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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.984 | Chiropractic Loan Repayment Program - Application.

Effective:
November 22, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) An individual who has not received other student loan repayment assistance and meets either of the following requirements may apply for participation in the chiropractic loan repayment program:
(1) The individual is a chiropractic student enrolled in the final year of chiropractic school or college.
(2) The individual holds a current, valid license to practice chiropractic issued under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code.
(B) An application for participation in the chiropractic loan repayment program shall be submitted to the director of health on a form that the director shall prescribe. The information required to be submitted with an application includes the following:
(1) The applicant's name, permanent address or address at which the applicant is currently residing if different from the permanent address, and telephone number;
(2) The chiropractic school or college the applicant is attending or attended, the dates of attendance, and verification of attendance;
(3) A summary and verification of the educational expenses for which the applicant seeks reimbursement under the program;
(4) If applicable, verification of the applicant's current, valid license to practice chiropractic issued by the state chiropractic board under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code;
(5) Verification of the applicant's United States citizenship or status as a legal alien.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.985 | Chiropractic Loan Repayment Program - Approval to Participate.

Effective:
November 22, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly
If funds are available in the chiropractic loan repayment fund created under section 3702.9810 of the Revised Code and the general assembly has appropriated the funds for the program, the director of health shall approve an applicant for participation in the program on finding in accordance with the priorities established under section 3702.983 of the Revised Code that the applicant is eligible for participation and is needed in a chiropractic health resource shortage area.
On approving an application, the director shall notify and enter into discussions with the applicant. The object of the discussions is to facilitate recruitment of the applicant to a site within a chiropractic health resource shortage area at which, according to the priorities established under section 3702.983 of the Revised Code, the applicant is needed.
The director may refer the applicant to the Ohio state chiropractic association, or its successor organization, for assistance with the applicant's recruitment and placement.
If the director and applicant agree on the applicant's placement at a particular site within a chiropractic health resource shortage area, the applicant shall sign and deliver to the director a letter of intent agreeing to that placement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.987 | Chiropractic Loan Repayment Advisory Board.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the chiropractic loan repayment advisory board. The board shall consist of the following members:
(1) A representative of the department of higher education, appointed by the chancellor;
(2) The director of health or an employee of the department of health designated by the director;
(3) Three representatives of the chiropractic profession, appointed by the governor.
(B) Initial appointments shall be made not later than ninety days after November 22, 2020. Of the initial appointments made by the governor, two members shall serve a term of one year and one member shall serve a term of two years. Thereafter, terms of office of all appointed members shall be two years. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. No person shall be appointed to the board for more than two consecutive terms.
Vacancies shall be filled in the manner prescribed for the original appointment. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration of the member's term until a successor takes office or until sixty days have elapsed, whichever occurs first.
The governor may remove a member for whom the governor was the appointing authority, for misfeasance, malfeasance, or willful neglect of duty.
The board shall designate a member to serve as chairperson of the board.
The board shall meet at least once annually. The chairperson shall call special meetings as needed or upon the request of four members.
Four members of the board constitute a quorum to transact and vote on all business coming before the board.
Members of the board shall serve without compensation.
The department of health shall provide the board with staff assistance as requested by the board.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 1:41 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.988 | Chiropractic Loan Repayment Program - Repayment Amounts.

Effective:
November 22, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly
The chiropractic loan repayment advisory board shall determine the amounts that will be paid as loan repayments on behalf of participants in the chiropractic loan repayment program. No repayment shall exceed ten thousand dollars in any year, except that if a repayment results in an increase in the participant's federal, state, or local income tax liability, the department of health, at the participant's request and with the approval of the director of health, may reimburse the participant for the increased tax liability, regardless of the amount of the repayment in that year. Total repayment on behalf of a participant shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars over the time of participation in the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.989 | Chiropractic Loan Repayment Program - Annual Report.

