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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-5 - Water Quality Trading Program › Section 3745-5-10 - Trading ratios

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For water quality trading activities
			 between two permittees, a water quality credit shall be calculated using the
			 trading ratio, where one pound of pollutant reduction equals one pound of water
			 quality credit for that pollutant.
(B) For water quality trading activities
			 between a permittee and a nonpoint source, the water quality credit shall
			 satisfy either of the following:
(1) When there is not an approved TMDL, be
			 calculated using a trading ratio where two pounds of pollutant reduction equals
			 one pound of water quality credit for that pollutant.
(2) When there is an approved TMDL, be
			 calculated using a trading ratio where three pounds of pollutant reduction
			 equals one pound of water quality credit for that pollutant.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-5 - Water Quality Trading Program › Section 3745-5-11 - Incorporating trades into individual NPDES permits and general permits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) For any
			 permittee participating in trading activities, a special condition will be
			 included in the NPDES permit, either at renewal or by
			 modification, that does the following:
(1) Authorizes water quality trading.
(2) Requires implementation of actions from
			 the approved water quality trading management plan that are included in the
			 NPDES permit and specifies that failure to implement these actions is a
			 violation of the permit.
(3)
									Requires the permittee to notify the director upon
			 discovering that water quality credits are insufficient to achieve compliance
			 with an NPDES permit limit and outlines the actions required by paragraph (B)
			 of rule
			 3745-5-12
			 of the Administrative Code.
(4) Requires submittal
			 of an annual report that identifies the actions implemented by the permittee in
			 the previous twelve-month period.
(5) Provides that the
			 director may revoke the approved plan and require compliance with water quality
			 based effluent limits based on the following:
(a) Failure by participants in the trading
			 program to implement actions in the approved plan.
(b) A determination by the director that
			 sufficient pollutant reductions have not been achieved by the participants in
			 the trading program to meet the applicable water quality based effluent
			 limits.
(c) New
			 information becomes available that changes the director's determination on the
			 approvability of the water quality trading management plan or on the
			 suitability of using water quality trading as a mechanism to achieve water
			 quality improvements in the defined trading area.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-5 - Water Quality Trading Program › Section 3745-5-12 - Record keeping, reporting requirements, compliance, enforcement, and oversight

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Record keeping. Upon request by the
			 director or the director's authorized representative, any permittee, qualified
			 soil and water conservation professional or other person participating in the
			 administration of an approved water quality trading management plan shall make
			 available, within a reasonable time for inspection and copying, all records
			 pertaining to those activities, including the
			 following:
(1) Any records that are
			 maintained to document point source-point source trades.
(2) Any records that are maintained to
			 document point source-nonpoint source trades.
(3) Water quality monitoring data collected
			 as part of the water quality trading activities.
(4) Any records necessary to assess the
			 effectiveness of a BMP to reduce a pollutant load.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-5 - Water Quality Trading Program › Section 3745-5-13 - Public participation requirements

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any person submitting a water quality trading management plan
				for approval shall meet all of the following
				requirements:
(A) Hold at least
			 one public meeting for the submission of an initial water quality trading
			 management plan or any revision of a water quality trading management plan that
			 materially changes the nature of the water quality trading activities.
(B) Hold the public meeting referred to in
			 paragraph (A) of this rule after the submission of the proposed management plan
			 or proposed revised management plan and before the plan's approval by the
			 director.
(C)
			 Provide public notice of any public meeting at least thirty days prior to the
			 public meeting in a generally circulated newspaper within each county that is
			 within the water quality trading area. Each public notice shall
			 provide all of the following:
(1) Identify the person, organization, agency
			 or qualified soil and water conservation professional responsible for
			 implementing the water quality trading activities.
(2) Identify any NPDES permit holder that
			 will participate in the water quality trading activities.
(3) Include the delineations of watershed and
			 trading boundaries.
(4)
			 Describe briefly the nature of the proposed water quality trading
			 activities.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-5 - Water Quality Trading Program › Section 3745-5-14 - Ambient water quality monitoring requirements

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The ambient water quality monitoring plan
			 shall include sufficient information for the director to
			 do the following:
(1) Determine if there have been negative
			 impacts to water quality.
(2)
			 Document the presence or absence of any improvements to water
			 quality.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-01 - Professional operator certification definitions

