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Ohio Rev Code § 3734.125 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.125 | Rules Governing Beneficial Use of Material From a Horizontal Well.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|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. Last updated May 6, 2021 at 2:38 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.14 | Exchange, Use, and Recovery of Resources From Hazardous Waste.

Effective: August 1, 1984|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 506 - 115th General Assembly|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 protection of trade secrets, provide information on the availability of hazardous waste to persons who desire to acquire it and use or recover resources from hazardous waste. When necessary or desirable to facilitate the exchange and use of hazardous waste, the director may order exemptions from the requirements of this chapter in accordance with division (G) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.141 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.141 | Disposing of Acute Hazardous Waste.

Effective: August 1, 1984|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 506 - 115th General Assembly|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 to its lowest level of toxicity; and(C) Has been completely encapsulated or is otherwise protected so as to eliminate its leaching potential.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.15 | Registration and Liability of Transporters and Acceptors of Hazardous Waste.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(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 annual registration fee to, the United States department of transportation in accordance with 49 C.F.R. 107.601 to 107.620.(B) A registered transporter of hazardous waste shall be responsible for the safe delivery of any hazardous waste that the registered transporter transports from such time as the registered transporter obtains the waste until the registered transporter delivers it to a treatment, storage, or disposal facility specified in division (F) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code, as recorded on the manifest required in division (B) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code. Any registered transporter who violates this chapter or any rule adopted under the chapter while transporting hazardous waste 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.(C) No person who generates hazardous waste shall cause the waste to be transported by any person who is not a registered transporter. No person shall accept for treatment, storage, or disposal any hazardous waste from an unregistered transporter. Any person who is requested to accept such waste for treatment, storage, or disposal shall notify the director, the board of health in the person's location, and the public utilities commission of the request.If a generator causes an unregistered transporter to transport the hazardous waste, the generator of the waste, the transporter, and any person who accepts the waste for treatment, storage, or disposal shall be jointly and severally liable for any damage or injury caused by the handling of the waste and for the costs of rectifying their violation and conditions caused by their violation.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.16 | Generator's Liability for Intentional Violation.

Effective: August 1, 1984|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 506 - 115th General Assembly|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 violation under section 3734.13 or 3734.99 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.17 | Prohibiting Accepting Waste After Violation by Generator.

Effective: August 1, 1984|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 506 - 115th General Assembly|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 adopted by the director in accordance with divisions (D), (I), and (J) 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 violation under section 3734.13 or 3734.99 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.24 | Transferring or Selling Cleaned Up Facility.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|After the cleanup of a solid waste facility or a hazardous waste facility acquired and cleaned up under section 3734.23 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection may, if the facility is suitable for use by any other state department, agency, office, or institution and if the proposed use of the facility is compatible with the condition of the facility as cleaned up, transfer the facility to that state department, agency, office, or institution. The director shall continue to provide for the post-closure care, maintenance, and monitoring of any such cleaned-up facility as required by section 3734.23 of the Revised Code. If the director determines that any facility so cleaned up is suitable, because of its condition as cleaned up, for restricted or unrestricted use, the director may, with the approval of the attorney general, sell the facility if the sale is advantageous to the state. Prior to selling the cleaned-up facility, the director shall, when 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 post-closure care, maintenance, and monitoring of any such facility sold as required by section 3734.23 of the Revised Code.With the approval of the attorney general, the director may grant easements or leases on any such cleaned-up facility if the director determines that the use of the facility under the easement or lease is compatible with its condition as cleaned up.Any moneys derived from the sale of such cleaned-up facilities or from payments from easements or leases shall be credited to 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, or the environmental protection remediation fund created in section 3734.281 of the Revised Code, as applicable.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.27 | Application and Survey to Precede Grant.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|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 facility under section 3734.26 of the Revised Code, and each facility surveyed under section 3734.19 of the Revised Code and, based upon the feasibility, cost, and public benefits of restoring the particular land and the availability of federal or other financial assistance for restoration, establish priorities for awarding grants from the fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.28 | Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Fund.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|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 be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the hazardous waste clean-up fund, which is hereby created. In addition, both of the following shall be credited to the fund: (A) Moneys recovered for costs paid from the fund for activities described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3745.12 of the Revised Code;(B) Natural resource damage assessment costs recovered under any of the following:(1) The "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2767, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., as amended;(2) The "Oil Pollution Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 484, 33 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., as amended;(3) The "Clean Water Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 1566, 33 U.S.C. 1321, et seq., as amended;(4) Any other applicable federal or state law.The environmental protection agency shall use the moneys in the fund for the purposes set forth in division (D) of section 3734.122, sections 3734.19, 3734.20, 3734.21, 3734.23, 3734.25, 3734.26, and 3734.27, divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3745.12, and Chapter 3746. of the Revised Code, including any related enforcement expenses and administrative expenses of any related closure or corrective action program. In addition, the agency shall use the moneys in the fund to pay the state's long-term operation and maintenance costs or matching share for actions taken under the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," as amended. If those moneys are reimbursed by grants or other moneys from the United States or any other person, the moneys shall be placed in the fund and not in the general revenue fund.The director of environmental protection may enter into contracts and grant agreements with federal, state, or local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and colleges and universities for the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities of the environmental protection agency for which money may be expended from the fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.281 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.281 | Environmental Protection Remediation Fund.