Effective:
November 22, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly
The chiropractic loan repayment advisory board, annually on or before the first day of March, shall submit a report to the governor and general assembly describing the operations of the chiropractic loan repayment program during the previous calendar year. The report shall include information about all of the following:
(A) The number of requests received by the director of health that a particular area be designated as a chiropractic health resource shortage area;
(B) The areas that have been designated as chiropractic health resource shortage areas and the priorities that have been assigned to them;
(C) The number of applicants for participation in the chiropractic loan repayment program;
(D) The number of chiropractors assigned to chiropractic health resource shortage areas and the payments made on behalf of those chiropractors under the chiropractic loan repayment program;
(E) The chiropractic health resource shortage areas that have not been matched with all of the chiropractors they need;
(F) The number of chiropractors failing to complete their service obligations, the amount of damages owed, and the amount of damages collected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.9810 | Chiropractic Loan Repayment Fund, Chiropractic Heath Resource Shortage Area Fund.

Effective:
November 22, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly
The director of health may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.98 to 3702.9810 of the Revised Code.
The director shall pay all gifts accepted under this section into the state treasury, to the credit of the chiropractic health resource shortage area fund, which is hereby created, and all damages collected under division (B)(4) of section 3702.986 of the Revised Code, into the state treasury, to the credit of the chiropractic loan repayment fund, which is hereby created.
The director shall use the chiropractic health resource shortage area and chiropractic loan repayment funds for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.98 to 3702.9810 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3703 | Plumbing › Section 3703.03 | Division to Enforce Rules Governing Plumbing.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
In the administration of sections 3703.01 to 3703.08 of the Revised Code, the division of industrial compliance shall enforce rules governing plumbing adopted by the board of building standards under authority of sections 3781.10 and 3781.11 of the Revised Code.
Plans and specifications for all plumbing to be installed in or for buildings coming within such sections shall be submitted to and approved by the division before the contract for plumbing is let.
Last updated August 18, 2021 at 1:52 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3703 | Plumbing › Section 3703.04 | Plumbing Inspectors.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The superintendent of industrial compliance shall appoint such number of plumbing inspectors as is required. The inspectors shall be practical plumbers with at least seven years' experience, and skilled and well-trained in matters pertaining to sanitary regulations concerning plumbing work.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3703 | Plumbing › Section 3703.05 | Right of Entry.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Plumbing inspectors employed by the division of industrial compliance assigned to the enforcement of sections 3703.01 to 3703.08 of the Revised Code may, between sunrise and sunset, enter any building where there is good and sufficient reason to believe that the sanitary condition of the premises endangers the public health, for the purpose of making an inspection to ascertain the condition of the premises.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3703 | Plumbing › Section 3703.06 | Issuance and Posting of Certificate - Revocation.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
When any building is found to be in a sanitary condition or when changes which are ordered, under authority of this chapter, in the plumbing, drainage, or ventilation have been made, and after a thorough inspection and approval by the superintendent of industrial compliance, the superintendent shall issue a certificate, which shall be posted in a conspicuous place for the benefit of the public at large. Upon notification by the superintendent, the certificate shall be revoked for any violation of those sections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3703 | Plumbing › Section 3703.07 | Application for Plumbing Work Permit - Fees.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
No plumbing work shall be done in any building or place coming within the jurisdiction of the division of industrial compliance, except in cases of repairs or leaks in existing plumbing, until a permit has been issued by the division.
Before granting such permit, an application shall be made by the owner of the property or by the person, firm, or corporation which is to do the work. The application shall be made on a form prepared by the division for the purpose, and each application shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-seven dollars, and an additional fee of seven dollars for each trap, vented fixture, appliance, or device. Each application also shall be accompanied by a plan approval fee of eighteen dollars for work containing one through twenty fixtures; thirty-six dollars for work containing twenty-one through forty fixtures; and fifty-four dollars for work containing forty-one or more fixtures.
Whenever a reinspection is made necessary by the failure of the applicant or plumbing contractor to have the work ready for inspection when so reported, or by reason of faulty or improper installation, the person shall pay a fee of forty-five dollars for each reinspection.
All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code.
The superintendent of industrial compliance, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may increase the fees required by this section and may establish fees to pay the costs of the division to fulfill its duties established by this chapter, including, but not limited to, fees for administering a program for continuing education for, and certifying and recertifying plumbing inspectors. The fees shall bear some reasonable relationship to the cost of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3703 | Plumbing › Section 3703.08 | Duty to Comply With Notice.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Any owner, agent, or manager of a building in which an inspection is made by the division of industrial compliance, a board of health of a health district, or a certified department of building inspection of a municipal corporation or a county shall have the entire system of drainage and ventilation repaired, as the division, board of health, or department of building inspection directs by its order. After due notice to repair that work is given, the owner, agent, or manager shall notify the public authority that issued the order when the work is ready for its inspection. No person shall fail to have the work ready for inspection at the time specified in the notice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3703 | Plumbing › Section 3703.10 | Prosecutions and Proceedings for Violations.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
All prosecutions and proceedings by the division of industrial compliance for the violation of sections 3703.01 to 3703.08 of the Revised Code, or for the violation of any of the orders or rules of the division under those sections, shall be instituted by the superintendent of industrial compliance. All fines or judgments collected by the division shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created by section 121.084 of the Revised Code.
The superintendent, the board of health of a general or city health district, or any person charged with enforcing the rules of the division adopted under sections 3703.01 to 3703.08 of the Revised Code may petition the court of common pleas for injunctive or other appropriate relief requiring any person violating a rule adopted or order issued by the superintendent under those sections to comply with the rule or order. The court of common pleas of the county in which the offense is alleged to be occurring may grant injunctive or other appropriate relief.
The superintendent may do all of the following:
(A) Deny an applicant certification as a plumbing inspector;
(B) Suspend or revoke the certification of a plumbing inspector;
(C) Examine any certified plumbing inspector under oath;
(D) Examine the records and books of any certified plumbing inspector if the superintendent finds the material to be examined relevant to a determination described in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3703 | Plumbing › Section 3703.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Whoever violates sections 3703.01 to 3703.08 of the Revised Code, or any rule the division of industrial compliance is required to enforce under such sections, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or both. No person shall be imprisoned under this section for the first offense, and the prosecution always shall be as for a first offense unless the affidavit upon which the prosecution is instituted contains the allegation that the offense is a second or repeated offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.02 | Purposes of Chapter - Construction of Provisions.

