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Ohio Rev Code § 6111.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6111 | Water Pollution Control|Section 6111.50 | Credible Data Definitions.

Effective: October 21, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 43 - 125th General Assembly|As used in sections 6111.50 to 6111.56 of the Revised Code:(A) "Credible data" means scientifically valid chemical, physical, or biological water quality monitoring data concerning surface waters, including qualitative scoring of physical habitat characteristics and the sampling of fish, macroinvertebrates, and water quality, that have been collected by or submitted to the director of environmental protection and that comply with the requirements established in rules adopted under section 6111.51 of the Revised Code. "Credible data" may include historical data if the director identifies compelling reasons as to why the data are credible.(B) "Historical data" means data that are more than five years old.(C) "Naturally occurring condition" means any condition affecting water quality that is not caused by human influence on the environment, including, but not limited to, soils, geology, hydrology, climate, wildlife, and water flow with specific consideration given to seasonal and other natural variations.(D) "Qualified data collector" means an individual who meets the requirements established in rules adopted under section 6111.53 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 6111.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6111 | Water Pollution Control|Section 6111.52 | Level Three Credible Data Activities.

Effective: October 21, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 43 - 125th General Assembly|The director of environmental protection shall use only level three credible data to conduct any of the following activities:(A) Developing, reviewing, and revising use designations in water quality standards;(B) Developing a statewide water quality inventory or other water assessment report;(C) Identifying, listing, and delisting waters of the state for the purpose of section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act;(D) Determining whether a water of the state is supporting its designated use or other classification;(E) Establishing a total maximum daily load for a water of the state.
Ohio Rev Code § 6111.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6111 | Water Pollution Control|Section 6111.54 | Submission of Surface Water Quality Data.

Effective: October 21, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 43 - 125th General Assembly|Each state agency in possession of surface water quality data shall submit the data to the environmental protection agency in a format designated by the director of environmental protection. Each such agency shall submit the data to the director at the same time that the agency compiles or summarizes the data for its own use, but at a minimum shall submit the data to the director annually. If the director determines that the data were collected in accordance with the rules adopted under section 6111.51 of the Revised Code, the director shall approve the data as credible.
Ohio Rev Code § 6111.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6111 | Water Pollution Control|Section 6111.55 | Computerized Database or Databases Composed of All Credible Data.

Effective: October 21, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 43 - 125th General Assembly|Following the adoption of rules under sections 6111.51 and 6111.53 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall establish and maintain a computerized database or databases composed of all credible data in the director's possession and shall make the data available to other agencies and all other interested persons. The data shall be stored in such a manner that they are easily retrieved and analyzed and are available for sharing with other agencies and all other interested persons.
Ohio Rev Code § 6111.56 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6111 | Water Pollution Control|Section 6111.56 | Determining Source or Sources of Water Impairment.