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except as otherwise noted, the definitions in rule
				3745-81-01
				of the Administrative Code shall apply to this chapter.
(A)
(1)
									"Active
			 instruction" means the time when a professional operator is receiving
			 instruction. This does not include break time, introductions or question and
			 answer sessions in excess of fifteen minutes. A professional operator shall not
			 claim hours on a renewal application other than those received in active
			 instruction.
(2) "Agency" means the Ohio EPA.
(3) "Automated" means
			 the ability to monitor and control water and wastewater treatment processes and
			 the status of treatment components by computer or electronic means.
(4)
			 "Available" means able to be contacted as needed twenty-four hours a day, seven
			 days a week to make operational decisions in a timely manner.
(5)
									"Average daily
			 flow" for the purpose of this chapter means the average of the sixty highest
			 daily flows during any one calendar year period.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-02 - Certified professional operators of record

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Responsibilities.
(1) Each person owning or operating a public
			 water system, except as provided for in paragraph (B) of this rule, shall
			 designate one or more professional operators of record to oversee the
			 technical operation of the public water system or each water treatment plant
			 and distribution system within the public water system. Each
			 professional operator of record shall have a
			 valid certification of a class equal to or greater than the classification of
			 the public water system, distribution system or water treatment plant except as
			 provided for in paragraphs (E) to (G) of this rule.
(a) The owner and professional operator of record of a public water
			 system shall notify the director of the identity of 
										a professional
			 operator of record upon initiation or termination of service or upon request by
			 the director.
(b) Notification
			 shall be made on a form acceptable to the director within three days of
			 initiation or termination of service or a request by the director.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-03 - Public water system classification and staffing requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
Each public water system or water treatment plant and
				distribution system within a public water system shall be classified in
				accordance with this rule, with the exception of transient noncommunity public
				water systems using groundwater, without treatment for nitrate, arsenic or
				4-log removal of viruses and 
								having the potential to serve populations of two
				hundred fifty or fewer. In lieu of making a potential
				to serve population determination of two hundred fifty or fewer, a transient
				noncommunity public water system may demonstrate an average daily flow of less
				than one thousand two hundred fifty gallons per day.
All systems classified under this rule shall provide the
				minimum staffing required  in accordance with this rule.
(A) Applicability.
(1) Public water systems or water treatment
			 plants and distribution systems within a public water system shall be
			 classified in accordance with this rule and shall be staffed in accordance with
			 paragraph (C) of this rule by either 
									a professional operator of record pursuant to
			 paragraph (A)(1) of rule
			 3745-7-02
			 of the Administrative Code or a backup professional operator pursuant to paragraphs
			 (C)(3)(c), (C)(3)(d)
			 and (C)(3)(e) of this rule.
(2) The owner of a public water system may
			 request that the director reclassify the facility in accordance with the
			 provisions of this rule at any time.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-04 - Treatment works and sewerage system classification and staffing requirements

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with this rule, all treatment works, sewerage
				systems, or wastewater treatment facilities within a treatment works shall be
				classified as a class A, I, II, III, or IV treatment works or class I or II
				sewerage systems and shall provide the minimum staffing required for that
				classification of wastewater treatment facility. Industrial wastewater
				treatment plants shall be classified in accordance with paragraph (B)(3)(c) of
				this rule.
(A) Applicability.
(1) The classification and staffing
			 requirements in paragraphs (B)(1)(a), (B)(2), and (C) of this rule shall be
			 incorporated into all new or renewed NPDES permits. The staffing requirements
			 in paragraph (C) shall be fulfilled by either 
									a professional
			 operator of record pursuant to paragraph (A)(2) of rule
			 3745-7-02
			 of the Administrative Code or a backup professional operator pursuant to paragraphs
			 (C)(2)(c), (C)(2)(d) and (C)(2)(e) of this rule. Until such time as an NPDES
			 permit is renewed to incorporate the classification and minimum staffing
			 requirements of this rule, the treatment works, sewerage system or wastewater
			 treatment facility within a treatment works shall maintain the same level of
			 classification and staffing as that on December 21, 2006.
(2) The owner of a treatment works or
			 sewerage system may request that the director reclassify the facility in
			 accordance with the provisions of this rule at any time.
(3) One, two, and three family dwellings with
			 household sewage treatment systems shall be excluded from the requirements of
			 this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-05 - Classification of professional operator certification

