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Ohio Rev Code § 3743.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3743 | Fireworks|Section 3743.99 | Penalty.

Effective: October 9, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 3743.60 or division (H) of section 3743.64 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates division (C) or (D) of section 3743.60, division (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 3743.61, or division (A) or (B) of section 3743.64 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates division (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), or (J) of section 3743.60, division (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), or (J) of section 3743.61, section 3743.63, division (D), (E), (F), or (G) of section 3743.64, division (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of section 3743.65, or section 3743.66 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of division (I) of section 3743.60 or 3743.61 of the Revised Code, a violation of either of these divisions is a felony of the fifth degree.  (D) Whoever violates division (C) of section 3743.64 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. In addition to any other penalties that may be imposed on a licensed exhibitor of fireworks under this division and unless the third sentence of this division applies, the person's license as an exhibitor of fireworks or as an assistant exhibitor of fireworks shall be suspended. If the violation of division (C) of section 3743.64 of the Revised Code results in serious physical harm to persons or serious physical harm to property, the person's license as an exhibitor of fireworks or as an assistant exhibitor of fireworks shall be revoked. (E) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3743.65 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. Last updated November 22, 2021 at 1:57 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.011 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.011 | Legislative Intent.

Effective: October 23, 1972|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly|It is the intent of the general assembly that the environmental protection agency shall: (A) Promulgate and put into execution a longterm comprehensive plan and program to conserve, protect, and enhance the air, water, and other natural resources of the state; (B) Prevent and abate pollution of the environment for the protection and preservation of the health, safety, welfare, and property of the people of the state;(C) Administer the air, water, and other natural resources of the state for the use and benefit of the people of the state;(D) Promote the development of technology for environmental protection and management;(E) Operate the state government in ways designed to minimize environmental damage, and assist and cooperate with governmental agencies to restore, protect, and enhance the quality of the environment;(F) Provide for enforcement of the right of the people to environmental quality consistent with human health and welfare.The director of environmental protection may designate one of his staff to serve directly under the director as an ombudsman and expeditor between the citizens and the environmental protection agency in all matters of the environment.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.012 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.012 | Director to Collect Moneys and Keep Record; Reduction or Waiver of Fees.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) The director of environmental protection shall collect all moneys for permits, licenses, plan approvals, variances, and certifications of any nature issued and administered by the environmental protection agency under Chapter 3704., 3714., 3734., 6109., or 6111. of the Revised Code. The director shall keep a record of all such moneys collected showing the amounts received, from whom, and for what purpose collected. All such moneys shall be credited to the general revenue fund, except for such moneys required to be credited to any other fund.(B) The director may reduce or waive a fee incurred for either of the following:(1) Submitting a late payment if the original amount has been paid in full;(2) Responding to an emergency, including fees for the disposal of material and debris, if the governor declares a state of emergency.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.013 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.013 | Goods and Services Fund.

Effective: July 1, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly|Except for those moneys specifically required by law to be credited to another fund, all moneys received by the environmental protection agency from the sale of goods or services shall be credited to the sale of goods and services fund which is hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys credited to the fund shall include:(A) Moneys received pursuant to service agreements between programs or activities of the environmental protection agency under which one program or activity within the agency provides goods or services to another program or activity within the agency and moneys received pursuant to service agreements between the environmental protection agency and other state agencies under which the environmental protection agency provides goods or services to other state agencies. The goods and services provided pursuant to any such service agreement shall be documented on an invoice prescribed by the director of environmental protection. The invoice shall include, without limitation, the number of hours worked by personnel of the environmental protection agency, and any supplies and necessary equipment used, to perform the work prescribed by the service agreement and the costs thereof. Payment of the amount set forth on the invoice shall be made to the program or activity of the environmental protection agency providing the goods or services under the service agreement within thirty days after delivery of the invoice for payment to the appropriate program or activity within the agency, or the other state agency, receiving the goods or services under the agreement. Moneys credited to the fund under this division shall be expended to defray the costs of the programs and activities of the environmental protection agency.(B) Moneys received by the environmental protection agency from the salvaging of equipment of the agency through the state's investment recovery program under sections 125.12 to 125.15 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding section 125.14 of the Revised Code, moneys credited to the investment recovery fund created in that section arising from the sale or other disposition of equipment of the environmental protection agency shall be transferred to the goods and services fund. Moneys credited to the goods and services fund under this division shall be used by the agency to purchase equipment for the agency or to reimburse the United States environmental protection agency for the portion of the salvage amount due it because federal moneys were used to make the original purchase of the equipment.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.014 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.014 | Central Support Indirect Fund.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|There is hereby created in the state treasury the central support indirect fund, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection. Money credited to the fund shall be used for administrative costs of the environmental protection agency. The director may assess any operating funds from which the agency receives appropriations, except the central support indirect fund, for a share of the administrative costs of the agency. The amounts assessed shall be transferred to the central support indirect fund by means of intrastate transfer vouchers. The director shall determine the rate of assessments. Last updated September 7, 2021 at 4:20 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.015 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.015 | Environmental Protection Fund.

