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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501 - Department of Natural Resources - Administration and Director › Chapter 1501-7 - Waters from Canal or Canal Reservoir › Section 1501-7-04 - Classes of water use

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The
			 following classes of water use are hereby created: domestic, commercial,
			 industrial, agricultural, fire protection, hydroelectric power generation, and
			 public water supply. All determinations as to the class of water use
			 
								will be
			 made by the division.
(B) Any lease
			 or sale agreement for commercial, industrial, public water supply,
			 hydroelectric power generation, or agricultural water use
			 
								will be
			 for a minimum of one million gallons per year.
(C) When withdrawing water for public water
			 supply use as a backup source from a canal or canal reservoir, the division
			 
								is to
			 be notified immediately of commencement of said withdrawal. Withdrawal amounts
			 
								will be
			 reported to the division pursuant to paragraph (F) of rule
			 1501-7-03 of the Administrative
			 Code. For such withdrawals greater than one million gallons per year, the
			 annual payment to the department 
								will be adjusted based on the rate established
			 pursuant to paragraph (D) of rule
			 1501-7-05 of the Administrative
			 Code and the total number of gallons per year withdrawn.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501 - Department of Natural Resources - Administration and Director › Chapter 1501-7 - Waters from Canal or Canal Reservoir › Section 1501-7-05 - Lease and sale agreements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any
			 person desiring to take, divert, or otherwise make use of water for commercial,
			 industrial, agricultural, fire protection, hydroelectric power generation, or
			 public water supply use from a canal or canal reservoir shall first submit a
			 request in writing to the division which 
								includes the following:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number
			 of the applicant;
(2) The name of
			 the appropriate contact person;
(3)
			 The location(s) of the proposed withdrawal, diversion, or use;
(4) The intended purpose of the withdrawal,
			 diversion, or use;
(5) The
			 estimated quantity of water to be used annually;
(6) A description of the method of
			 withdrawal;
(7) A description of
			 the type of metering system to measure or method used to estimate withdrawal
			 amounts.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501 - Department of Natural Resources - Administration and Director › Chapter 1501-7 - Waters from Canal or Canal Reservoir › Section 1501-7-06 - Emergency water use

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The director
			 may lease or sell water from any canal or canal reservoir operated and
			 maintained by the director during emergency situations in which water supplies
			 are interrupted due to drought, contamination, or other circumstances. Lease or
			 sale agreements during emergency situations 
								may be for no
			 more than one hundred eighty days and 
								may only be for public water supply, fire
			 protection, or livestock watering.
(B) If the emergency request is for a public
			 water supply, the governing body shall have declared by resolution an emergency
			 and  have adopted and be enforcing
			 water conservation measures.
(C)
			 The water rate established pursuant to paragraph (D) of rule
			 1501-7-05 of the Administrative
			 Code 
								applies to emergency water lease or sale agreements
			 except as specified in paragraph (D) of this rule.
(D) Pursuant to an emergency water withdrawal
			 directive the director may allow water to be withdrawn from canals and canal
			 reservoirs that are owned and operated by the department by truck or trailer
			 tanks for emergency livestock water supply. Such water may be sold to persons
			 at a rate determined by the director in the sale agreement.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501 - Department of Natural Resources - Administration and Director › Chapter 1501-7 - Waters from Canal or Canal Reservoir › Section 1501-7-07 - Actions of the director

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any
			 person or party claiming to be aggrieved or adversely affected by any action of
			 the director pursuant to the rules
			 1501-7-01 to
			 1501-7-06 of the Administrative
			 Code or section 1520.03 of the Revised Code
			 pertaining to water leasing/sale agreements from canals and canal reservoirs is
			 entitled to a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if
			 the person or party sends a written request for a hearing to the director
			 within thirty days after the date on which the notice is mailed or otherwise
			 provided to the person or party.
(B) Whenever a person or party requests a
			 hearing pursuant to provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the
			 director 
								will immediately set the date, time, and place for
			 such hearing and forthwith notify the person or party thereof. The date for
			 such hearing 
								will be written fifteen days, but not earlier than
			 seven days, after the person or party has requested a hearing, unless otherwise
			 agreed to by both the director and the party.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501 - Department of Natural Resources - Administration and Director › Chapter 1501-8 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 1501-8-02 - Procedures for accessing confidential personal information