Current through
			 all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The following are classifications for
			 which professional operators may be certified
			 under this chapter:
(1) Public water system
			 professional operator A (class A water supply
			 professional operator).
(2) Public water system
			 professional operator I (class I water supply
			 professional operator).
(3) Public water system
			 professional operator II (class II water supply
			 professional operator).
(4) Public water system
			 professional operator III (class III water supply
			 professional operator).
(5) Public water system
			 professional operator IV (class IV water supply
			 professional operator).
(6) Water distribution
			 professional operator I (class I water
			 distribution professional operator).
(7) Water distribution
			 professional operator II (class II water
			 distribution professional operator).
(8) Treatment works professional operator A (class A wastewater works
			 professional operator).
(9) Treatment works professional operator I (class I wastewater works
			 professional operator).
(10) Treatment works professional operator II (class II wastewater works
			 professional operator).
(11) Treatment works professional operator III (class III wastewater works
			 professional operator).
(12) Treatment works professional operator IV (class IV wastewater works
			 professional operator).
(13) Sewerage system professional operator I (class I wastewater collection
			 professional operator).
(14) Sewerage system professional operator II (class II wastewater
			 collection professional operator).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-06 - Certification of professional operators

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The director shall, in accordance with this chapter, provide
				for the examination of individuals applying for certification as
				professional operators and the issuance of
				appropriate certificates to applicants who meet the appropriate requirements
				and pass the appropriate examination.
(A) Application.
(1) Applicants for examination and
			 certification shall submit an application 
									in a
			 
									format approved by the director. The complete
			 application and appropriate fees as set forth in section
			 3745.11 of the Revised Code
			 shall be submitted at least ninety calendar days prior to the date on which the
			 examination is scheduled.
(2) When
			 required by the council,  the applicant shall be
			 responsible for furnishing
									
			 additional documentation to the agency to verify information provided on the
			 application.
(3) Any applicant who
			 submits incomplete, false, or incorrect information on the application shall be
			 disqualified from taking the examination as set forth in rule
			 3745-7-18
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-07 - Professional operator in training

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The director may allow an applicant to defer completion of the
				onsite operating experience requirements for their classification of
				certificate required by rule
				3745-7-06
				of the Administrative Code until after successfully passing
				
								an
				examination for certification. Such applicants shall be designated as "professional operators in training" after successfully
				passing 
								an examination until such time as
				 the onsite operating
				experience requirements are fulfilled.
(A) Eligibility for professional operator in training status shall be
			 limited to applicants for the class A, I, or II examination.
(B) Eligibility requirements for examination
			 and designation as 
								a professional operator in training are the same
			 as the prerequisites in rule
			 3745-7-06
			 of the Administrative Code, except that the director may waive the onsite
			 operating experience requirement in public water systems, sewerage systems, or
			 treatment works until after the applicant has successfully passed
			 
								an
			 examination.
(C)
								
								A
			 professional operator in training shall complete the operating experience
			 requirement within four years of passing 
								an examination
			 for which 
								the
			 professional operator applied.
(D) Upon successfully completing the actual
			 onsite operating experience requirements of rule
			 3745-7-06
			 of the Administrative Code, the applicant shall submit
			 an application to be certified by the director as
			 
								a
			 professional operator in the classification for which
			 
								the
			 professional operator applied, subject to verification by the
			 council.
(E)
								Any person designated as a professional operator in
			 training is not certified and shall not act as a professional operator of
			 record.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-09 - Recordkeeping requirements and responsibilities of owners, certified professional operators and certified professional operators of record

