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Ohio Rev Code § 4905.911 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers|Section 4905.911 | Compliance With Federal Design Requirements.

Effective: September 15, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly|(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section: (a) The public utilities commission shall require an operator of either of the following types of pipelines that was completely constructed on or after September 10, 2012, and that transports gas produced by a horizontal well to comply with the applicable pipe design requirements of 49 C.F.R. 192 subpart C:(i) A gas gathering pipeline;(ii) A processing plant gas stub pipeline.(b) The commission shall also require the operator to do all of the following regarding that pipeline:(i) Design, install, construct, initially inspect, and initially test the pipeline in accordance with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. 192 if the pipeline is new, replaced, relocated, or otherwise changed;(ii) Control corrosion according to requirements of 49 C.F.R. 192 subpart I if the pipeline is metallic;(iii) Establish and carry out a damage prevention program under 49 C.F.R. 192.614;(iv) Establish and carry out a public education program under 49 C.F.R. 192.616;(v) Establish the MAOP of the pipeline under 49 C.F.R. 192.619;(vi) Install and maintain pipeline markers according to the requirements for transmission lines under 49 C.F.R. 192.707;(vii) Perform leakage surveys according to requirements in 49 C.F.R. 192.706;(viii) Retain a record of each required leakage survey conducted under division (A)(1)(b)(vii) of this section and 49 C.F.R. 192.706 for five years or until the next leakage survey is completed, whichever time period is longer.(2) The commission may, at its discretion and in accordance with subsection (d) of 49 U.S.C. 60118, waive compliance with a pipe design requirement of 49 C.F.R. 192 subpart C.(B)(1) Any person who plans to construct a pipeline subject to division (A) of this section after September 10, 2012, shall file with the public utilities commission division of pipeline safety a form approved by the division that includes all of the following information:(a) The route of the proposed pipeline;(b) The MAOP of the pipeline;(c) The outside diameter of the pipeline;(d) The wall thickness of the pipeline;(e) The material that the pipeline will be made of;(f) The yield strength of the pipeline.The form shall be filed with the division not later than twenty-one days prior to the commencement of construction of the pipeline.(2) Not later than sixty days after the completion of construction of a pipeline subject to division (B)(1) of this section, the operator of the pipeline shall file with the public utilities commission division of pipeline safety an explanation of the constructed pipeline's route and operating information.(C) For purposes of this section:(1) "Horizontal well" has the same meaning as in section 1509.01 of the Revised Code.(2) "Operator" means any person that owns, operates, manages, controls, or leases a gas gathering pipeline or a processing plant gas stub pipeline.
Ohio Rev Code § 4905.92 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers|Section 4905.92 | Assessments Against Operators - Pipe-Line Safety Fund.

Effective: April 16, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 365 - 119th General Assembly|(A) In addition to the assessment required by section 4905.10 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall assess against all operators an amount equal to the appropriation in each fiscal year from the pipe-line safety fund. The assessment against each operator shall be based on the total Mcfs of gas it supplied or delivered in this state during the calendar year next preceding the assessment. The commission shall not assess against any operator an amount exceeding five one-hundredths of one cent multiplied by such total Mcfs of gas it supplied or delivered, except that, if the commission determines that an assessment so computed will amount to seventy-five dollars or less, the commission shall assess the operator seventy-five dollars.(B) For the purpose of computing the assessment under division (A) of this section, each operator designated by the commission shall notify the commission, no later than ninety days after the end of the calendar year next preceding the assessment, of the total Mcfs of gas it supplied or delivered in this state during that calendar year.(C) On or before the first day of October in each year, the commission shall notify each operator of the amount assessed against it under this section. No later than thirty days after the date the notice is given, the operator shall pay the assessment to the commission.(D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the pipe-line safety fund into which shall be deposited all assessments paid under this section. Money in the fund shall be for the exclusive use of the commission for the administration and enforcement of sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code. Any such assessments paid into the pipe-line safety fund, but not expended by the commission, shall be credited ratably, after first deducting any deficits accumulated from prior years, by the commission to operators that pay more than the minimum assessment, according to the respective portions of the sums assessable against them for the ensuing calendar year. The assessments for that calendar year shall be reduced correspondingly.
Ohio Rev Code § 4905.93 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers|Section 4905.93 | Duties of Operator.

Effective: April 16, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 365 - 119th General Assembly|Each operator shall do all of the following:(A) Comply with sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code. For the purpose of that compliance, the act or omission of any officer, employee, or agent of an operator, while acting within the scope of his duties or employment, is deemed the act or omission of the operator.(B) Establish and maintain any record, make any report, and provide any information and evidence the commission requires to administer and enforce sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code;(C) Permit officers, employees, and agents of the commission to enter and inspect the operator's premises, and its intrastate pipe-line transportation; and inspect, examine, and copy its books, papers, records, contracts, and other relevant documents, as the commission requires to administer and enforce sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4905.96 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers|Section 4905.96 | Civil Action Against Operator.

