Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501 - Department of Natural Resources - Administration and Director › Chapter 1501-2 - Water Diversion › Section 1501-2-05 - Water diversion permit applications

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any application that fails to provide the
			 director with prescribed information needed for ascertaining compliance with
			 the applicable provisions of section
			 1501.32 of the Revised Code, or
			 rules promulgated thereunder, shall be considered defective. Upon determining
			 that an application is defective, the director shall so notify the applicant
			 and either request additional information or return the application to the
			 applicant without further processing. An indication of the deficiency shall
			 accompany a returned application and the applicant shall have ninety days from
			 the receipt thereof in which to cure the defect. Upon determining that an
			 application is not defective, the director shall notify the applicant that the
			 application has been accepted as complete and is being considered.
(B) An application shall contain the
			 following information and shall be filed on forms provided by the director:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number
			 of applicant.
(2) The location of
			 the proposed withdrawal; a description of all proposed and existing systems for
			 the storage, treatment, transportation, and distribution of water; and the
			 location to which the waters of the state are proposed to be diverted; the
			 location of any discharge of water or wastewater effluent within the area to
			 which the applicant intends to supply water from the diversion; and the
			 geographic area to which the applicant intends to supply water and the
			 population within that area.
(3)
			 The average quantity of water in gallons to be diverted daily and a description
			 of the uses to which the water is to be put, including the proportion allocated
			 to each use.
(4) A description of
			 all present sources of water supply available to the applicant in the basin to
			 which the water would be diverted; an analysis of applicant's present and
			 future needs; and a description of efforts to develop and conserve water
			 resources in the importing basin.
(5) The expected life of the diversion
			 project.
(6) Maps showing the
			 items listed in paragraph (B)(2) of this rule; the county and township roads;
			 the location of utilities; the topography; and any structures of facilities
			 affected by or part of the proposed diversion. Maps published by the state,
			 county, and the United States geological survey, and aerial photographs, may be
			 used for these purposes.
(7)
			 Diversion design specifications and site plans accurately drawn and in
			 sufficient detail to clearly indicate the extent and complexity of the proposed
			 diversion.
(8) An analysis of
			 anticipated effects on uses of lands and waters within the lake Erie or Ohio
			 river drainage basin resulting from the diversion. The analysis shall include
			 an assessment of short-term and long-term impacts on natural, historic,
			 community, economic and scenic resources, in-stream uses, and economic and
			 ecologic aspects of water levels that will be affected by the proposed
			 diversion project. The assessment shall include the identification of all known
			 or anticipated competing uses for the diverted water.
(9) An analysis of needs and requirements of
			 land acquisition, land use requirements, relocation or resiting of existing
			 facilities, rights of way, structures, and all equipment, including energy
			 needs of the equipment, and total costs, direct and indirect, to effect the
			 diversion.
(10) An analysis of
			 whether the diversion is consistent with plans and requirements of the state
			 for the use, management, and protection of the water resources of this state.
(11) An analysis of the impact of
			 the proposed diversion on the levels and flows in both the basin to which water
			 would be diverted and the basin from which the water would be withdrawn over
			 the expected life of the diversion, including low flows, flood levels, and
			 where appropriate, the levels of lake Erie or the Ohio river.
(12) An analysis of the impact of the
			 proposed diversion on water quality in both the basin to which water would be
			 diverted and the basin from which the water would be withdrawn over the
			 expected life of the diversion.
(13) Projections of water use needs for the
			 life of the diversion in the basin to which the water would be diverted and the
			 basin from which the water would be withdrawn, and an analysis of the potential
			 impact of the proposed diversion on water supply in each such basin over the
			 life of the project.
(14) An
			 analysis of alternatives, for meeting the present and future water needs of the
			 applicant, including the economic, social, and environmental impacts of further
			 development of the water resources in the importing basin.
(15) Such additional information as the
			 director may require.