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Ohio Rev Code § 3751.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3751 | Hazardous Substances|Section 3751.03 | Submission of Toxic Chemical Release Forms.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A)(1) On or before the first day of July of each year or as otherwise prescribed by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA, the owner or operator of a facility described in division (A)(2) of this section shall prepare and submit to the administrator a completed toxic chemical release form for each toxic chemical that was so manufactured, processed, or otherwise used at the facility during the preceding calendar year. The electronic submission of the form to the administrator constitutes simultaneous submission of the form to the director of environmental protection for purposes of EPCRA.(2) Division (A)(1) of this section applies to the owner or operator of a facility to which all of the following apply:(a) The facility is in standard industrial classification codes 20 to 39, as those codes were in effect on July 1, 1985, or in any other applicable code added by the administrator.(b) The owner or operator has ten or more full-time employees.(c) The facility manufactured, processed, or otherwise used during the calendar year immediately preceding the first day of July or date otherwise prescribed by the administrator, a toxic chemical in an amount exceeding the applicable threshold quantity established by the administrator under EPCRA.(3) The owner or operator shall submit the information on a uniform toxic chemical release form prescribed by the administrator under EPCRA.(B) The toxic chemical release forms required by this section are intended to provide information to federal, state, and local governments and the public, including residents of communities surrounding facilities covered by this section.(C) No owner or operator of a facility who is required by this section to file a toxic chemical release form shall fail to submit a toxic chemical release form as required by this section.(D) An owner or operator of a facility who is required under this section to file a toxic chemical release form and who knowingly makes a false statement on that form, on a record upon which the information on that form is based, or on other information or records required to be kept or submitted under this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter is guilty of falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3751.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3751 | Hazardous Substances|Section 3751.05 | Toxic Chemical Release Reporting Fund.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|All civil penalties received under division (B) of section 3751.10 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the toxic chemical release reporting fund, hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys credited to the fund shall be expended by the director exclusively for the purposes of implementing, administering, and enforcing this chapter and the rules adopted and orders issued under it.
Ohio Rev Code § 3751.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3751 | Hazardous Substances|Section 3751.06 | Enforcement.

Effective: December 14, 1988|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 367 - 117th General Assembly|No political subdivision or local emergency planning committee of an emergency planning district established under section 3750.03 of the Revised Code shall enforce any ordinance, resolution, rule, or requirement for the reporting or providing of the names or amounts of toxic chemicals manufactured, processed, or otherwise used at facilities within the political subdivision or district; for the reporting or providing of information regarding locations where those chemicals are stored at those facilities; or for the reporting of any releases of those chemicals, unless both of the following conditions are met:(A) The toxic chemical is also identified or listed as an extremely hazardous substance, hazardous chemical, or hazardous substance by rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c) or (C)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code;(B) Enforcement of the ordinance, resolution, rule, or requirement is authorized under division (B), (C), or (E) of section 3750.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3751.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3751 | Hazardous Substances|Section 3751.07 | Prohibitions.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly|No person shall violate any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it.
Ohio Rev Code § 3751.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3751 | Hazardous Substances|Section 3751.08 | Right of Entry.

Effective: December 14, 1988|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 367 - 117th General Assembly|The director of environmental protection or his authorized representative, upon proper identification and upon stating the purpose and necessity of an inspection, may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property, real or personal, to inspect or investigate, obtain samples, and examine and copy records to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted and orders issued under it. The director or his authorized representative may apply for, and any judge of a court of record may issue for use within the court's territorial jurisdiction, an administrative inspection warrant under division (F) of section 2933.21 of the Revised Code or other appropriate search warrant necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 3751.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3751 | Hazardous Substances|Section 3751.09 | Issuing Abatement Orders.

Effective: December 14, 1988|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 367 - 117th General Assembly|The director of environmental protection may issue orders requiring the owner or operator of a facility where toxic chemicals are manufactured, processed, or otherwise used to abate a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. The director may issue such orders as final orders without issuing a proposed action under section 3745.07 of the Revised Code and, notwithstanding section 119.06 of the Revised Code, without the necessity to hold any adjudication hearing in connection with any such order. Issuance of an order under this section is not a condition precedent to bringing any civil, criminal, or civil penalty action under this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 3751.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3751 | Hazardous Substances|Section 3751.10 | Prosecutions.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the director of environmental protection, shall prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person who has violated or is violating any section of this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued under it. The court of common pleas in which an action for injunction is filed has the jurisdiction to and shall grant preliminary and permanent injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated or is violating any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. The court shall give precedence to such an action over all other cases.Upon the certified written request of any person, the director shall conduct such investigations and make such inquiries as are necessary to secure compliance with this chapter or rules adopted or orders issued under it. The director may, upon request or upon the director's own initiative, investigate or make inquiries into any violation of this chapter or rules adopted or orders issued under it.(B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 3751.03, division (B)(1) or (2) of section 3751.04 of the Revised Code, or an order issued under this chapter, shall pay a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day of violation. The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the director, shall bring an action for imposition of a civil penalty under this division against any person who has committed or is committing any such violation. All civil penalties received under this division shall be credited to the toxic chemical release reporting fund created in section 3751.05 of the Revised Code.(C) Any action for injunction or civil penalties under division (A) or (B) of this section is a civil action governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure.