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For personal information systems,
				whether manual or computer systems, that contain confidential personal
				information, the department shall do the following:
(A)
								 Criteria for
			 accessing confidential personal information. Personal information systems of
			 the department are managed on a basis whereby the information owner determines
			 the level of access required for an employee of the department to fulfill the
			 employee's job duties. The determination of access to confidential personal
			 information shall be approved by the employee's supervisor and the information
			 owner prior to providing the employee with access to confidential personal
			 information within a personal information system. The department shall
			 establish procedures for determining a revision to an employee's access to
			 confidential personal information upon a change to that employee's job duties
			 including, but not limited to, transfer or termination. Whenever an employee's
			 job duties no longer require access to confidential personal information in a
			 personal information system, the employee's access to confidential personal
			 information shall be removed.
(B)
								 Individual's
			 request for a list of confidential personal information. Upon the signed
			 written request of any individual for a list of confidential personal
			 information about the individual maintained by the department, the department
			 shall do all of the following:
(1)
									 Verify the identity of the individual by a method that
			 provides safeguards commensurate with the risk associated with the confidential
			 personal information;
(2)
									 Provide to the individual the list of confidential
			 personal information that does not relate to an investigation about the
			 individual or is otherwise not excluded from the scope of Chapter 1347. of the
			 Revised Code; and (3) If all information relates to an investigation about that
			 individual, inform the individual that the department has no confidential
			 personal information about the individual that is responsive to the
			 individual's request.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501 - Department of Natural Resources - Administration and Director › Chapter 1501-8 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 1501-8-03 - Valid reasons for accessing confidential personal information

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Pursuant to the requirements of division (B)(2) of section
				1347.15
				of the Revised Code, this rule contains a list of valid reasons, directly
				related to the Ohio department of natural resources' exercise of its powers or
				duties, for which only employees of the department may access confidential
				personal information (CPI) regardless of whether the personal information
				system is a manual system or computer system:
(A) Performing the following functions
			 constitute valid reasons for authorized employees of the department to access
			 confidential personal information:
(1)
			 Responding to a public records request;
(2) Responding to a request from an
			 individual for the list of CPI the department maintains on that
			 individual;
(3) Administering a
			 constitutional provision or duty;
(4) Administering a statutory provision or
			 duty;
(5) Administering an
			 administrative rule provision or duty;
(6) Complying with any state or federal
			 program requirements;
(7)
			 Processing or payment of claims or otherwise administering a program with
			 individual participants or beneficiaries;
(8) Auditing purposes;
(9) Licensure [or permit, eligibility,
			 filing, etc.] processes;
(10)
			 Investigation or law enforcement purposes;
(11) Administrative hearings;
(12) Litigation, complying with an order of
			 the court, or subpoena;
(13) Human
			 resource matters (e.g., hiring, promotion, demotion, discharge, salary/
			 compensation issues, leave requests/issues, time card
			 approvals/issues);
(14) Complying
			 with an executive order or policy;
(15) Complying with a department policy or a
			 state administrative policy issued by the department of administrative
			 services, the office of budget and management or other similar state agency;
			 or
(16) Complying with a collective
			 bargaining agreement provision.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501 - Department of Natural Resources - Administration and Director › Chapter 1501-8 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 1501-8-04 - Confidentiality statutes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following federal statutes or
				regulations or state statutes and administrative rules make personal
				information maintained by the department confidential and identify the
				confidential personal information within the scope of rules promulgated by this
				department in accordance with section
				1347.15 of the Revised Code;
				including, but not limited to the following:
(A)
								 Social security
			 numbers:
			 5
			 U.S.C. 552(a), federal
			 Privacy Act of 1974, unless the individual was told that the number would be
			 disclosed;
(B)
								 Section
			 4776.04 of the Revised Code,
			 bureau of criminal investigation and information criminal records check
			 results;
(C)
								 Any personal information that is considered
			 confidential under section
			 149.43 of the Revised
			 Code;
(D)
								 Sections
			 2151.355 to
			 2151.358 of the Revised Code,
			 sealing and expunging juvenile court records;
(E)
								 Sections
			 2953.32 to
			 2953.35 of the Revised Code,
			 sealing records of conviction;
(F)
								 Sections
			 2953.52 to
			 2953.55 of the Revised Code,
			 sealing records of not guilty findings, dismissals, or no bill;
(G)
								