Effective:
October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 153 - 120th General Assembly
(A) The purposes of this chapter are the following:
(1) To protect and enhance the quality of the state's air resources so as to promote the public health, welfare, economic vitality, and productive capacity of the people of the state;
(2) To enable the state, through the director of environmental protection, to adopt and maintain a program for the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution that is consistent with the federal Clean Air Act;
(3) To authorize the state to obtain financial assistance and delegation of powers from the federal government for purposes of the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution.
(B) This chapter, all rules adopted under it, and all permits, variances, and orders issued under it shall be construed, to the extent reasonably possible, to be consistent with the federal Clean Air Act and to promote the purposes of this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.031 | Director May Require Applicant to Install Equipment and Conduct Tests.

Effective:
December 19, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 258 - 113th General Assembly
Prior to issuance or renewal of a permit or a variance under division (F), (G), or (H) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection may require the applicant to install such equipment and conduct such tests and analyses as the director finds reasonable and necessary to determine adequately the amount and content of any emissions from such sources, the ambient air quality at the proposed site and in areas that may be affected by emissions from such sources, and any violation or potential violation of Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code, or the regulations or orders promulgated thereunder.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.032 | Emergency Action Plan - Declaration of Emergency - Emergency Orders.

Effective:
October 23, 1972
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly
The director of environmental protection may adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, an emergency action plan for the purpose of protecting the public health during air pollution episodes associated with atmospheric temperature inversions, which plan may define various levels of emergency conditions, the criteria on which such levels are based, and the measures to be taken at each level. The plan may include means for cooperating with persons outside this state during interstate air pollution emergencies.
If the director finds that air pollution in any area exceeds any level set in the plan or otherwise presents an imminent and substantial danger to the health of persons in the areas, he shall notify the governor, who may declare that an air pollution emergency exists, identify the area, and pursuant to his declaration order temporary prohibitions and restrictions of the use and operation of motor vehicles, aircraft, incinerators, and air conditioners, the operation of government and private offices, commercial, manufacturing, industrial, and other activities, the use of fuels, and any other activity that contributes or may contribute to the emergency necessary to meet the emergency.
Orders pursuant to the declaration of an air pollution emergency shall take effect upon issuance, and any person to whom an order is directed shall initiate compliance measures immediately upon receiving notice. During an air pollution emergency the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county where a violation of an emergency order occurs may bring action for an immediate injunction to enjoin any emission or other activity violating an emergency order. The court may issue an ex parte temporary restraining order without notice which shall enforce the prohibitions and restrictions which have been determined by the director to be necessary, and shall schedule an immediate hearing on the matter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.033 | Director to Establish Consultation Process - Measures for Notifying Public.