Current
			 through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) The owner and
			 professional operator of record of a public water
			 system, treatment works or sewerage system shall maintain or cause to be
			 maintained operation and maintenance records for each public water system,
			 distribution system, water treatment plant within a public water system,
			 sewerage system, treatment works, or wastewater treatment facility within a
			 treatment works. Records shall be maintained
			 
								in hard bound books with consecutive page
			 numbering; well organized
			 computer logs, which automatically document the date,
			 time and person making the entry and prevent the erasure or deletion of data;
			 or an equivalent methodology sufficient to record the information set forth in
			 this rule and approved by the director to ensure authenticity and accuracy.
			 Separate log books or computer programs meeting the requirements above may be
			 maintained for operation and maintenance activities. Records regarding
			 operation and maintenance shall meet the following requirements:
(1) The records shall be housed and
			 maintained in such a manner as to be protected from weather damage and
			 guarantee the authenticity and accuracy of the records contained
			 within.
(2) The records shall be
			 accessible onsite for twenty-four hour inspection by agency or emergency
			 response personnel.
(3) At a
			 minimum, the following information shall be recorded:
(a) Identification of the public water
			 system, sewerage system, or treatment works.
(b) Date and times of arrival and departure
			 in military time for the professional operator of record and any other
			 professional operator required by this
			 chapter. Failure
			 to document times of arrival and departure shall constitute prima facie
			 evidence that a violation of the minimum staffing requirements has occurred
			 unless the professional operator can present evidence acceptable to the
			 director to substantiate that the professional operator met minimum staffing
			 requirements.
(c) Specific
			 operation and maintenance activities that affect or have the potential to
			 affect the quality or quantity of sewage or water conveyed, effluent or water
			 produced.
(d)
			 Results of tests performed and samples taken, unless documented on a laboratory
			 or bench sheet.
(e) Performance of preventative maintenance
			 and repairs or requests for repair of the equipment that affect or have the
			 potential to affect the quality or quantity of sewage or water conveyed,
			 effluent or water produced.
(f)
			 Identification of the persons making entries.
(4) The records shall be kept up to date,
			 contain a minimum of the previous three months of data at all times, and be
			 maintained for at least three years.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-10 - Professional operator certification advisory council

Current
			 through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) The director
			 shall appoint 
								a
			 professional operator certification advisory council consisting of eight
			 members as set forth in this rule.
(1) Two
			 members shall be employees of the Ohio environmental protection agency. One
			 member shall be from the drinking water program and one from the surface water
			 program.
(2) Two members shall hold
			 valid class III or class IV public water system professional operator certifications and be actively
			 employed by public water systems at the time of appointment.
(3) Two members shall hold valid class III or
			 class IV wastewater works professional operator
			 certifications and be actively employed by wastewater works at the time of
			 appointment.
(4) Two members shall
			 be registered professional engineers who are actively employed in the field of
			 sanitary or environmental engineering at the time of appointment.
(5) Except for the two agency members, no two
			 council members shall be employed by the same entity.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-11 - Duties of the council

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
The council may do the
				following:
(A) Recommend to the
			 director minimum professional operator
			 requirements consistent with the classification systems for public water
			 systems ,
			 treatment works and sewerage systems in rules
			 3745-7-03
			 and
			 3745-7-04
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
			 Review applications for examination and certification and advise the director
			 as to which applicants meet the prerequisites for admission to the examination
			 for which application is made.
(C)
			 Review applications for reciprocity and make recommendations to the director
			 concerning the equivalency of non-Ohio EPA exams and the classifications of
			 certification for which applicants qualify.
(D) Assist in the development of examinations
			 used to measure an applicant's competence for certification.
(E) Recommend to the director the issuance,
			 suspension, revocation, or reinstatement of certifications.
(F) Advise the director on issues pertaining
			 to the administration of the professional
			 operator certification program, including developing guidance, policy, and
			 procedures to implement the program on a day-to-day basis.
(G) Advise the director on matters pertaining
			 to contact hours.
(H) Nothing in
			 this rule shall be interpreted to require a recommendation from the council on
			 any action of the director issued pursuant to 
								this chapter.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-12 - Suspension or revocation of certification

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The director may suspend or revoke the
			 certificate of a professional operator, issued under this chapter, upon finding
			 that the professional operator has done any of the following:
(1) Fraudulently obtained or attempted to
			 obtain any certificate or renewal thereof.
(2) Performed the duties of a professional
			 operator in a negligent or incompetent manner.
(3) Knowingly or negligently created,
			 maintained or submitted misleading, inaccurate, or false reports, documents, or
			 applications to any governmental organization or their employer.
(4) Operated in a manner endangering the
			 public health or welfare.
(5)
			 Operated in such a manner to have violated or caused to be violated any
			 provisions of Chapter 6109. or 6111. of the Revised Code.
(6) Represented themself as a certified
			 professional operator without a valid certificate.
(7) Performed the duties of a professional
			 operator of record without a valid certificate of the appropriate field and
			 classification, unless in accordance with the exemptions and exceptions
			 contained in this chapter.
(8) Had
			 a certificate suspended or revoked in any other jurisdiction.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-13 - Reciprocity