			 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) of 1996, Pub. L.
			 No.
								104-191,
			 29
			 U.S.C. 1181;
(H)
								 The Americans
			 with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990,
			 5 U.S.C.
			 8905 a ;
(I)
								 The Family and
			 Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993,
			 29 U.S.C.
			 2601;
(J)
								 Section
			 4509.10 of the Revised Code,
			 accident reports submitted pursuant to sections
			 4509.01 to
			 4509.78 of the Revised
			 Code;
(K)
								 Protections of criminal intelligence, 29 C.F.R. part
			 23;
(L)
								 Section
			 109.57 of the Revised Code,
			 protection of information provided to government agencies from the bureau of
			 criminal investigation and information; and
(M)
								 Section
			 1347.12 of the Revised Code, no
			 requirement to notify an individual of a system breach if notification
			 jeopardizes national security.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1347.15
Rule
				Amplifies: 1347.15
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/17/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:1 - Advisory Council › Chapter 1501:1-1 - Scenic River Advisory Councils › Section 1501:1-1-01 - Scenic river advisory councils

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with the provisions of
				Chapter 1547. of the Revised code, each of the following wild, scenic, and
				recreational river areas shall have a scenic river advisory council consisting
				of not more than ten individuals representing local interests who have been
				selected by the director of the department of natural resources:
(A)
								 Ashtabula scenic
			 river area;
(B)
								 Big and Little Darby creeks scenic river
			 areas;
(C)
								 Chagrin scenic river area;
(D)
								 Conneaut creek
			 wild and scenic river areas;
(E)
								 Grand wild and
			 scenic river areas;
(F)
								 Kokosing scenic river area;
(G)
								 Little Beaver
			 creek wild and scenic river areas;
(H)
								 Little Miami
			 scenic river area;
(I)
								 Maumee scenic and recreational river
			 areas;
(J)
								 Mohican scenic river area;
(K)
								 Olentangy scenic
			 river area;
(L)
								 Sandusky scenic river area;
(M)
								 Stillwater river
			 and Greenville creek scenic river areas, and;
(N)
								 Upper Cuyahoga
			 scenic river area.
Replaces: 1501:1-1-01
Effective: 4/30/2015
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 4/30/2020
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1501.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 121.22,
				1547.84
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/24/76
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:1 - Advisory Council › Chapter 1501:1-1 - Scenic River Advisory Councils › Section 1501:1-1-02 - Notice of public meetings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A person may obtain notice of public
			 meetings to be held by any of the scenic river advisory councils by taking one
			 or more of the following actions:
(1) Make a
			 request to the Ohio scenic rivers program by email using the contact link on
			 the Ohio department of natural resources website.
(2) Contact the Ohio division of
			 parks and watercraft by telephone during regular
			 business hours at (614) 265-6480.
(3) Contact the appropriate scenic river
			 regional office by telephone using the directory provided on the Ohio
			 department of natural resources website.
(4) Refer to the scenic rivers calendar on
			 the Ohio department of natural resources website.
(5) Request information in person at the
			 appropriate scenic rivers regional office or the division of
			 parks and watercraft headquarters located at 2045
			 Morse road in Columbus, Ohio.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:1 - Advisory Council › Chapter 1501:1-1 - Scenic River Advisory Councils › Section 1501:1-1-03 - Minutes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Minutes of all scenic river advisory
				council meetings will be promptly recorded and shall be open for public
				inspection at the regional office responsible for management of the wild,
				scenic, or recreational river for which there is an advisory
				council.
Replaces: 1501:1-1-03
Effective: 4/30/2015
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 4/30/2020
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1501.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 121.22,
				1547.84
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/24/76
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:1 - Advisory Council › Chapter 1501:1-19 - Forestry Advisory Council › Section 1501:1-19-02 - Notice of public meetings (sunshine rule)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Notice of all public meetings of the Forestry Advisory Council
				shall be given in accordance with the following procedure:
(A) Any person may determine (be informed of)
			 the time and place of regularly scheduled meetings or the time, place, and
			 purpose of any special meeting by calling on the telephone the office of the
			 Chief of the Division of Forestry.