Effective:
December 19, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 258 - 113th General Assembly
The director of environmental protection shall:
(A) Establish a process of consultation with general purpose local governments, designated organizations or elected officials of local governments, and the secretary of any department having authority over federal land located in the state with respect to requirements of the federal Clean Air Act pertaining to transportation controls, air quality maintenance plan requirements, preconstruction review of indirect sources of air pollution, nonattainment requirements, prevention of significant deterioration, or enforcement orders;
(B) Provide for measures by which to notify the public during any calendar year on a regular basis of instances or areas in which any national primary ambient air quality standard promulgated by the administrator under the federal Clean Air Act is or was exceeded during any portion of the preceding calendar year, to advise the public of the health hazards associated with such pollution, to enhance public awareness of the measures that can be taken to prevent such standards from being exceeded and the ways in which the public can participate in regulatory and other efforts to improve air quality, and to satisfy public notice requirements of the federal Clean Air Act.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.035 | Title V Clean Air Fund; Non-Title V Clean Air Fund.

Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Title V clean air fund. Except as otherwise provided in division (K) of section 3745.11 of the Revised Code, all moneys collected under division (B) of that section, and any gifts, grants, or contributions received by the director of environmental protection for the purposes of the fund, shall be credited to the fund.
The director shall expend all moneys credited to the fund solely to administer and enforce the Title V program pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act, this chapter, and rules adopted under it, except as costs relating to enforcement are limited by the federal Clean Air Act. The director shall establish separate and distinct accounting for all such moneys.
(B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the non-Title V clean air fund. All money collected under section 3710.15 and divisions (D), (F), (G), (H), (I), and (J) of section 3745.11 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the fund. In addition, any gifts, grants, or contributions received by the director for the purposes of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
The director shall expend money in the fund exclusively to pay the cost of administering and enforcing the laws of this state pertaining to the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution, the prevention, control, and abatement of asbestos, rules adopted under those laws, and terms and conditions of permits, variances, and orders issued under those laws, and asbestos abatement licensure and certification issued under those laws. However, the director shall not expend money credited to the fund for the administration and enforcement of the Title V permit program established under this chapter and rules adopted under it or motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs established under sections 3704.14, 3704.141, 3704.16, 3704.161, and 3704.162 of the Revised Code.
(C) The director shall report biennially to the general assembly the amounts of fees and other moneys credited to the funds under this section and the amounts expended from them for each of the various air pollution control programs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.037 | Tiered Permitting System for Air Contaminant Sources - Petition for Exemption.

Effective:
October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 153 - 120th General Assembly
(A) The director of environmental protection shall formulate and implement a tiered permitting system for air contaminant sources that categorizes, prioritizes, and expedites review of, and final action on, applications for installation permits and operating permits issued pursuant to divisions (F) and (G) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, respectively. The tiered permitting system shall include at least exemptions, registration status, permits-by-rule, and general permits. The director may issue general permits to install and permits to operate, and permits-by-rule, containing terms and conditions that apply to types of air contaminant sources specified by the director that have sufficiently similar characteristics to warrant substantially identical installation permits and operating permits.
(B) Any person may petition the director to exempt a certain source category from obtaining an installation permit or operating permit pursuant to division (F) or (G) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, respectively, or both. The petition shall contain all of the technical support necessary to justify the exemption, including the estimated emissions levels, the impact on air quality including the impact of any hazardous or toxic emission, and the effect that granting the exemption would have on ambient air quality standards. Sources regulated by the United States environmental protection agency under the new source performance standards or the hazardous air pollutant standards established pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act are not eligible for exemption through petition.
Not later than one hundred eighty days after receiving a petition, the director shall notify the petitioner in writing if the petition has been accepted or rejected and, if rejected, the basis of the rejection. At least once every two years, the director shall propose rules containing the exemptions that have been accepted through the petition process.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.038 | Information to Be Provided to Public - Training Course.

