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Ohio Rev Code § 3745.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.31 | Statute of Limitations.

Effective: September 5, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 294 - 129th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "environmental law" means sections 903.08, 903.17, and 3737.87 to 3737.882 and Chapters 3704., 3714., 3734., 3745., 3750., 3751., 3752., 3753., 6109., and 6111. of the Revised Code; any rule adopted under those sections or chapters or adopted for the purpose of implementing those sections or chapters; and any applicable provisions of Chapter 3767. of the Revised Code when an environmentally related nuisance action is brought. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, any action under any environmental law for civil or administrative penalties of any kind brought by any agency or department of the state or by any other governmental authority charged with enforcing environmental laws shall be commenced within five years of the time when the agency, department, or governmental authority actually knew or was informed of the occurrence, omission, or facts on which the cause of action is based.(2) If an agency, department, or governmental authority actually knew or was informed of an occurrence, omission, or facts on which a cause of action is based prior to July 23, 2002, the cause of action for civil or administrative penalties of any kind for the alleged violation shall be commenced not later than five years after July 23, 2002.(C) Division (B) of this section applies only if, during the time periods established in that division, proper service of process can be given in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure and jurisdiction of a court in this state can be obtained.(D) The time periods established in division (B) of this section may be tolled by mutual agreement between the enforcing agency, department, or authority and the person who is subject to a civil or administrative penalty of any kind under an environmental law.(E) When an action seeks injunctive relief or another remedy in addition to a remedy of civil or administrative penalties of any kind under an environmental law, division (B) of this section applies only to the remedy of civil or administrative penalties of any kind.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.40 | Clean Ohio Operating Fund.

Effective: June 26, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly|(A) There is hereby created the clean Ohio operating fund consisting of moneys credited to the fund in accordance with this section. The fund shall be used to pay the costs incurred by the director of environmental protection pursuant to sections 122.65 to 122.658 of the Revised Code. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund and may be used to pay administrative costs incurred by the director pursuant to those sections.(B) Notwithstanding section 3746.16 of the Revised Code, upon the request of the director of environmental protection, the director of development shall certify to the director of budget and management the amount of excess investment earnings that are available to be transferred from the clean Ohio revitalization fund created in section 122.658 of the Revised Code to the clean Ohio operating fund. Upon certification, the director of budget and management may transfer from the clean Ohio revitalization fund to the clean Ohio operating fund an amount not exceeding the amount of the annual appropriation to the clean Ohio operating fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.45 | Volkswagen Clean Air Act Settlement Fund.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|There is hereby created in the state treasury the Volkswagen clean air act settlement fund consisting of money received by the state from the Volkswagen clean air act settlement. It is the intent of the general assembly to appropriate into the fund the money received by the state from that settlement.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.50 | Coordinator of Harmful Algae Management and Response.

Effective: July 3, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 1 - 131st General Assembly|(A) The director of environmental protection shall serve as coordinator, or designate a coordinator, of harmful algae management and response. The director or the director's designee shall develop plans providing for coordination that may include, but are not limited to, the actions and items specified in divisions (B) and (C) of this section.(B) The director or the director's designee shall consult with the directors of agriculture, health, and natural resources and representatives of local governments, publicly owned treatment works, and public water systems to implement actions that do both of the following:(1) Protect against cyanobacteria in the western basin and public water supplies;(2) Manage wastewater to limit nutrient loading into the western basin.(C) The director or the director's designee shall develop and implement protocols and actions that may include, but are not limited to, the following:(1) Analytical protocols for monitoring of cyanobacteria at water intake structures of public water systems, testing for cyanobacteria in Lake Erie, and establishing public health advisory levels and public notification protocols if trigger levels of cyanotoxins are detected;(2) Provisions on training, testing, and treatment and other support regarding cyanobacteria identification, sampling, treatment techniques, algaecide application, public notification, and source water protection for employees of publicly owned treatment works and public water systems;(3) Protocols requiring public water systems to notify the environmental protection agency if any of the following occurs:(a) Cyanotoxins are detected in finished drinking water.(b) Cyanobacteria are detected in their source water.(c) Application of an algaecide is anticipated to the source water.(D) As used in this section, "western basin" has the same meaning as in section 905.326 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.73 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.73 | Report on Operation and Impact of Sb 138.