Effective: December 19, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly|There is hereby created in the state treasury the environmental protection fund consisting of money credited to the fund under division (A)(3) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code. The environmental protection agency shall use money in the fund to pay the agency's costs associated with administering and enforcing, or otherwise conducting activities under, this chapter and Chapters 3704., 3734., 3746., 3747., 3748., 3750., 3751., 3752., 3753., 5709., 6101., 6103., 6105., 6109., 6111., 6112., 6113., 6115., 6117., and 6119. and section 122.65 of the Revised Code, including providing compliance assistance to small businesses.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.016 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.016 | Cleanup and Response Fund.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|There is hereby created in the state treasury the federally supported cleanup and response fund consisting of money credited to the fund from federal grants, gifts, and contributions. The environmental protection agency shall use money in the fund to support the investigation and remediation of contaminated property and implementation of the hazardous waste provisions of Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.018 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.018 | Oepa Administration of Programs Division In.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|The director of environmental protection shall establish within environmental protection the agency a division to administer the agency's financial, technical, and compliance programs to assist communities, businesses, and other regulated entities. The division shall administer all of the following:(A) State revolving wastewater and drinking water loan programs under sections 6109.22 and 6111.036 of the Revised Code;(B) Agency grant programs, including recycling and litter prevention grant programs under section 3736.05 of the Revised Code;(C) Programs for providing compliance and pollution prevention assistance to regulated entities under sections 3704.18 and 3745.017 of the Revised Code;(D) Statewide source reduction, recycling, recycling market development, and litter prevention programs under section 3736.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.03 | Hearing Procedures.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) The environmental review appeals commission shall adopt or amend, as appropriate, regulations governing procedure to be followed for hearings before it, including regulations governing all of the following:(1) Expedited hearings;(2) Expedited decisions;(3) Stays.(B) No regulation adopted by the commission shall be effective until the tenth day after it has been adopted by the filing of a certified copy thereof with the secretary of state who shall record them under the heading "regulations of the environmental review appeals commission." The regulations shall be numbered consecutively under the heading and shall bear the date of filing. The regulations shall be public records open to public inspection.(C) No regulation filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this section shall be amended except by a regulation which contains the entire regulation as amended and which repeals the regulation amended. Each regulation which amends a regulation shall bear the same consecutive regulation number as the number of the regulation which it amends, and it shall bear the date of filing.(D) No regulation filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this section shall be repealed except by a regulation. Each regulation which repeals a regulation shall bear the same consecutive regulation number as the number of the regulation which it repeals, and it shall bear the date of filing.(E) The authority and the duty of the commission to adopt regulations under this section shall not be governed by or be subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.(F) The commission shall have available at all times copies of all regulations of the commission which it has filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this section, and shall furnish them free of charge to any person requesting them.(G) The commission shall maintain and keep available for public inspection, at its principal office, a current register of all appeals filed, hearings pending, its final action thereon, and the dates on which such filings, hearings, and final actions occur.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.09 | Action to Abate Pollution From Sources Outside the State.