Effective:
October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 153 - 120th General Assembly
(A) The director of environmental protection shall maintain and make readily available to the public a best available technology information clearinghouse.
(B) The director shall make readily available to the public interpretive guidelines and technical guidance in order to effect technically sound, consistent, and efficient permit processing under this chapter and rules adopted under it.
(C) The director shall develop a training course on the requirements for the completion of applications for installation permits and the determination of best available technology pursuant to division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code. The training course shall be available to employees of the environmental protection agency, personnel from local air pollution control agencies, regulated industry, small businesses, environmental advocacy organizations, and other interested persons. The director may charge a fee for the training course in an amount necessary to cover only the actual cost of the training.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.039 | Annual Report.

Effective:
October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 153 - 120th General Assembly
Not later than the first day of March each year, the director of environmental protection shall prepare and submit to the governor and the general assembly a report on the timeliness of the issuance of installation permits pursuant to division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code for the immediately preceding year. The report shall include indicators to monitor the processing of installation permits by the environmental protection agency and a comparison of the performance of the two previous years. The report also shall identify the measures that have been taken during the immediately preceding year to improve the efficiency and timeliness of the issuance of installation permits and what acitivities are planned in the year in which the report is issued to improve that issuance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.04 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective:
May 6, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 500 - 116th General Assembly
The adoption, modification, and repeal of rules and the issuance, revocation, modification, and denial of permits and variances under this chapter shall be in accordance with Chapter 119., Chapter 3745., and division (H) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.06 | Prosecution by Attorney General - Injunction - Civil Penalties.

Effective:
June 30, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The attorney general, upon the request of the director of environmental protection, shall prosecute any person who violates section 3704.05 or 3704.16 of the Revised Code.
(B) The attorney general, upon request of the director, shall bring an action for an injunction, a civil penalty, or any other appropriate proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction against any person violating or threatening to violate section 3704.05 or 3704.16 of the Revised Code. The court shall have jurisdiction to grant prohibitory and mandatory injunctive relief and to require payment of a civil penalty upon the showing that the person has violated this chapter or rules adopted thereunder.
(C) A person who violates section 3704.05 or 3704.16 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day of each violation. This division does not apply to any requirement of this chapter regarding the prevention or abatement of odors.
(D) One-half of the moneys collected as civil penalties under division (C) of this section shall be credited to the environmental education fund created in section 3745.22 of the Revised Code. The remainder of the moneys so collected shall be credited to the air pollution control administration fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The air pollution control administration fund shall be administered by the director. Moneys in the air pollution control administration fund shall be used to supplement other moneys available for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and the rules adopted and terms and conditions of orders and permits issued under it, including, without limitation, the issuance of permits under it, and shall not be used to satisfy any state matching fund requirements for the receipt of any federal grant funds.
The director may expend not more than one million five hundred thousand dollars of the moneys credited to the air pollution control administration fund under this division in any fiscal year for the purposes specified in this division. The director may request authority from the controlling board to expend any moneys credited to that fund in any fiscal year in excess of that amount.
(E) Upon written complaint by any person, the director shall conduct such investigations and make such inquiries as are necessary to secure compliance with this chapter. The director, upon complaint or upon the director's own initiative, may investigate or make inquiries into any alleged violation or act of air pollution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.07 | Industrial Health, Safety, or Sanitation Within the Boundaries of Industrial Property Supersedes Environmental Regulation.

Effective:
October 23, 1972
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly
Nothing contained in sections 3704.01 to 3704.11 of the Revised Code, shall be construed as authorizing the director of environmental protection to make any rule, regulation, determination, or order which supersedes or limits the applicability of any law or ordinance relating to industrial health, safety, or sanitation within the boundaries of the industrial property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.08 | Information to Be Available for Public Inspection - Exceptions.