Effective: September 30, 1998|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 219 - 122nd General Assembly|Not later than March 31, 2002, the director of environmental protection, in consultation with the attorney general, appropriate federal, state, and local agencies, and appropriate statewide organizations, shall submit to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a report on the operation and impacts of Substitute Senate Bill No. 138 of the 121st general assembly, including the impact on environmental compliance and protection. The attorney general and each state agency that has received a disclosure under section 3745.72 of the Revised Code shall cooperate with the director in preparing the report required by this section and shall submit information relevant to the report to the director not later than January 31, 2002.
Ohio Rev Code § 3745.74 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency|Section 3745.74 | Public Records - Employee Protection.

Effective: September 30, 1998|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 219 - 122nd General Assembly|Nothing in sections 3745.70 to 3745.73 of the Revised Code shall be construed to limit or affect either of the following:(A) The authority or obligation of any government agency pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code;(B) Any employee protection rights under federal or state laws.
Ohio Rev Code § 3746.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3746 | Voluntary Action Program|Section 3746.02 | Exemptions.

Effective: September 15, 2020|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 168 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Nothing in this chapter applies to any of the following: (1) Property for which a voluntary action under this chapter is precluded by federal law or regulations adopted under federal law, including, without limitation, any of the following federal laws or regulations adopted thereunder: (a) The "Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972," 86 Stat. 886, 33 U.S.C.A. 1251, as amended; (b) The "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976," 90 Stat. 2806, 42 U.S.C.A. 6921, as amended; (c) The "Toxic Substances Control Act," 90 Stat. 2003 (1976), 15 U.S.C.A. 2601, as amended; (d) The "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2779, 42 U.S.C.A. 9601, as amended; (e) The "Safe Drinking Water Act," 88 Stat. 1661 (1974), 42 U.S.C.A. 300(f), as amended. (2) Those portions of property where closure of a hazardous waste facility or solid waste facility is required under Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code or rules adopted under it; (3) Except as provided in division (A)(3) of section 3737.88 of the Revised Code, properties that are subject to rules adopted by the fire marshal under Chapter 3737. of the Revised Code pertaining to corrective actions as defined in section 3737.87 of the Revised Code; (4) Property that is subject to Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code; (5) Any other property if the director of environmental protection has issued a letter notifying the owner or operator of the property that the director will issue an enforcement order under Chapter 3704., 3734., or 6111. of the Revised Code, a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance or petroleum from or at the property poses a substantial threat to public health or safety or the environment, and either of the following applies: (a) The person subject to the letter does not present sufficient evidence to the director that the person has entered into the voluntary action program under this chapter and is proceeding expeditiously to address that threat. (b) The person cannot demonstrate the person is a bona fide prospective purchaser under section 3746.122 of the Revised Code.  For the purposes of this division, the evidence constituting sufficient evidence of entry into the voluntary action program under this chapter shall be defined by the director by rules adopted under section 3746.04 of the Revised Code. (B) The application of any provision of division (A) of this section to a portion of property does not preclude participation in the voluntary action program under this chapter in connection with other portions of the property where those provisions do not apply. (C) As used in this section, "property" means any parcel of real property, or portion thereof, and any improvements thereto.
Ohio Rev Code § 3746.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3746 | Voluntary Action Program|Section 3746.05 | Institutional Controls Restricting Access to or Use of Property.