Ohio Rev Code § 3751.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3751 | Hazardous Substances|Section 3751.11 | Liability for Disclosures.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|A member of the emergency response commission, officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, member or employee of a local emergency planning committee, officer or employee of a fire department, health professional, physician, nurse, or other person who receives information classified as a trade secret or identified as confidential business information pursuant to EPCRA and who violates division (F) of section 3751.04 of the Revised Code or otherwise discloses information classified as a trade secret or identified as confidential business information pursuant to that act to a person not authorized to have that information under division (C) of section 3751.04 of the Revised Code or EPCRA, is liable in damages in a civil action to the owner of the trade secret information for any injury or loss to person or property sustained by the owner resulting from the violation or unauthorized disclosure of that information. Any owner of information so classified as a trade secret or identified as confidential business information who, as a result of a violation of division (F) of section 3751.04 of the Revised Code or by disclosure of trade secret or confidential business information to a person not authorized to have it pursuant to division (C) of section 3751.04 of the Revised Code or under EPCRA, sustains any injury or loss to person or property may bring a civil action for damages and other appropriate relief against the person who violated that division or otherwise disclosed the trade secret or confidential business information to a person not so authorized to have it.In such a civil action, if the plaintiff establishes by a preponderance of the evidence, and if the trier of fact finds, that the defendant violated that division or otherwise disclosed information classified as a trade secret or identified as confidential business information to a person not so authorized to have it, and that the plaintiff sustained injury or loss to person or property as a result of the violation or unauthorized disclosure of the information, the trier of fact may award compensatory damages and such other relief as the trier of fact finds appropriate.In any civil action under this section the court may award costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party.Liability imposed under this section for a violation of division (F) of section 3751.04 of the Revised Code is in addition to other civil liability, if any, under the Revised Code or common law of this state and in addition to any criminal penalty that is imposed for the same violation under section 3751.99 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3751.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3751 | Hazardous Substances|Section 3751.99 | Penalty.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly|Whoever purposely violates division (F) of section 3751.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Each violation is a separate offense.
Ohio Rev Code § 3752.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3752 | Cessation of Regulated Operations|Section 3752.02 | Exceptions.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly|Nothing in this chapter or rules adopted under it applies to any of the following:(A) Oil or gas production operations regulated under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it;(B) Equipment, petroleum, or piping owned or operated by a public utility as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code or other electric light company as defined in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code or by a subsidiary of such a public utility or electric light company;(C) Any tank or underground storage tank system regulated under sections 3737.87 to 3737.98 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under them;(D) Except as otherwise specifically provided in sections 3752.11, 3752.111, and 3752.113 of the Revised Code, any person to which those sections apply.
Ohio Rev Code § 3752.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3752 | Cessation of Regulated Operations|Section 3752.03 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective: July 1, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly|(A) The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and subsequently may amend or rescind, rules doing all of the following:(1) Establishing guidelines for the demonstrations required to be made in an application for a waiver under division (A) of section 3752.10 of the Revised Code;(2) Prescribing methods to be used in securing buildings, structures, and outdoor locations of operation in accordance with sections 3752.07, 3752.11, 3752.111, 3752.112, and 3752.113 of the Revised Code;(3) Defining the phrase "contaminated with" as used in this chapter. The definition shall be consistent with and no more stringent than provisions in state and federal environmental laws dealing with the demonstration that tanks, drums, containers, pipelines, and other vessels are empty and free of regulated substances, including, without limitation, Chapters 3734., 3752., and 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those chapters; and the "Toxic Substances Control Act," 90 Stat. 2003 (1976), 15 U.S.C.A. 2601, as amended, the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976," 90 Stat. 2806, 42 U.S.C.A. 6921, as amended, and the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2779, 42 U.S.C.A. 9601, as amended, and regulations adopted under those acts.(B) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt, amend, and rescind such other rules as he considers necessary or appropriate for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this chapter.(C) No person shall violate a rule adopted under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3752.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3752 | Cessation of Regulated Operations|Section 3752.04 | Notice of Cessation of Regulated Operations.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly|Unless the owner or operator of a reporting facility has submitted to the director of environmental protection in connection with the facility a notice of the temporary discontinuation of all regulated operations at the facility in compliance with division (A)(1) of section 3752.09 of the Revised Code or an application for a waiver in compliance with division (A) of section 3752.10 of the Revised Code, the owner or operator, not later than thirty days after the cessation of all regulated operations at the facility, shall submit to the director, the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which the facility is located, and the fire department having jurisdiction where the facility is located a notice of the cessation of all regulated operations at the facility. The notice shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the director.No person shall fail to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3752.