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
The director may grant certification by reciprocity to an
				applicant holding valid certification or license issued by the certifying
				authority of another state or province or the "Association of Boards of
				Certification" (ABC).
(A)
								Eligibility for certification
			 by reciprocity.
(1)
									
									The applicant
			 shall make an application for certification by reciprocity on a form
			 provided by the director.
(2)
									
									The applicant
			 shall meet the  requirements specified in rule
			 3745-7-06
			 of the Administrative Code for the level of certification applied for, and
			 meet either of the following specifications:
(a) Hold a
			 current, valid certification that was earned either by passing a written
			 examination, through reciprocity, or through ABC while living or working in
			 another state or province. The director shall be furnished with a
			 representative copy of the examination passed by the applicant.
(b) Have held a certification issued by the
			 state of Ohio within the ten years prior to application. Such applicants may
			 receive the same level of certification  previously held provided
			 the
			 applicant has maintained a certificate in the same field in another state
			 and met that state's continuing education requirements.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-15 - Expiration and renewal of professional operator certification

Current
			 through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) All
			 professional operator certificates shall expire
			 on December thirty-first of the second year after the year in which the
			 certification is issued or renewed. The certificate will expire unless renewed
			 in accordance with this rule before the expiration date.
(B) The director shall send a
			 renewal notice  to the
			 certified professional operator's latest address
			 of record prior to the expiration date of the certificate. Failure to receive
			 such notice shall not relieve the certified professional operator of the responsibility to renew
			 the certificate. The professional operator shall notify
			 the agency of changes in contact information including but not limited to phone
			 number, email address and street address.
(C) Requirements for renewal.
(1)
									Beginning with
			 certificates that expire on December 31, 2018, all renewal applications shall
			 be submitted electronically in a format approved by the
			 director.
(2) In order to renew a certificate before it expires,
			 a certified professional operator shall submit a
			 complete application to the director by
			 November thirtieth of the year the certification expires. The
			 
									submission shall include the
			 following:
(a) A complete application
			 for renewal, 
										in a 
										format provided by the director.
(b) A nonrefundable,
			 nontransferable fee as set forth in section
			 3745.11 of the Revised
			 Code.
(c) When
			 requested by the director, any documentation necessary to prove attendance at
			 appropriate contact hour courses.
(d) Any
			 other form required by state law.
(3) For a holder of
			 multiple certificates within a category, the director shall only renew the
			 certificate representing the highest classification within the
			 field.
(4) To renew a
			 certificate issued under this chapter, the certified professional  operator shall complete the number of
			 director-approved contact hours  required by paragraph (D) of this
			 rule during each renewal cycle.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-17 - Professional operator certification fees

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Examination fee.
Upon application to the director for
				examination, the applicant shall pay an examination fee in accordance with
				section 3745.11 of the Revised
				Code.
(B)
								Certification fee.
Upon application to the director for
				certification as a professional operator who has passed an examination
				administered by an examination provider approved by the director, the applicant
				shall pay a certification fee in accordance with section
				3745.11 of the Revised
				Code.
(C)
								Reciprocity fee.
Upon application to the director for
				certification as a professional operator through reciprocity, the applicant
				shall pay a certification fee in accordance with section
				3745.11 of the Revised Code.
				Upon determination of the level of certification that can be granted through
				reciprocity, the applicant shall pay a fee that is equivalent to the
				examination fee for the level of certification at which reciprocity is granted
				in accordance with section
				3745.11 of the Revised
				Code.
(D)
								Renewal fee.
(1)
									An applicant
			 shall pay a certification renewal fee in accordance with the schedule in
			 section 3745.11 of the Revised
			 Code.
(2) If the certification renewal fee is received more
			 than thirty calendar days but not more than one year after the expiration date,
			 the applicant shall pay a late certification renewal fee in accordance with the
			 schedule in section 3745.11 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-18 - Conduct during the application and examination process