Effective: September 15, 2020|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 168 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) A remedy or remedial activity conducted under this chapter may attain applicable standards otherwise established in this chapter and rules adopted under it through the use of institutional controls or activity and use limitations that restrict the use of a property or through the removal of, treatment of, transportation for treatment or disposal of, disposal of, or use of engineering controls that contain or control the release of hazardous substances or petroleum at or from a property. Any such institutional controls or activity and use limitations that restrict the use of a property shall ensure that the property is used only for purposes that comply with the applicable standards established in this chapter and rules adopted under it pertaining to the intended use of the property after the completion of the voluntary action, as the intended use is specified in the documents establishing the institutional controls or activity and use limitations.  (B)(1) If a property is subject to institutional controls or activity and use limitations and is put to a use that does not comply with the institutional controls or activity and use limitations specified in the documents establishing the institutional controls or activity and use limitations, the director of environmental protection may issue an order voiding the covenant not to sue issued under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code for the property in connection with the voluntary action for which the institutional controls or activity and use limitations were established. (2) An order issued by the director under division (B)(1) of this section is a final action appealable under Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3746.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3746 | Voluntary Action Program|Section 3746.06 | Contamination Level Below Background Level of Hazardous Substance or Petroleum - Ground Water Standards.

Effective: September 28, 1994|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 221 - 120th General Assembly|(A) If applicable standards otherwise established in this chapter and rules adopted under it establish a contamination level for a hazardous substance or petroleum that is below the background level of the hazardous substance or petroleum, the voluntary action conducted at a property is required to achieve only the background level of the hazardous substance or petroleum, notwithstanding the contamination level established in the applicable standard.(B) If the ground water underlying a property complies with standards for residential use established in or pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(1) or (2) of section 3746.04 of the Revised Code, the remedy or remedial activities undertaken in connection with a voluntary action to address sources of potential ground water contamination at or upon the property shall ensure the continued compliance of the ground water underlying the proeprty with those standards for residential use.
Ohio Rev Code § 3746.121 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3746 | Voluntary Action Program|Section 3746.121 | Verifying Eligible Costs for Tax Credit Purposes.

Effective: September 29, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly|Upon receiving a request submitted under section 122.16 of the Revised Code for verification of eligible costs associated with a voluntary action incurred by the applicant for the agreement under that section, a certified professional shall submit to the director of development verification of the eligible costs associated with the voluntary action as defined in section 122.16 of the Revised Code. The verification shall be submitted in the form of an affidavit subject to section 3746.20 of the Revised Code, shall state that the information contained in the verification is true to the best of the knowledge, information, and belief of the certified professional, and shall be accompanied by any receipts, invoices, canceled checks, or other documents evidencing eligible costs associated with the voluntary action that are provided by the applicant. Verification submitted under this section does not constitute a finding or representation by the certified professional that eligible costs associated with the voluntary action are reasonable.
Ohio Rev Code § 3746.122 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3746 | Voluntary Action Program|Section 3746.122 | Affirmative Defense to Action for Release of Hazardous Substances From Facility.