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3752 | Cessation of Regulated Operations|Section 3752.05 | Designating Contact Person for Facility.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly|(A) Each owner or operator who is required to submit a notice of cessation of all regulated operations under section 3752.04 of the Revised Code and a certification of the removal of regulated substances under section 3752.06 of the Revised Code shall designate a contact person in connection with the reporting facility. The contact person shall have the responsibility to provide access to the facility named in the notice and certification to the director of environmental protection or his authorized representative to inspect the facility for the purpose of ascertaining compliance with this chapter and rules adopted and orders issued under it. In addition, the director or his authorized representative may request information regarding the facility and compliance with this chapter and rules adopted and orders issued under it from the contact person and may notify the contact person of emergencies and other occurrences at the facility; however, the designation of a contact person does not preclude the director or his authorized representative from requesting any such information from or making any such notification to the owner or operator.(B) The written designation of the contact person shall accompany the notice of the cessation of all regulated operations at the facility submitted under section 3752.04 of the Revised Code. The written designation shall include the address of the principal office of the owner or operator and the business or residence address and telephone number of the contact person and otherwise shall be in such form as the director prescribes.(C) An owner or operator shall maintain a contact person for the purposes of this chapter until the director has concurred in the owner's or operator's certification of compliance with section 3752.06 of the Revised Code. If the contact person changes, the owner or operator, within fourteen days after the change, shall provide the director with the name and business or residence address and telephone number of the new contact person in such form and manner as the director prescribes.(D) If the designated contact person changes his residence or business address or telephone number from that appearing on the record in the director's office, the owner or operator, or the contact person on behalf of the owner or operator, shall provide the director with the new address or telephone number in such form and manner as the director prescribes.(E) No person shall fail to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3752.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3752 | Cessation of Regulated Operations|Section 3752.07 | Securing Building, Structure or Outdoor Location Against Unauthorized Entry.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly|(A) Within thirty days after the cessation of regulated operations at a facility for which a notice and certification are required to be submitted under sections 3752.04 and 3752.06 of the Revised Code, the owner or operator of the facility shall secure against unauthorized entry each building or structure at the facility where regulated operations were conducted and that contains or is contaminated with regulated substances and each outdoor location of operation. The owner or operator shall secure each such building, structure, or outdoor location of operation by boarding windows, doors, and other potential means of entry, by providing security personnel, or by other methods prescribed in rules adopted under section 3752.03 of the Revised Code. Within that thirty-day period, the owner or operator also shall post about each such building, structure, or outdoor location of operation in publicly visible locations warning signs that prohibit trespassing and state that the building, structure, or outdoor location of operation contains or is contaminated with regulated substances that may endanger public health or safety if released into the environment. The owner or operator shall continue the security measures, and maintain the warning signs, as required at each such building, structure, or outdoor location of operation until the owner or operator has complied with section 3752.06 of the Revised Code and the director has verified the compliance and concurred with the owner's or operator's certification made under that section.(B) Promptly after discovering that any of the entry barriers or warning signs installed pursuant to this section have been damaged, lost, or removed, the owner or operator shall repair or replace them in order to maintain the security of the building, structure, or outdoor location of operation.(C) No person shall fail to comply with this section.(D) Any law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, may arrest for violations of this section.(E) Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code relating to the distribution and crediting of fines for violations of the Revised Code, fines imposed under division (B) or (C) of section 3752.99 of the Revised Code for violations prosecuted by the prosecuting attorney of a county, a city director of law, or a village solicitor shall be credited to the general fund of the political subdivision on whose behalf the legal officer prosecuted the violation and shall be used exclusively to defray the costs to the political subdivision of enforcing this chapter and rules adopted and orders issued under it.
Ohio Rev Code § 3752.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3752 | Cessation of Regulated Operations|Section 3752.08 | Inspection.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly|(A) Promptly after receiving a certification under section 3752.06 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection or an authorized representative of the director shall conduct an inspection of the facility named in the certification to determine whether the requirements of that section, applicable rules adopted under section 3752.03 of the Revised Code, and any orders issued under section 3752.16 of the Revised Code have been met. Prior to conducting the inspection, the director or his authorized representative shall schedule a time to conduct the inspection with the contact person designated by the owner or operator under section 3752.05 of the Revised Code. The contact person shall accompany the director or his authorized representative during the inspection. Nothing in this division diminishes the authority of the director or his authorized representative to conduct inspections under section 3752.12 of the Revised Code.(B) The director, upon request or upon his own initiative, may investigate or make inquiries into any violation of this chapter or rules adopted or orders issued under it.