Effective:
July 22, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 715 - 120th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any records, reports, or information obtained under this chapter shall be available for public inspection, except that upon a showing satisfactory to the director of environmental protection by any person that such records, reports, or information, or any particular part thereof, other than emission data, to which the director has access under this chapter, if made public, would divulge methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets of that person, the director shall consider the record, report, or information or particular portion thereof confidential, except that the record, report, or information may be disclosed when necessary to sustain an action brought pursuant to section 3704.06 of the Revised Code or during an adjudication hearing conducted by the director on the denial, modification, or revocation of a variance or permit.
(B) To the extent consistent with the federal Clean Air Act, any records, reports, or information, other than emissions data, obtained by those public officials acting under section 3704.18, 3704.19, or 3706.19 of the Revised Code pursuant to the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program created under section 3704.18 of the Revised Code shall be held confidential by those public officials. Any records, reports, or information obtained by the director or his agents who are not acting under section 3704.18, 3704.19, or 3706.19 of the Revised Code shall not be held confidential unless they have been granted confidentiality under division (A) of this section.
(C) Nothing in division (A) or (B) of this section shall be construed to prevent the director from compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to the general condition of the atmosphere, provided that the reports do not reveal any information otherwise confidential under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.09 | Evidence - Presumptions.

Effective:
June 13, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 111th General Assembly
Determinations made by the director of environmental protection or other persons acting under sections 3704.03 and 3704.04 of the Revised Code shall not be used as evidence in civil actions nor create any presumption of law or finding of fact which shall inure to or be for the benefit of any person other than the state, and sections 3704.01 to 3704.07 of the Revised Code do not create, enlarge, or abrogate existing private rights. Nothing in Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code shall be construed to abridge, limit, or otherwise impair the right of any person to damages or other relief on account of injury to persons or property and to maintain any action or other appropriate proceedings therefor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.11 | Authority of Political Subdivision Not Limited - Exceptions.

Effective:
October 26, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 113th General Assembly
(A) Sections 3704.01 to 3704.11 of the Revised Code do not limit the authority a political subdivision of the state has to adopt and enforce ordinances or regulations relative to the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution, except that every such local ordinance or regulation shall be consistent with Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code, and shall include emission standards and other regulations which are not less stringent than the emission standards and other regulations adopted pursuant to division (E) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any such local law from controlling any air contaminant or source of air contamination which is not subject to control under regulations of the director of environmental protection.
(B) No local air pollution control authority shall issue any enforcement order, grant any permit or variance, or institute any system or program that conflicts with, or is in any way inconsistent with any general plan, orders, or regulations of the director.
(C)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code or any rule adopted pursuant thereto, any municipal corporation or township may issue permits to contractors engaged in the construction of buildings for the open burning of construction debris only on the construction site, lot, or recorded plat referred to in the permit application, if such burning is supervised by an employee at all times. Construction debris which may be burned under this section shall be limited to natural wood, lumber, paper, cardboard, and wooden boxes but not including any product having a rubber or petroleum base. A municipal corporation or township may make rules applicable to issuance and use of permits as are reasonably necessary to guarantee the public health and safety and necessary to ensure the efficient operation of the permit system, and such rules may contain a schedule of fees for the permits. A municipal corporation or township may revoke a permit for violation of any provision of this section or any rule adopted by the municipal corporation or township pursuant thereto. Annually, in accordance with a schedule specified by the director of environmental protection, all municipal corporations and townships shall report to the director the number of permits issued, renewed, and revoked for the preceding calendar year.
(2) No contractor shall burn construction debris under a permit issued pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section during an air pollution alert, warning, or emergency for the area of the construction site.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.112 | Local Air Pollution Control Authority - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
July 1, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly
For the purpose of fulfilling the duties and obligations imposed pursuant to a delegation agreement entered into under section 3704.111 of the Revised Code, a local air pollution control authority, in the name of the environmental protection agency, may do all of the following within the political subdivisions that it represents:
(A) Establish, maintain, and operate air quality monitoring stations and other devices designed to measure air pollution or ambient air quality;
(B) Enter upon public or private property, real or personal, at any reasonable time to make inspections, conduct tests, examine or copy records or reports, determine actual or potential emissions of air contaminants from a premises, and ascertain compliance with this chapter and any rules, orders, terms or conditions of permits or variances, or other determinations made or issued under it. If the entry or inspection authorized under this division is refused, hindered, or thwarted, an authorized representative of the local air pollution control authority may apply for, and any judge of a court of record may issue, an administrative inspection warrant under division (F) of section 2933.21 of the Revised Code, or other appropriate search warrant, to achieve the purposes of this chapter within the court's territorial jurisdiction.
(C) Investigate or make inquiries into any alleged violation of this chapter or a rule, order, term or condition of a permit or variance, or other determination made or issued under it, or act of air pollution, upon the complaint of any person, the local air pollution control authority's own initiative, or the request of the environmental protection agency;
(D) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under section 3704.03 of the Revised Code governing open burning, grant or deny permission to conduct open burning to persons making application for permission to do so;
(E) Encourage, participate in, or conduct studies, investigations, research, and education and training programs, and collect and disseminate information, relating to air pollution;
(F) Accept and administer grants from the federal government and any other source, public or private, for the purpose of carrying out any function under this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.12 | Prohibition Concerning Motor Vehicle Fuel Containing Mtbe.