Effective: April 16, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 365 - 119th General Assembly|(A) Upon the written request of or order by the public utilities commission, the attorney general shall bring a civil action against an operator in the name of the state to enforce orders of the commission issued under section 4905.95 of the Revised Code, including orders assessing forfeitures under division (B)(1) of that section, and for other appropriate relief, including a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction. The action may be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county, the court of common pleas of any county in which venue is proper under the Rules of Civil Procedure, or the appropriate United States district court pursuant to 82 Stat. 720 (1968), 49 U.S.C.A. App. 1686. The action has precedence over all other civil actions in common pleas court.(B) The attorney general shall file a certified copy of the order of the commission or decision of the supreme court affirming or modifying that order when the civil action to enforce that order or decision is brought in the court of common pleas. The order or decision is a mandate to the court of common pleas for execution of the order or decision. The issue of an operator's compliance with the order or decision shall be heard in a hearing before the court of common pleas.
Ohio Rev Code § 4905.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers|Section 4905.99 | Penalty.

Effective: September 13, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates section 4905.52 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 4905.56 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.(C) Whoever violates section 4905.74 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.021 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.021 | Ad Hoc Member Requirement, Qualifications.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|(A) For the purposes of this section and section 4906.022 of the Revised Code: (1) "Immediate family member" means a person's: (a) Spouse; (b) Brother or sister of the whole, or of the half, blood, or by marriage; (c) Children, including adopted children; and  (d) Parents. (2) "Material amendment" and "utility facility" have the same meanings as in section 303.57 of the Revised Code. (B) Whenever an application is made to the power siting board for a certificate or a material amendment to an existing certificate for a utility facility, the board shall include two voting ad hoc members to represent the interests of the residents of the area in which the utility facility is to be located. (C)(1) The ad hoc members shall be: (a) The chairperson of the board of township trustees of the township in which the utility facility is to be located or the chairperson's designee; (b) The president of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the utility facility is to be located or the president's designee. (2) If a utility facility is to be located in multiple townships, a single ad hoc member to represent the townships shall be chosen by a majority vote of all of the boards of township trustees of the townships in which the utility facility is to be located. (3) If a utility facility is to be located in multiple counties, a single ad hoc member to represent the counties shall be chosen by a majority vote of all of the boards of county commissioners of the counties in which the utility facility is to be located. (D)(1) No person shall serve as such an ad hoc member if the person: (a) Is party to a lease agreement with, or has granted an easement to, the developer of a utility facility; (b) Holds any other beneficial interest in a utility facility; (c) Has an immediate family member who is party to a lease agreement with, or has granted an easement to, the developer of the utility facility; (d) Has an immediate family member who holds any beneficial interest in a utility facility; (e) Has an immediate family member who has intervened in the power siting board proceeding for which the ad hoc member is included. (2) If, because of the application of division (D) of this section, an individual is unable to serve as such an ad hoc member, a new ad hoc member shall be appointed in accordance with division (C) of this section. (E) A designee under division (C)(1) of this section shall be one of the following from the same political subdivision as the designator: (a) Another elected official; (b) A resident. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:54 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.022 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.022 | Ad Hoc Member Designation.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|(A) Voting ad hoc members of the power siting board under section 4906.021 of the Revised Code shall be designated not later than thirty days after a board of county commissioners or a board of township trustees receives notification that an application, for which an ad hoc member shall be included, has been found to be in compliance with division (A) of section 4906.06 of the Revised Code by the chairperson of the power siting board or the chairperson's designee and is accepted by the board. (B) The ad hoc members shall be designated in accordance with the requirements set forth in division (C) of section 4906.021 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:46 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.023 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.023 | Limitation on Ad Hoc Member of Intervening Township or County.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|If a board of township trustees or board of county commissioners seeks to adopt a resolution to intervene in a power siting board case for which it is entitled to have a voting ad hoc member under section 4906.02 of the Revised Code, the member shall not vote on the resolution to intervene, unless the member designates another individual to serve as the ad hoc member. A designee under this section shall meet the requirements of division (E) of section 4906.021 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:46 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.024 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.024 | Ex Parte Communication Exemption and Requirements for Ad Hoc Members.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|(A) A voting ad hoc member of the power siting board under section 4906.02 of the Revised Code shall be exempt from any limitations on ex parte communications. (B) If such an ad hoc member communicates with a party, including any party who is an intervenor, to a board proceeding, the ad hoc member and the party shall disclose the following to the board: (1) The date of the conversation; (2) All participants in the conversation who are parties to the case. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:49 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.025 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.025 | Ad Hoc Member Confidentiality Requirements.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|No present or former voting ad hoc member of the power siting board shall disclose or use, without appropriate authorization, information acquired in the course of official duties that is confidential because of either of the following: (A) Statutory law;  (B) Notice the ad hoc member received designating the information as confidential and both of the following apply: (1) The status of the proceedings, or the circumstances under which the information was received, warrants its confidentiality; (2) Preserving its confidentiality is necessary to the proper conduct of governmental activities. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:50 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.04 | Certificate Required for Construction of Major Utility Facility.