Current
			 through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) No person shall
			 engage in conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert the application,
			 examination, or review process. Any such action shall cause a person's scores
			 to be withheld and declared invalid.
(1)
			 Persons holding a certificate issued under this chapter shall be subject to
			 suspension or revocation of such certificate in accordance with paragraph (A)
			 (1) of rule
			 3745-7-12
			 of the Administrative Code, and shall also be disqualified from taking future
			 water and wastewater exams for a period of up to five years.
(2) Persons who do not possess a certificate
			 issued under this chapter shall be disqualified from taking future water and
			 wastewater exams for a period of up to five years.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-20 - Certification of professional operators who pass an examination from an approved examination provider

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
The director shall, in accordance with this chapter, issue
				appropriate professional operator certificates to
				applicants who pass an examination from a director approved examination
				provider and meet the following requirements:
(A) Application for certification.
(1) After notification of passing the
			 examination from the examination provider, applicants for
			 professional operator certification shall submit
			 an application on a form provided by the director. Certification fees as set
			 forth in section 3745.11 of the Revised Code
			 shall be submitted with the application for certification.
(2) Provide documentation of a passing score
			 on an examination equivalent to the classification of professional operator certification
			 requested.
(3) When required by the
			 professional operator certification advisory
			 council, 
			 the applicant shall furnish additional documentation to the agency
			 to verify information provided on the application.
(4)
									Acknowledge
			 completion of a review of the "Ohio EPA Professional Operator Certification
			 Training" course. This course outlines rule requirements that are specific to
			 certified professional operators.
(5) Any applicant who
			 submits incomplete, false, or incorrect information on the application shall be
			 disciplined as set forth in rule
			 3745-7-12
			 of the Administrative Code and will not receive certification.
(6)
			 Fulfill the requirements contained in rule
			 3745-7-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-7 - Water Supply Works and Wastewater Works Personnel › Section 3745-7-21 - Contract operations companies and contracted professional operators

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A)
								Within thirty days of the effective date of this rule,
			 any person acting as a contracted professional operator or contract operations
			 company shall apply for approval as a contracted professional operator on a
			 form provided by the director prior to providing any professional operator
			 services. A person seeking to become a contracted professional operator or
			 contract operations company shall apply for approval at least thirty days prior
			 to initiating contract operations.
A sample contract which is
				representative of the type of contracts that would be executed with facilities
				shall be provided as part of the approval process. Contracts should include
				language which at a minimum, addresses who is responsible and the minimum
				expectations for all of the following:
(1)
									Operation of the
			 facility.
(2)
									Minimum staffing hours.
(3)
									Emergency
			 operations.
(4)
									Maintenance (routine and preventative).
(5)
									Ensuring the
			 operators comply with the responsibilities of a professional operator in
			 accordance with this chapter.
(6)
									Sharing of
			 correspondence from the agency including compliance letters, NPDES permits and
			 public water system monitoring schedules between the facility owner and the
			 contracted professional operator.
(7)
									Conducting all
			 sampling for the facility.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-9 - Water Well Standards › Section 3745-9-01 - Well standard definitions

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
Except as otherwise noted, the definitions in rule
				3745-81-01
				of the Administrative Code shall apply to this chapter.
(A)
(1)
			 "Abandoned well" means a well, test hole, or dry hole whose use has been
			 permanently discontinued. A properly abandoned well has
			 been sealed as defined in paragraph (S)(1) of this rule. An improperly
			 abandoned well has not been sealed as defined in paragaph (S)(1) of this
			 rule.
(2) "Alter" or
			 "alteration" means to make a substantial change in construction or
			 configuration of a public water system, including without limitation: changing
			 well pump design capacity; converting a well with a buried seal to a well with
			 a pitless adapter or well house installation; converting a well that uses a
			 well pit to a well with a pitless adapter or well house type of construction;
			 deepening a well; installing a liner; or modifying, extending or replacing any
			 portion of the casing or borehole.
(3) "API" means American petroleum
			 institute.
(4) "ANSI" means
			 American national standards institute.
(5) "Anticipated permanent design pumping
			 rate" means the rate at which the public water system anticipates pumping water
			 from the well during normal operation using the permanent well pump.
(6) "ASTM" means the American society for
			 testing materials.
(7) "AWWA" means
			 American water works association.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-9 - Water Well Standards › Section 3745-9-02 - Scope and exemptions