(B) Any person may obtain advance notice of
			 all meetings at which any specific type of public business is to be discussed
			 by identifying the type of public business for which he desires to be notified
			 and by supplying the Chief of the Division of Forestry with stamped
			 self-addressed envelopes. The Chief will mail to such person a notice of the
			 time, place, and type of business to be discussed at the meeting at least four
			 calendar days before the meeting is scheduled unless the meeting is an
			 emergency meeting.
(C) The Chief
			 of the Division of Forestry will maintain a list of representatives of the news
			 media who have requested in writing notice of special or emergency meetings.
			 The Chief shall mail such representatives notice at least four days before
			 special meetings or shall telephone notice at least twenty-four hours before
			 special meetings. In the event of an emergency meeting the representatives of
			 the news media who have requested notification of emergency meetings shall be
			 notified immediately of the time, place, and purpose of the meeting. News media
			 requesting notice pursuant to this paragraph shall supply the Chief with the
			 name, mailing address, and telephone number of the representative to be
			 contacted.
(D) The Forestry
			 Advisory Council shall provide the Chief of the Division of Forestry with the
			 time, place, and purpose of meetings requiring public notice under the
			 provision of this rule within sufficient time to enable the Chief to comply
			 with the provisions of this rule.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				1/12/2018 and
				01/12/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 121.22
Rule Amplifies:
				121.22
Prior Effective Dates: 06/25/1976,
				01/09/2004
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:1 - Advisory Council › Chapter 1501:1-19 - Forestry Advisory Council › Section 1501:1-19-03 - Minutes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Minutes of all meetings of the Forestry Advisory Council will
				be promptly recorded and shall be open to public inspection during working
				hours at the Office of the Chief of the Division of Forestry.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				1/12/2018 and
				01/12/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 121.22
Rule Amplifies:
				121.22
Prior Effective Dates: 06/25/1976,
				01/09/2004
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:1 - Advisory Council › Chapter 1501:1-27 - Technical Advisory Council on Oil and Gas › Section 1501:1-27-01 - Notice of public meetings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The technical advisory council on oil
				and gas will provide notice of all public meetings of the council as
				follows:
(A)
								The chief of the division of oil and gas resources
			 management will post on the division's website the time and place of regularly
			 scheduled council meetings and the time, place, and purpose of any special
			 meeting of the council.
(B)
								Any person may obtain advance notice of all meetings at
			 which any specific type of public business is to be discussed by identifying
			 the type of public business for which the person desires to be notified and by
			 supplying the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management with an
			 electronic mail address for electronic notice or stamped self addressed
			 envelopes for notice by regular mail. The chief will send by electronic or
			 regular mail, as requested, to such person a notice of the time, place, and
			 type of business to be discussed at the meeting at least four calendar days
			 before the meeting is scheduled unless the meeting is an emergency
			 meeting.
(C)
								The chief of the division of oil and gas resources
			 management will maintain a list of news media representatives who have
			 requested in writing notice of special or emergency meetings. News media
			 representatives will specify whether they have requested notice by regular or
			 electronic mail and will supply the chief with the name, mailing address or
			 electronic mail address, and telephone number of the representative to be
			 contacted. The chief will send the representatives notice by electronic or
			 regular mail, as requested, at least four days before special meetings or will
			 provide telephone notice at least twenty-four hours before special meetings. In
			 the event of an emergency meeting, the news media representatives who requested
			 notification will be notified immediately of the time, place, and purpose of
			 the meeting.
(D)
								The technical advisory council on oil and gas will
			 provide the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management with the
			 time, place, and purpose of meetings requiring public notice under the
			 provision of this rule within sufficient time to enable the chief to comply
			 with the provisions of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:1 - Advisory Council › Chapter 1501:1-31 - Wildlife Council › Section 1501:1-31-01 - Notice of public rules hearing