Effective: November 15, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly|No person shall commence to construct a major utility facility in this state without first having obtained a certificate for the facility. The replacement of an existing facility with a like facility, as determined by the power siting board, shall not constitute construction of a major utility facility. Such replacement of a like facility is not exempt from any other requirements of state or local laws or regulations. Any facility, with respect to which such a certificate is required, shall thereafter be constructed, operated, and maintained in conformity with such certificate and any terms, conditions, and modifications contained therein. A certificate may only be issued pursuant to Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code.A certificate may be transferred, subject to the approval of the board, to a person who agrees to comply with the terms, conditions, and modifications contained therein.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.05 | Certificate Exemptions.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly|No certificate is required for a major utility facility on which construction had already commenced on October 23, 1972, or within two years thereafter. This section does not exempt such a facility from any other requirements of state and local laws and regulations. No certificate is required for any major utility facility already in operation on October 23, 1972, and the facility shall not be exempt from any applicable state or local laws or regulations. A certificate is required for any substantial addition to a facility already in operation. "Substantial addition" shall be defined by the power siting board.Any electric generating plant and associated facilities, electric transmission line and associated facilities, or gas pipeline and associated facilities which is not a major utility facility is not exempt from state or local laws or regulations.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.07 | Public Hearing on Application.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Upon the receipt of an application complying with section 4906.06 of the Revised Code, the power siting board shall promptly fix a date for a public hearing thereon, not less than sixty nor more than ninety days after such receipt, and shall conclude the proceeding as expeditiously as practicable. (B) On an application for an amendment of a certificate, the board shall hold a hearing in the same manner as a hearing is held on an application for a certificate if the proposed change in the facility would result in any material increase in any environmental impact of the facility or a substantial change in the location of all or a portion of such facility other than as provided in the alternates set forth in the application.(C) The chairperson of the power siting board shall cause each application filed with the board to be investigated and shall, not less than fifteen days prior to the date any application is set for hearing submit a written report to the board and to the applicant. A copy of such report shall be made available to any person upon request. Such report shall set forth the nature of the investigation, and shall contain recommended findings with regard to division (A) of section 4906.10 of the Revised Code and shall become part of the record and served upon all parties to the proceeding.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.08 | Parties - Testimony.

Effective: April 7, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly|(A) The parties to a certification proceeding shall include:(1) The applicant;(2) Each person entitled to receive service of a copy of the application under division (B) of section 4906.06 of the Revised Code, if the person has filed with the power siting board a notice of intervention as a party, within thirty days after the date the person was served with a copy of the application;(3) Any person residing in a municipal corporation or county entitled to receive service of a copy of the application under division (B) of section 4906.06 of the Revised Code and any other person, if the person has petitioned the board for leave to intervene as a party within thirty days after the date of publication of the notice required by division (C) of section 4906.06 of the Revised Code, and if that petition has been granted by the board for good cause shown.(B) The board, in extraordinary circumstances for good cause shown, may grant a petition, for leave to intervene as a party to participate in subsequent phases of the proceeding, that is filed by a person identified in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section that failed to file a timely notice of intervention or petition for leave to intervene, as the case may be.(C) The board shall accept written or oral testimony from any person at the public hearing, but the right to call and examine witnesses shall be reserved for parties. However, the board may adopt rules to exclude repetitive, immaterial, or irrelevant testimony.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.09 | Record of Hearing.

Effective: November 15, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly|A record shall be made of the hearing and of all testimony taken. Rules of evidence, as specified by the power siting board, shall apply to the proceeding. The board may provide for the consolidation of the representation of parties having similar interests.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.101 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.101 | No Power Siting Board Certificate or Amendment in Restricted Area.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|(A) For purposes of this section and sections 4906.102 and 4906.103 of the Revised Code, "material amendment" and "utility facility" have the same meanings as in section 303.57 of the Revised Code. (B) The power siting board shall not grant a certificate for the construction, operation, and maintenance of, or material amendment to an existing certificate for, a utility facility, either as proposed or as modified by the board, to be constructed in a restricted area of the unincorporated area of a county, as designated by that county's board of county commissioners under sections 303.58 and 303.59 of the Revised Code, if the utility facility is of a type prohibited in the restricted area. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:50 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.102 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.102 | No Power Siting Board Certificate or Amendment Where Prohibited.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|(A) The power siting board shall not grant a certificate for the construction, operation, and maintenance of, or a material amendment to an existing certificate for, a utility facility, either as proposed or as modified by the board, to be constructed in the unincorporated area of a county, if the board of county commissioners of the county in which a utility facility is to be located has adopted a resolution prohibiting the construction of the utility facility as described in section 303.62 of the Revised Code.  (B) If the utility facility is to be located in multiple counties and less than all of the boards of county commissioners adopt a resolution prohibiting the construction of a utility facility, the power siting board shall modify the certificate or material amendment to exclude the area of each county whose board of county commissioners rejected the certificate or material amendment. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:50 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.103 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.103 | No Power Siting Board Certificate or Amendment Where Limited.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|If a board of county commissioners has adopted a resolution which limits the boundaries of the proposed utility facility to a smaller geographic area of the county, completely within what was proposed by the applicant, as described in section 303.62 of the Revised Code, the power siting board shall not grant a certificate or material amendment that includes an area outside of the geographic area approved by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the utility facility is to be located. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:51 PM