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) In accordance with division (E) of
			 section
			 6111.42
			 of the Revised Code, this chapter applies to the drilling, operation,
			 maintenance and abandonment of a well or monitoring well to prevent the
			 contamination of the ground water, except that these rules shall not apply to a
			 private water system well as defined in Chapter 3701-28 of the Administrative
			 Code. Unless otherwise noted, this chapter applies to the drilling, operation,
			 maintenance and abandonment of a nonpotable well as defined in rule
			 3745-9-01
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B) No
			 provision of this chapter shall be construed so as to exempt any person from
			 compliance with any section of the Revised Code, or any other rule of the
			 Administrative Code, including the department of natural resources and the
			 department of health, or any local ordinance or regulation.
(C) No person shall provide water from a
			 public water system well to the public following construction or alteration
			 until plans therefor have been approved by the director in accordance with
			 section
			 6109.07
			 of the Revised Code and Chapter 3745-91 of the Administrative Code.
(D)
								
								Only private contractors
			 holding a valid registration with the Ohio department of health, in accordance
			 with Chapter 3701-28 of the Administrative Code, may do or oversee any of the
			 following except as noted in paragraph (E) of this rule:
(1) Drill, construct, alter, repair or seal a
			 public water system well.
(2)
			 Install a pitless adapter or pitless unit into the casing of a public water
			 system well.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-9 - Water Well Standards › Section 3745-9-03 - Monitoring well

Current through all regulations passed and filed
			 through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 If not otherwise regulated by the director, or another Ohio agency, board or
			 commission, the "Ohio EPA Technical Guidance Manual for Hydrogeologic
			 Investigations and Ground Water Monitoring," or other standards adopted by the
			 director, shall be used as a guide for monitoring well construction and sealing
			 to prevent the contamination of ground water.
(B) A monitoring well that is damaged or
			 deteriorated shall be either repaired to a state consistent with construction
			 requirements of paragraph (A) of this rule, or sealed in accordance with
			 paragraph (A) of this rule.
(C) A
			 monitoring well that is no longer being used shall be sealed in accordance with
			 paragraph (A) of this rule.
[Comment: For dates of non-regulatory
				government publications, publications of recognized organizations and
				associations, test methods, federal rules, and federal statutory provisions
				referenced in this rule, see paragraph (AA) of rule
				3745-9-01
				of the Administrative Code titled "Incorporation by reference."]
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-9 - Water Well Standards › Section 3745-9-04 - Well siting

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Public water system and nonpotable wells
			 as defined in rule
			 3745-9-01
			 of the Administrative Code shall be located in accordance with the following:
(1) Other than a well for the removal of
			 contaminants,  the maximum
			 practical distance from potential or known sources of contamination and only
			 where it can be maintained in a sanitary condition.
(2) Other than a well for the removal of
			 contaminants,  only where
			 surface and subsurface conditions will not allow contaminants to be conducted
			 into the well.
(3)
									Where
			 adequately protected from physical damage.
(4)
									Not within ten feet of or
			 within the foundation of any building, 
									unless the building is a
			 pumphouse.
(5)
									Where the well is accessible for cleaning, treatment,
			 repair, alteration, testing and such other actions as may be
			 necessary.
(6)
									Not constructed within a pit, vault or other structure
			 that may subject the well casing to deterioration or
			 contamination.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-9 - Water Well Standards › Section 3745-9-07 - Well grouting for construction or sealing

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) One of the following grouts shall be used
			 for sealing a well,  or
			 annular space:
(1) Cement grouts that meet
			 standard ASTM C150, Standard Specification for Portland Cement, have
			 standard ANSI/NSF 61 certification, and include one of the following types of
			 cement:
(a) Type I, general purpose
			 cement.
(b) Type II, for use in
			 water with moderate sulfate content between one hundred fifty to fifteen
			 hundred milligrams per liter, and conditions requiring lower heat of
			 hydration.
(c) Type III, for use in
			 conditions requiring high early strength.
(d) Type IV, for use in conditions requiring
			 low heat of hydration.
(e) Type V,
			 for use in ground water with a high sulfate content greater than fifteen
			 hundred milligrams per liter.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-9 - Water Well Standards › Section 3745-9-08 - Well disinfection