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Public notice of hearing for the purpose of promulgating rules
				to be conducted by the Wildlife Council shall be advertised
				
								on the department of natural resources'
				website at least thirty (30) days, but not more than sixty (60) days,
				prior to the hearing. The notice shall state the council's intention to
				consider adopting, amending, or rescinding a rule, shall include a synopsis of
				the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded, or a general statement
				of the subject matter to which such rule relates, and the date, time, and place
				of a hearing on said proposed action. The notice shall also state the place
				from which copies of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded may
				be obtained.
Effective: 6/11/2018
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 3/21/2018 and
				06/11/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 121.22
Rule
				Amplifies: 121.22
Prior
				Effective Dates: 03/19/1976
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:1 - Advisory Council › Chapter 1501:1-31 - Wildlife Council › Section 1501:1-31-02 - Notice of public meetings (sunshine rule)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Notice of all public meetings of the Wildlife Council shall be
				given in accordance with the following procedure:
(A) Any person may determine (be informed of)
			 the time and place of regularly scheduled meetings or the time, place and
			 purpose of any special meeting by calling on the telephone the office of the
			 Chief of the Division of Wildlife.
(B) Any person may obtain advance notice of
			 all meetings at which any specific type of public business is to be discussed
			 by identifying the type of public business for which he desires to be notified
			 and by supplying the Chief of the Division of Wildlife with stamped
			 self-addressed envelopes. The Chief will mail to such person a notice of the
			 time, place, and type of business to be discussed at the meeting at least four
			 calendar days before the meeting is scheduled unless the meeting is an
			 emergency meeting.
(C) The Chief
			 of the Division of Wildlife will maintain a list of representatives of the news
			 media who have requested in writing notice of special or emergency meetings.
			 The Chief shall mail such representatives notice at least four days before
			 special meetings or shall telephone notice at least twenty-four hours before
			 special meetings. In the event of an emergency meeting the representatives of
			 the news media who have requested notification of emergency meetings shall be
			 notified immediately of the time, place and purpose of the meetings. News media
			 requesting notice pursuant to this paragraph shall supply the Chief with the
			 name, mailing address, and telephone number of the representative to be
			 contacted.
(D) The Wildlife
			 Council shall provide the Chief of the Division of Wildlife with the time,
			 place, and purpose of meetings requiring public notice under the provision of
			 this rule within sufficient time to enable the chief to comply with the
			 provisions of this rule.
(former
				NRwl-02); Eff 3-19-76
Rule promulgated under: RC Chapter 119.
Rule authorized by: RC
				121.22
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:1 - Advisory Council › Chapter 1501:1-31 - Wildlife Council › Section 1501:1-31-03 - Minutes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Minutes of all meetings of the Wildlife Council will be
				promptly recorded and shall be open to public inspection during working hours
				at the Office of the Chief of the Division of Wildlife.
(former
				NRwl-03); Eff 3-19-76
Rule promulgated under: RC Chapter 119.
Rule authorized by: RC
				121.22
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:1 - Advisory Council › Chapter 1501:1-35 - Ohio Coastal Resources Advisory Council › Section 1501:1-35-01 - Notice of public meetings (sunshine rule)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Notice of all public meetings of the Ohio coastal resources
				advisory council shall be given in accordance with the following procedure:
(A) Any person may determine (be
			 informed of) the time and place of regularly scheduled meetings or the time,
			 place and purpose of any special meeting by calling on the telephone the office
			 of real estate and land management.
(B) Any person may obtain advance notice of
			 all meetings at which any specific type of public business is to be discussed
			 by identifying the type of public business for which he desires to be notified
			 and by supplying the office of real estate and land management with stamped
			 self-addressed envelopes. The chief will mail to such person a notice of the
			 time, place, and type of business to be discussed at the meeting at least four
			 calendar days before the meeting is scheduled unless the meeting is an
			 emergency meeting.
(C) The office
			 of real estate and land management will maintain a list of representatives of
			 the news media who have requested in writing notice of special or emergency
			 meetings. The chief shall mail such representatives notice at least four days
			 before special meetings or shall telephone notice at least twenty-four hours
			 before special meetings. In the event of an emergency meeting the
			 representatives of the news media who have requested notification of emergency
			 meetings shall be notified immediately of the time, place and purpose of the
			 meeting. News media requesting notice pursuant to this paragraph shall supply
			 the chief with the name, mailing address and telephone number of the
			 representative to be contacted.
(D) The Ohio coastal resources advisory
			 council shall provide the chief of the office of real estate and land
			 management with the time, place, and purpose of meetings requiring public
			 notice under the provision of this rule within sufficient time to enable the
			 chief to comply with the provisions of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:1 - Advisory Council › Chapter 1501:1-35 - Ohio Coastal Resources Advisory Council › Section 1501:1-35-02 - Minutes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Minutes of all meetings of the Ohio coastal resources advisory
				council will be promptly recorded and shall be open to public inspection during
				working hours at the office of the chief of the office of real estate and land
				management.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:3-1-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in Chapters 1501:3-1 to 1501:3-9 of the Administrative
				Code:
(A) "Authorized agent" means any
			 individual employed by the chief of the division of forestry and designated to
			 be responsible for the supervision of the operation, protection, maintenance
			 and management of land(s) or program(s) under administration of the
			 division.
(B) "Camping" means
			 utilization of any piece of equipment for sleeping in or upon including but not
			 limited to a sleeping bag, hammock, station wagon, car, van, motor home, bus,
			 trailer, tent, tarp, truck, house vehicle, pickup camper, or watercraft, for
			 the purpose of occupying a portion of state land or water during the hours of
			 darkness for transient and temporary outdoor living.
(C) "Campground" means an area designated and
			 provided with facilities for camping. It may or may not have designated
			 campsites.
(D) "Campsite" means:
(1) An area within a campground which has
			 been designated for occupancy by a camper;
(2) Or in a campground not having designated
			 campsites, the area occupied by a camper.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:3-1-02 - Notice of public hearing to adopt, amend or rescind rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Public notice
			 of hearings to be conducted by the division of forestry shall be advertised in
			 the register of Ohio. In addition to public notice given in the register of
			 Ohio, the division may give whatever other notice it reasonably considers
			 necessary to ensure notice constructively is given to all persons who are
			 subject to or affected by the proposed rule, amendment or rescission.
(B) Said notice shall be given at
			 least thirty days, but not more than sixty days, prior to the hearing. The
			 notice shall state the division's intention to consider adopting, amending or
			 rescinding rules; shall include a synopsis or full text of the proposed rules,
			 amendments or rules to be rescinded or a general statement of the subject
			 matter to which such proposed rules relate; and shall enumerate the date, time
			 and place of the hearing on the proposed action. The notice shall also state
			 the place from which copies of the proposed rules, amendments or rules to be
			 rescinded may be obtained.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: (Amended) 9/16/1974, 9/28/1977,
				1/9/2004
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:3-1-03 - Severability