Effective: September 15, 2020|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 168 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section : (1) "Bona fide prospective purchaser" has the same meaning as in 42 U.S.C. 9601, including the requirement that a person acquired ownership of a facility after January 11, 2002. (2) "Facility" has the same meaning as in 42 U.S.C. 9601. (B) In a civil action to address a release or threatened release of hazardous substances from a facility, it is an affirmative defense, and a person is immune from liability to this state for performing investigational and remedial activities, if all of the following apply: (1) The person demonstrates that the person is a bona fide prospective purchaser of the facility. (2) The state's cause of action against the person rests upon the person's status as an owner or operator of the facility. (3) The person does not impede a response action or a natural resource restoration at the facility. (C) Nothing in this section precludes the application of section 3746.02 of the Revised Code to this section. (D) The affirmative defense provided for in division (B) of this section may be asserted in either of the following: (1) A civil action pending on the effective date of this section; (2) A civil action initiated after the effective date of this section. (E) The general assembly finds that this section is remedial in nature. Therefore, the general assembly hereby declares its purpose in enacting this section is to do both of the following: (1) Adopt the federal definition of bona fide prospective purchaser in 42 U.S.C. 9601 for purposes of this section; (2) Extend the affirmative defense as specified in division (D)(1) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3746.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3746 | Voluntary Action Program|Section 3746.13 | Issuing of Covenant Not to Sue.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|(A) For property that does not involve the issuance of a consolidated standards permit under section 3746.15 of the Revised Code and where no remedial activities for which there is a required operation and maintenance agreement or an environmental covenant under this chapter or sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code, as applicable, are used to comply with applicable standards, the director of environmental protection shall issue a covenant not to sue pursuant to section 3746.12 of the Revised Code by issuance of an order and as a final action under Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code within thirty days after the director receives the no further action letter for the property from the certified professional who prepared the letter under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code. (B) For property that involves the issuance of a consolidated standards permit under section 3746.15 of the Revised Code or where remedial activities for which there is a required operation and maintenance agreement or an environmental covenant under this chapter or sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code, as applicable, are used to comply with applicable standards, the director shall issue a covenant not to sue pursuant to section 3746.12 of the Revised Code by issuance of an order and as a final action under Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code within ninety days after the director receives the no further action letter for the property from the certified professional who prepared the letter and enters into an environmental convenant regarding the property, if applicable. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, each person who is issued a covenant not to sue under this section shall pay the fee established pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(7) of section 3746.04 of the Revised Code. Until those rules become effective, each person who is issued a covenant not to sue shall pay a fee of two thousand dollars. The fee shall be paid to the director at the time that the no further action letter and accompanying verification are submitted to the director. (D) An applicant, as defined in section 122.65 of the Revised Code, who has entered into an agreement under section 122.653 of the Revised Code and who is issued a covenant not to sue under this section shall not be required to pay the fee for the issuance of a covenant not to sue established in rules adopted under division (B)(7) of section 3746.04 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 16, 2021 at 3:28 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 3746.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3746 | Voluntary Action Program|Section 3746.14 | Filing Papers With County Recorder.

Effective: December 30, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 516 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the person to whom a covenant not to sue for a property has been issued under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code shall file for recording in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is located a true and accurate copy of all of the following:(1) The no further action letter issued under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code or an executive summary of it;(2) The covenant not to sue issued for the property under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code;(3) The environmental covenant for the property, if any, proposed pursuant to division (C)(3)(b) of section 3746.10 of the Revised Code and executed under section 5301.82 of the Revised Code.The documents specified in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section shall be recorded in the same manner as a deed to the property. The no further action letter, covenant not to sue, and environmental covenant, if any, shall run with the property.No person shall fail to comply with this division.(B) Pursuant to Chapter 5309. of the Revised Code, a no further action letter, a covenant not to sue, and, if applicable, any environmental covenant prepared, issued, entered into, or identified under this chapter and rules adopted under it or under sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code, as applicable, in connection with registered land, as defined in section 5309.01 of the Revised Code, shall be entered as a memorial on the page of the register where the title of the owner is registered.(C) A no further action letter, a covenant not to sue, and any agreement authorized to be entered into and entered into under this chapter and rules adopted under it may be transferred by the recipient to any other person by assignment or in conjunction with the acquisition of title to the property to which the document applies.
Ohio Rev Code § 3746.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3746 | Voluntary Action Program|Section 3746.16 | Voluntary Action Program Administration Fund.

Effective: September 28, 1994|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 221 - 120th General Assembly|Moneys collected by the director of environmental protection under this chapter and rules adopted under it shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state who shall deposit them to the credit of the voluntary action program administration fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The director shall expend moneys in the fund exclusively for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it.
Ohio Rev Code § 3746.171 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3746 | Voluntary Action Program|Section 3746.171 | Maintaining Record of Properties With Institutional Controls.

Effective: December 30, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 516 - 125th General Assembly|The director of environmental protection shall maintain a record of the properties for which covenants not to sue were issued under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code that involve institutional controls or activity and use limitations that restrict the use of the properties in order to comply with applicable standards. The records pertaining to those properties shall indicate the use restrictions or activity and use limitations applicable to each of them. At least once every five years, the director or an authorized representative of the director shall visually inspect each such property to determine whether the property is being used in compliance with the applicable institutional controls or activity and use limitations.