Effective: October 16, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in section 3734.282 of the Revised Code, moneys collected from judgements for the state or settlements with the director of environmental protection, including those associated with bankruptcies, related to actions brought under Chapter 3714. and section 3734.13, 3734.20, 3734.22, 6111.03, or 6111.04 of the Revised Code; and moneys received under the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2767, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended, may be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the environmental protection remediation fund, which is hereby created. The environmental protection agency shall use the moneys in the fund only for the purpose of remediating conditions at a hazardous waste facility, a solid waste facility, a construction and demolition debris facility licensed under Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code, or another location at which the director has reason to believe there is a substantial 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 federal, state, or local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and colleges and universities for the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities of the environmental protection agency for which money may be expended from the fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.282 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.282 | Natural Resource Damages Fund.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|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, the "Oil Pollution Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 484, 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as defined in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code, or any other applicable federal or state law shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the natural resource damages fund, which is hereby created. The director of environmental protection shall use money in the fund only in accordance with the purposes of and the limitations on natural resources damages set forth in the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," as amended, the "Oil Pollution Act of 1990," as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or another applicable federal or state law. 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 federal, state, or local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and colleges and universities for the purpose of carrying out the director's responsibilities for which money may be expended from the fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.29 | Claim for Personal Injuries or Real Property Damage Resulting From Violation.

Effective: April 4, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 506 - 115th General Assembly|Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code that limits the time within which an action shall be commenced, a cause of action for personal injury or real property damage resulting from a civil violation of the hazardous waste provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to have accrued or arisen until the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered the injuries or damage, provided that this section shall not be construed to affect in any way causes of action that might otherwise be deemed to accrue or arise as a direct or proximate result of acts performed or omitted on or before October 9, 1980, regardless of the date that suit upon those causes of action is commenced or tried.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.30 | State's Liability for Injury or Damage.

Effective: October 6, 2017|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 2 - 132nd General Assembly|The state i s immune from liability for any injury or damage resulting from a ny of the following:(A) Operation of a hazardous waste facility, solid waste facility, or construction and demolition debris facility by a person other than an agency, department, or institution of the state;(B) Conditions present at a facility that is acquired by the state by gift or devise ; (C) Activities conducted pursuant to section 3734.20 or 3734.21 of the Revised Code, remediation activities for which money may be expended pursuant to section 3734.281 of the Revised Code, or activities for which money may be expended pursuant to section 3714.071 or 3734.85, provided that those activities do not constitute reckless, willful, or wanton misconduct.The liability of the state, if any, in other circumstances regarding hazardous waste, solid waste, or construction and demolition debris shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.31 | Inspecting and Monitoring Facilities.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) The director of environmental protection shall employ and equip such individuals as are needed to adequately and regularly inspect and monitor operating hazardous waste facilities, infectious waste treatment facilities, or solid waste facilities located off the premises where hazardous waste, infectious waste, or solid waste is generated.(B) The director may employ and equip such individuals as are necessary to inspect and monitor operating hazardous waste facilities, infectious waste treatment facilities, or solid waste facilities other than those described in division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.40 | Policy as to Off-Site Treatment, Storage and Disposal of Wastes.

Effective: June 24, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 592 - 117th General Assembly|The general assembly hereby finds and declares the following to be the public policy of this state:(A) That the off-site treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste and the off-site disposal of solid wastes, including incineration, and transfer of solid wastes are critical components of the economic structure of this state and, when properly controlled and regulated, make substantial contributions to the general welfare, health, and prosperity of the state and its inhabitants by minimizing the serious health and environmental threats inherent in the management of these wastes;(B) That the regulatory provisions of this chapter are designed to extend strict state regulation to those persons involved in the operations of these permitted activities so as to foster and justify the public confidence and trust in the credibility and integrity of the conduct of these activities;(C) That the solid and hazardous waste management industries in this state can attain, maintain, and retain integrity, public confidence, and trust, and promote the general public interest, only under a system of control and regulation that precludes the participation therein of persons with known criminal records and excludes or removes from any position of authority or responsibility any person known to be so deficient in reliability, expertise, or competence with specific reference to the solid or hazardous waste management industries that his participation in them would create or enhance the danger of unsound, unfair, or illegal practices, methods, and activities in the conduct of the business of the industries;(D) That strict licensing standards will help ensure that members of the waste management industry in this state will continue to maintain standards of professionalism and responsibility;(E) That it therefore is vital to the interests of this state to prevent either direct or indirect entry into the operations of the off-site solid waste disposal and transfer and the off-site hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal, industries of persons who are not competent and reliable or who have pursued economic gains in an occupational manner or context violative of the criminal code or civil public policies of this state, and it is to the end of excluding such persons from those industries that the regulatory and investigatory powers and duties provided in sections 3734.41 to 3734.47 of the Revised Code shall be exercised to the fullest extent consistent with law.
Ohio Rev Code § 3734.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes|Section 3734.45 | Causes for Revocation.

Effective: June 24, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 592 - 117th General Assembly|Any permit or license may be revoked by the director of environmental protection or board of health for any of the following causes, in addition to other causes for revocation authorized by this chapter:(A) Any cause that would require disqualification pursuant to division (A), (B), (D), or (E) of section 3734.44 of the Revised Code from receiving a permit upon original application;(B) Fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in securing the permit or in the conduct of the permitted or licensed activity;(C) Offering, conferring, or agreeing to confer any benefit to induce any other individual or business concern to violate the provisions of this chapter, of any rule adopted thereunder, or of any other law relating to the transportation, transfer, treatment, storage, or disposal of solid wastes, infectious wastes, or hazardous waste;(D) Coercion of a customer by violence or economic reprisal or the threat thereof to utilize the services of any permittee;(E) Preventing, without authorization of the director, any individual or business concern from transferring or disposing of solid wastes or hazardous waste at a permitted treatment, transfer, storage, or disposal facility other than a facility owned or operated by the applicant or permittee, or preventing, without authorization of the director, any individual or business concern from treating infectious waste at a licensed infectious waste treatment facility other than a facility owned and operated by the applicant or licensee.