Effective: October 21, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 43 - 125th General Assembly|(A) If the source or sources of a pollutant causing an impairment of a water of the state are unknown, the water of the state may be identified and listed under section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. However, the director of environmental protection shall continue to monitor the water of the state to determine the source or sources of the impairment before a total maximum daily load is established for the water of the state pursuant to that section.(B) The director shall not include a water of the state on a list established under section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or establish a total maximum daily load for a water of the state if the failure of the water of the state to comply with an applicable water quality standard results solely from the existence of a naturally occurring condition or conditions.(C) The director shall establish narrative water quality standards where numerical criteria cannot be established or to supplement numerical criteria.
Ohio Rev Code § 6111.561 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6111 | Water Pollution Control|Section 6111.561 | Development and Establishment of Total Maximum Daily Load.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) As used in sections 6111.561 to 6111.654 of the Revised Code:(1) "NPDES" means national pollutant discharge elimination system.(2) "TMDL" means total maximum daily load.(B) The director of environmental protection shall develop and establish a TMDL for waters of the state where required under section 1313(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The director shall establish a TMDL only for pollutants that the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency has identified under section 1314(a)(2) of that act as suitable for such calculation. The director may modify a TMDL subsequent to the establishment of the TMDL in accordance with division (G) of section 6111.563 of the Revised Code. The development, establishment, or modification of a TMDL is not subject to the rule adoption, amendment, and rescission procedures under Chapters 106., 111., 119., and 121. of the Revised Code. The director shall develop any plans or actions necessary for implementing a TMDL in accordance with this chapter.The director shall establish each TMDL at a level necessary to achieve the applicable water quality standards for which the water of the state is impaired that accounts for seasonal variations, a margin of safety, and lack of knowledge concerning the relationship between effluent limitations and water quality.The establishment of a final TMDL by the director is not a final action of the director and does not have the force and effect of law, but may be challenged in accordance with section 6111.564 of the Revised Code.(C) A TMDL submitted to and approved by the United States environmental protection agency prior to March 24, 2015, is valid and remains in full force and effect as approved. The director may modify such a TMDL, but a modification of the TMDL shall be developed in accordance with sections 6111.562 and 6111.563 of the Revised Code. The TMDL, as established, and any modification of the TMDL, is not subject to the rule adoption, amendment, and rescission procedures of Chapters 106., 111., 119., and 121. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 6111.564 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6111 | Water Pollution Control|Section 6111.564 | Final Tmdl; Appeal.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) A final TMDL established by the director of environmental protection or a United States environmental protection agency approved TMDL may be challenged during the appeal of an NPDES permit containing TMDL-based effluent limits, pretreatment limits derived therefrom, or other terms and conditions based on that TMDL before the environmental review appeals commission in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code.(B) In the case of a TMDL-based permit appeal by a publicly owned treatment works, the environmental review appeals commission shall join as parties to the appeal, subject to a right of voluntary dismissal, all significant industrial users listed in those NPDES permit holders' annual pretreatment program reports who are known to discharge a significant amount of a pollutant limited by the TMDL into the publicly owned treatment works.(C)(1) In the case of an NPDES permit issued in draft or final form to a publicly owned treatment works that contains TMDL-based effluent limits, pretreatment limits derived therefrom, or other terms and conditions based on that TMDL, the director shall notify the NPDES permit holder and all significant industrial users listed in that NPDES permit holder's annual pretreatment program report that are known to discharge a significant amount of a pollutant recommended to be limited by the TMDL and for whom a new or modified pretreatment limit may be required.(2) The director shall include in the notice, at a minimum, both of the following:(a) A statement that the TMDL-based effluent limits or other terms and conditions based on the TMDL may result in more stringent direct or indirect discharge limits;(b) A statement that notifies the significant industrial users that an appeal of the NPDES permit may be filed by a significant industrial user with the environmental review appeals commission in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code.(D)(1) A direct or indirect discharger pursuing an appeal or an indirect discharger joined to an appeal shall not be dismissed from the proceeding on grounds that the matter is not ripe for review.(2) A challenge of TMDLbased effluent limits, pretreatment limits derived therefrom, or other terms and conditions based on that TMDL during the appeal of an NPDES permit shall not be dismissed on grounds that the matter is not ripe for review.
Ohio Rev Code § 6111.60 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6111 | Water Pollution Control|Section 6111.60 | Issuance of Npdes Permits.

Effective: September 30, 2011|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly|Before issuing a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit for discharges from a publicly owned sewerage system, requiring and approving a long-term control plan for wet weather discharges from a publicly owned sewerage system, or enforcing the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as applied to publicly owned sewerage systems, the director of environmental protection, to the extent allowable under that act and regulations adopted under that act, shall consider all of the following, as applicable, notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary: (A) Limitations on the ability of an applicant for a permit or of a permittee to pay for or to secure money to pay for a required project;(B) An evaluation of the effectiveness and cost of a long-term control plan;(C) An evaluation of the effectiveness and cost of specific wet weather flow control technologies;(D) An evaluation of the impact of a long-term control plan on the environment as a whole and of the promotion of alternative control options that will minimize the impact on the environment;(E) Reducing the economic impacts on an applicant for a permit or on a permittee, other state and local government entities, and residents of the state;(F) Allowing for reasonable flexibility in the implementation of a long-term control plan when the plan would impose a disproportionate financial hardship compared to its environmental benefits;(G) Giving preference, when proposed by an applicant for a permit or by a permittee, to control options that comply with the presumption approach performance criteria established in the combined sewer overflow control policy adopted under 33 U.S.C. 1342 and that demonstrate significant pollution reduction rather than mandating specific designs;(H) Allowing adequate time and flexibility for implementation of the schedule specified in the long-term control plan when justified by a clear environmental benefit;(I) Factors specified in the combined sewer overflow control policy adopted under 33 U.S.C. 1342 that may ease the financial burdens of implementing a long-term control plan, including, but not limited to, small publicly owned sewerage system considerations, the attainability of water quality standards, and the development of wet weather standards;(J) All other requirements imposed on an applicant for a permit or on a permittee to undertake capital improvements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act as defined in section 6109.01 of the Revised Code, this chapter, Chapter 6109. of the Revised Code, or rules adopted under either chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 6111.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6111 | Water Pollution Control|Section 6111.99 | Penalties.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Whoever purposely violates section 6111.04, 6111.042, 6111.05, or division (A) or (C) of section 6111.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony and shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than four years, or both. Each day of violation is a separate offense.(B) Whoever knowingly violates section 6111.04, 6111.042, 6111.045, 6111.047, 6111.05, 6111.45, or division (A) or (C) of section 6111.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Each day of violation is a separate offense.(C) Whoever violates section 6111.46 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.(D) Whoever violates section 6111.42 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense, the person shall be fined not more than one hundred fifty dollars.(E) Whoever violates section 6111.44 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars. Each day of violation is a separate offense.(F) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of any section of this chapter, in addition to the financial sanctions authorized by this chapter or section 2929.18 or 2929.28 or any other section of the Revised Code, the court imposing the sentence on the person may order the person to reimburse the state agency or a political subdivision for any actual costs that it incurred in responding to the violation, including the cost of restoring affected aquatic resources or otherwise compensating for adverse impact to aquatic resources directly caused by the violation, but not including the costs of prosecution.
Ohio Rev Code § 6112.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6112 | Private Sewer Systems|Section 6112.01 | Private Sewer Systems Definitions.