Effective: December 14, 1978|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 445 - 112th General Assembly|Upon investigation of any complaint filed under section 3704.06, 3734.10, 3745.08, or 6109.11 of the Revised Code, if the director of environmental protection finds that the violation is caused by or contributed to from air or water pollution sources outside Ohio, he shall immediately notify the responsible officials of the state in which the source lies, the United States environmental protection agency, and the attorney general of Ohio, in an effort to secure prompt compliance with all laws, regulations, and standards for the prevention, abatement, and control of air and water pollution and disposal of solid wastes.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.112 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.112 | Independent Evaluation of Title V Permit Program.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|During the month of August 1997, and biennially thereafter, the director of environmental protection shall enter into a contract for the performance of an independent evaluation of the Title V permit program to be conducted under the supervision of an independent certified public accountant. The evaluation shall review the finances, operations, revenues, costs, and expenditures of the Title V permit program under section 3704.036 of the Revised Code and the Title V clean air fund created in section 3704.035 of the Revised Code. The findings of each such evaluation shall be set forth in a written report that shall include, without limitation, all of the following: (A) A review and analysis of all expenditures from the Title V clean air fund for the Title V permit program;(B) A review and analysis of all costs incurred by the environmental protection agency designated by the director to be costs of the Title V permit program;(C) A review and analysis of all expenditures from the Title V clean air fund for costs not designated by the director as costs of the Title V permit program;(D) A review and analysis of the adequacy of the fees assessed under division (B) of section 3745.11 for meeting the costs of the Title V permit program during the period reviewed by the evaluation.Upon completion of the written report of each evaluation required by this section, the director shall provide copies of the report to the governor and the general assembly and shall make copies of it available to the public.The reasonable and necessary expenses for conducting an evaluation required under this section are hereby deemed to be reasonable costs to administer the Title V permit program and shall be paid from moneys credited to the Title V clean air fund arising from the fees assessed under division (B) of section 3745.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.113 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.113 | Application for Isolated Wetland Permit - Fees.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|(A) A person that applies for a state isolated wetland permit under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it shall pay an application fee of two hundred dollars at the time of application. In addition, that person shall pay, at the time of application, a review fee of five hundred dollars per acre of the wetlands to be impacted.However, the review fee shall not exceed five thousand dollars per application. In addition, if an application is denied, the director of environmental protection shall refund to the applicant one-half of the amount of the review fee paid by the applicant under division (A) of this section.(B) If a person conducts any activities for which an individual state isolated wetland permit is required under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it without first obtaining such a permit, the person shall pay twice the amount of the application and review fees that the person otherwise would have been required to pay under division (A) of this section, not to exceed ten thousand dollars.(C) All moneys collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the surface water protection fund created in section 6111.038 of the Revised Code.(D) Fees established under this section shall not apply to any agency or department of the state or to any county, township, or municipal corporation in this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.12 | Immediate Removal Fund.

Effective: September 29, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly|(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the immediate removal fund, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection. The fund may be used for both of the following purposes:(1) To pay costs incurred by the environmental protection agency in investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing, or abating any unauthorized spill, release, or discharge of material into or upon the environment that requires emergency action to protect the public health or safety or the environment;(2) Conducting remedial actions under section 3752.13 of the Revised Code.(B) Any person responsible for causing or allowing the unauthorized spill, release, or discharge is liable to the director for the costs incurred by the agency regardless of whether those costs were paid out of the fund created under division (A) of this section or any other fund of the agency. Upon the request of the director, the attorney general shall bring a civil action against the responsible person to recover those costs. Moneys recovered under this division shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the immediate removal fund, except that moneys recovered for costs paid from the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the hazardous waste clean-up fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.30 | Policies of Agency.

Effective: March 5, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 106 - 121st General Assembly|(A)(1) As used in this section, "policy" means a written clarification or explanation of a statute or rule that is initiated by the environmental protection agency. "Policy" does not include any educational guideline, suggestion, or case study regarding how to comply with a statute or rule or any document or guideline regarding the internal organization or operation of the agency, including matters regarding administration, personnel, or accounting.(2) A policy does not have the force of law.(B) Policies established by the agency shall be subject to all of the following requirements:(1) A policy shall comply with the statutes and rules that are in existence at the time the policy is established;(2) A policy shall not establish any new requirement;(3) A policy shall be established only at the central office of the agency;(4) The first page of each policy shall have printed on it the following statement in uppercase letters: "this policy does not have the force of law."(C) Every five years the agency shall review each policy that it established prior to the effective date of this section or that it establishes after the effective date of this section and shall prepare written documentation certifying that the policy has been reviewed. The documentation is a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. A policy that has not been so reviewed is void.(D) A person may file a written complaint at any time with the director of environmental protection alleging that a policy established by the agency does not comply with the requirements established under divisions (B)(1) to (3) of this section. Not later than ninety days after receiving the complaint, the director shall review the policy and issue a determination as to whether the policy complies with those requirements. A determination issued by the director under this division is not a final action that is appealable under this chapter.(E) The agency's proposed policies shall be advertised in its weekly review.(F) Notwithstanding section 149.43 of the Revised Code, not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the agency shall compile at its central office a copy of all its policies. The copy of policies shall be kept current and made available for public inspection and copying.