Effective:
August 28, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 425 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Subject to division (C) of this section, on or after July 1, 2005, no person shall sell or deliver to any distributor within this state, or import into this state for sale in this state, any motor vehicle fuel containing methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in quantities greater than one-half of one per cent by volume.
(B) The attorney general, upon the request of the director of environmental protection, shall commence an action for injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction against any person violating or threatening to violate division (A) of this section. The court may grant temporary as well as permanent injunctive relief.
(C) The prohibitions of this section shall not operate unless the United States environmental protection agency grants a waiver allowing this state to control or prohibit the use of MTBE in motor vehicle fuels. The director of environmental protection shall apply for this waiver in a timely manner in order to obtain it before July 1, 2005.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.13 | Clean Air Act - Powers of Governor.

Effective:
December 19, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 258 - 113th General Assembly
The governor may do all things necessary on behalf of the state to secure the full benefits available to the state under the federal Clean Air Act. The governor may, in accordance with the federal Clean Air Act, exercise all powers permitted by the federal Clean Air Act to be exercised by a governor, including, but not limited to, powers pertaining to the issuance of orders; adoption of rules; designation of officials; emergency suspension of any part of an implementation plan adopted by the state; and redesignation of air quality control regions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.141 | Emission Standards for Buses.

Effective:
September 27, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 18 - 120th General Assembly
(A) Each motor bus, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, that is owned or operated by a transit system, authority, or commission organized under Chapter 306. or 747. of the Revised Code or under a municipal or county charter or ordinance and within a county that is subject to section 3704.14 of the Revised Code shall meet emission standards for hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and, in the case of diesel fueled motor buses, particulate opacity established by the director of environmental protection under rules adopted under division (B) of this section.
(B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules necessary for the implementation, administration, operation, and enforcement of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3704 | Air Pollution Control › Section 3704.15 | Prohibiting Sale of Fluorocarbon Aerosol Products.

Effective:
April 15, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 232 - 112th General Assembly
(A) No person shall sell, expose for sale, or offer to sell any aerosol spray can which contains as a propellant trichloromonofluoromethane, dichlorodifluoromethane, or any other saturated chlorofluorocarbon compound that does not contain hydrogen, except an aerosol spray can designed for administering any drug for the treatment of asthma or another respiratory disease through a device that measures the dosage, administering a prescription drug, or use in a surgical procedure, or an aerosol spray can the use of which is designated an essential use by the director of environmental protection in accordance with division (B) of this section. However, a particular product may be sold, exposed for sale, or offered for sale, in such a can at retail from a retailer's inventory that remains at the end of the day on April 14, 1979, if his inventory of the product during April, 1979 does not exceed his average monthly inventory of the product during the previous twenty-four calendar months.
(B) The director of environmental protection shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing the essential uses of aerosol spray cans containing as a propellant trichloromonofluoromethane, dichlorodifluoromethane, or any other saturated chlorofluorocarbon that does not contain hydrogen. The director shall designate as being an essential use of such aerosol spray cans only those uses so designated under the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040, 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, the "Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976," 90 Stat. 2003, 15 U.S.C.A. 2601, as amended, or the "Consumer Product Safety Act," 86 Stat. 1207, 15 U.S.C.A. 2051, as amended.