Effective: September 19, 1961|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 500 - 104th General Assembly|As used in sections 6112.01 to 6112.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code:(A) "Sewage" means any substance that contains any of the waste products or excrementitious or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals, which pollutes the waters of the state.(B) "Industrial waste" means any liquid, gaseous, or solid waste substance resulting from any process of industry, manufacture, trade, or business, or from the development, processing, or recovery of any natural resource, together with such sewage as is present, which pollutes the waters of the state.(C) "Other wastes" means garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust shavings, bark, and other wood debris, lime (except hydrated or dehydrated lime), sand, ashes, offal, night soil, oil, tar, coal dust, or silt, and other substances which are not included within the definitions of sewage and industrial waste set forth in this section, which pollute the waters of the state.(D) "Sewerage system" means pipe lines or conduits, pumping stations, and force mains, and all other constructions, devices, appurtenances, and facilities used for collecting or conducting water-borne sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes to a point of disposal or treatment.(E) "Treatment works" means any plant, disposal field, lagoon, dam, pumping station, incinerator, or other works used for the purpose of treating, stabilizing, or holding sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes.(F) "Disposal system" means a system for disposing of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes, and includes sewerage systems and treatment works.(G) "Waters of the state" mean all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, which are situated wholly or partly within, or border upon, this state, or are within its jurisdiction, except those private waters which do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground waters.(H) "Person" means a person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, other than a county, township, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision.
Ohio Rev Code § 6112.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6112 | Private Sewer Systems|Section 6112.02 | Application for Construction and Installation of New Disposal System for Disposal of Sewage, Industrial Waste, or Other Wastes.

Effective: October 23, 1972|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly|For the purpose of preventing, controlling, and abating 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 other wastes to serve any geographical area in one or more counties, whether or not said geographical area is part of one or more then existing sewer districts established under Chapter 6117. of the Revised Code, provided that said geographical area is not then being served by a disposal system for the disposal of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes.Upon receipt of any application, the director shall notify the board of county commissioners in any county in which any part of said geographical area is situated that such application has been filed. The board of county commissioners shall certify to the director, within thirty days after receipt of such notice, whether said geographical area is or is not then being served by a disposal system for the disposal of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes.There shall be submitted with such application such data required by the director to establish the need therefor to serve the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare, and such surveys, topographic maps, and profiles as are necessary for the determination of the proper boundaries of such geographical area. Surveys accompanying applications requesting the approval of general plans provided for in this section shall have been made under the supervision of and certified by a registered engineer or surveyor.
Ohio Rev Code § 6112.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6112 | Private Sewer Systems|Section 6112.03 | Manner and Form of Application.

Effective: May 6, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 26 - 122nd General Assembly|Applications for approval of plans for the construction and installation of facilities under this chapter shall be made in the manner and form prescribed by the director of environmental protection and shall be accompanied by plans, specifications, and other data that the director may require relative to the facilities for which approval of plans is requested. Thereafter, the director shall act upon the application in accordance with law and the rules adopted pursuant thereto.
Ohio Rev Code § 6112.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6112 | Private Sewer Systems|Section 6112.04 | Supervision of a Registered Engineer.

Effective: October 23, 1972|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly|The construction of the facilities for which plans have been approved by the director of environmental protection shall be performed under the supervision of a registered engineer, in a manner acceptable to the director. Such registered engineer shall be employed by the applicant at his own expense.
Ohio Rev Code § 6112.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6112 | Private Sewer Systems|Section 6112.05 | Acquisition of Sewerage and Disposal Systems by County.

Effective: September 19, 1961|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 500 - 104th General Assembly|A board of county commissioners may acquire, by purchase, sewerage systems and disposal systems serving sewer districts within its county, constructed by any person under the authority granted by sections 6112.02 and 6112.03 of the Revised Code. If the board and owners thereof are unable to agree upon its purchase and sale, or the amount of compensation therefor, the board may appropriate the sewerage system and disposal system. To carry out the appropriation of the sewerage system and disposal system, the board shall proceed in the same manner as is provided by law for the appropriation of private property by a municipal corporation at the time such appropriation is made. The board shall perform all duties required to be performed by the mayor or legislative authority of a municipal corporation by such laws, and the passage of equivalent resolutions by such board shall fulfill the requirements of such laws as to resolutions and ordinances to be passed by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 6112.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6112 | Private Sewer Systems|Section 6112.99 | Penalty.

Effective: May 6, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 26 - 122nd General Assembly|Whoever violates section 6112.02 or 6112.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.