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A public water system well shall be
			 disinfected after completion of construction, installation, development,
			 alteration or repair, or any other actvity or event
			 that might lead to the contamination of the water, and before supplying
			 water for human consumption.
(B)
			 The standard AWWA C654,
			 "Disinfection of Wells," shall be used as a guide
			 except for the topics presented in sections 4.2, 4.5 and 5, that are otherwise
			 specified in paragraphs (C), (D) and (E) of this rule.
(C) The following disinfection procedures
			 shall apply:
(1) Disinfectant shall be slowly
			 poured into the well by wetting the inside casing circumference, drop pipe and
			 electrical cable.
(2) Disinfectant
			 concentration in the water column shall be initially at least one hundred
			 milligrams per liter chlorine. A public water system may use an alternative
			 disinfectant concentration following consultation with the office staff of the
			 district in which the public water system is located, provided the disinfection
			 procedure will ensure complete disinfection and includes the following:
(a) A mechanical cleaning of the well casing
			 and screen to remove loose debris, sediment, mineral encrustation and bacterial
			 slime before disinfection.
(b)
			 Monitoring of the pH and chlorine residual.
(c) Maintaining at least fifty milligrams per
			 liter free chlorine residual throughout the water column.
(3) Water in the well shall be agitated or
			 surged to ensure even dispersal of the disinfectant throughout the entire water
			 column.
(4) Disinfectant contact
			 time shall be at least eight hours.
(5) Disinfectant shall be thoroughly flushed
			 or dissipated from the well before supplying water for human
			 consumption.
(6) When calcium
			 hypochlorite is used for disinfection, the tablets or granules shall be
			 completely dissolved in water prior to placement into the well. Sodium
			 hypochlorite solution shall be used within the manufacturer's posted expiration
			 date. Sodium hypochlorite solution with fragrance additives shall not be used
			 for disinfection.
(7) A buffering
			 chemical that has standard ANSI/NSF 60 certification may be used to enhance
			 disinfection efficacy. The director may require submission of chemical
			 disinfection procedures with specifications for the method, equipment,
			 chemicals and testing for residual chemicals.
(8) Disinfectant shall have ANSI/NSF 60
			 certification.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-9 - Water Well Standards › Section 3745-9-09 - Well development and pumping test

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A public water system well shall be
			 developed upon completion to remove the native silts and clays, drilling mud or
			 finer fraction of the filter pack until turbidity or sand content in the well
			 is minimal.
(1) Mechanical development shall
			 be performed so as not to cause damage to the components of the well.
			 Mechanical development techniques include: mechanical surging; air surging or
			 air lifting; overpumping and backwashing; high velocity jetting; bailing; and
			 hydrofracturing.
(2) With prior
			 consultation with the district office, chemical development procedures may be
			 used in conjunction with mechanical procedures. Chemical development techniques
			 include use of an acid or dispersant that has standard ANSI/NSF 60
			 certification. The director may require submission of chemical development
			 procedures with specifications for the method, equipment, chemicals, and
			 testing for residual chemicals.
(a)
			 Dispersants that contain phosphorous compounds shall not be used during the
			 development of a well.
(b)
			 Dispersant may be used to disaggregate clay particles to enhance removal.
			 Dispersant shall be immediately flushed from the well and aquifer to prevent
			 bacterial growth in the aquifer.
(c) Dispersant shall be premixed and used
			 according to the manufacturer's recommendations.
(d) Acid shall be used according to the
			 manufacturer's recommendations. Proper pH shall be maintained in the borehole
			 to ensure the effective action of the acid.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-9 - Water Well Standards › Section 3745-9-10 - Abandoned well, test hole, dry well sealing

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An abandoned well, test hole, or dry well shall be sealed in accordance
			 with this rule and rule
			 3745-9-07
			 of the Administrative Code.
(1) "The State of
			 Ohio Regulations and Technical Guidance For Sealing Unused Water Wells and
			 Boreholes " shall be used as a
			 guide.
(2) Plan approval is not
			 required in accordance with Chapter 3745-91 of the Administrative Code to seal
			 an abandoned well, test hole or dry hole. A public water system may apply to
			 the director for a variance from this rule in accordance with rule
			 3745-9-02 of
			 the Administrative Code.