comments presented at the hearing, and all written statements 
submitted at the hearing or by the close of business on  April 30, 2018 , will be considered by Ohio EPA 
prior to final action on this rule. Written statements submitted after  April 30, 2018 , may be considered as 
time and circumstances permit, but will not be part of the official record of the hearing.  
 
These rules are available on DAPC’s Web page for electron ic downloading. The URL is: 
http://epa.ohio.gov/dapc/DAPCrules.aspx  and see the information under the “proposed rules” tab. 
Questions regarding accessing the web site should be directed to Paul Braun at 614 -644-3734 ; other 
questions or comments about these rules should be directed to Mr. Braun  at Ohio EPA, (614) 644-3734 , 
paul.braun@epa.ohio.gov,  or mailed to  Paul Braun , Ohio EPA, Division Air Pollution Control, Lazarus 
Government Center, P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio  43216 -1049.  Persons submitting comments 
electronically are encouraged to follow -up with a hard copy via regular mail.  
 ACTION: Original DATE: 03/22/2018 9:00 AM
PHN p(182040) pa(319969) d: (707248) print date: 03/22/2018 9:00 PMRULE SYNOPSIS  
 
 
Ohio Administrative Code (OAC)  Chapter  3745 -112, “Consumer Products ” 
Five-year review  
 
The Ohio EPA Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC) has completed a review of the  
rule language in Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Chapter 3745 -112, “Consumer 
Products ”, as required by Ohio Revised Code (ORC) Section s 106.03 and 106.031  
(Five -year review).  DAPC has determined that all the rules in this chapter are still 
necessary and that minor changes are necessary to OAC rules 3745 -112-02 and 3745 -
112-08. 
 
These rules were initially promulgated in September, 2007 by adopting the standards in 
the model rule developed for Consumer Products by the Ozone Transport Commission 
(OTC).  These rules were a part of Ohio’s strategies to attain the 1997 8 -hr ozone  
National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) and are now necessary to maintain the 
ozone NAAQS and assist with attaining the newer ozone NAAQS.  
 
The rules in this chapter are performance based regulations. These rules set limits on 
the quantity of VOCs w hich may be contained in each listed product category.  
Producers of these products are allowed to determine their own method for achieving 
the VOC content limit.  
On July 13, 2017, DAPC released the rules and a draft business impact analysis (BIA) 
document for public comment. And no public comments were received.  
 
On December 6, 2012, OAC rules 3745 -112-02 and 3745 -112-08 were adopted with a 
typographical error to the authorizing statute in the administrative portion of the rule. In 
order to file these rule s with the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, DAPC must 
amend the statute and file the rules as amended. The correct authorizing statute for 
these rules is ORC 3704.03(E). DAPC does not plan to make any other changes to 
these rules.