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The validity of any rule or portion thereof adopted or amended
				by the chief of the division of forestry pursuant to Chapter 1503 of the
				Revised Code shall not be affected by the invalidity of any other rule or
				portion thereof adopted or amended thereunder by the chief.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/16/1974, 9/28/1977
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:3-1-04 - Successor division

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Unless expressly provided to the contrary by any rule of the
				Administrative Code or any section of the Revised Code, the rules contained in
				Chapters 1501:3-1 to 1501:3-9 of the Administrative Code shall apply to, and be
				the rules of, any division or other unit of the department of natural resources
				which, by virtue of a consolidation or reorganization pursuant to section
				121.07 of the Revised Code, or
				by legislative action, shall succeed to the responsibility of the division of
				forestry to administer and enforce Chapter 1503 of the Revised Code.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/28/1977
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-01 - Hours closed

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall be within or upon the
			 state forests between the hours of eleven p.m. and six a.m. except as
			 hereinafter provided and as provided in rule
			 1501:3-2-02
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
			 Hocking state forest, all state forest target ranges and all state forest
			 all-purpose vehicle areas shall be closed daily one-half hour after sunset
			 until one-half hour before sunrise throughout the year, except as provided in
			 rule
			 1501:3-2-02
			 of the Administrative Code.
(C)
			 The chief of the division of forestry or authorized agent, may temporarily
			 close to the public any state forest or any facility, target range, trail, or
			 area within any state forest where it is determined to be hazardous for public
			 use or detrimental to the resource or facility due to weather, water, fire,
			 construction, timber removal or other situation involving public health,
			 safety, or welfare.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/16/1974, 9/24/1977, 9/25/1986, 7/16/1995,
				1/9/2004
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-02 - Exception to hours closed

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Persons engaged in camping or going to and from campsites,
				persons engaged in legal hunting or fishing at night including such times as
				may be required for entry prior to or following completion of legal hunting or
				fishing, or for activities considered preparatory for legal hunting or fishing,
				and persons using a state forest as access to their private property, and
				military personnel or other persons engaged in special use under authorization
				of the chief of the division or authorized agent, may be present in the state
				forests at any time except the chief may request said persons to evacuate the
				area in periods of extreme wildland fire danger.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/16/1974, 1/9/2004
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-03 - Swimming prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall swim in the waters contained within any state
				forest except in areas designated by the chief of the division of forestry or
				authorized agent.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: (Amended) 9/16/1974, 9/28/1977,
				1/9/2004
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-04 - Disposition of refuse or debris

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Regardless of intent, no person shall
			 cause to be dumped, or throw, drop, discard, place, or dump litter, rubbish,
			 garbage, refuse, or debris of any kind within any state forest except in such
			 places and within such receptacles as are provided therefor. No person shall
			 deposit rubbish, garbage, refuse, or debris accruing from property other than
			 state forests in receptacles located upon state forest lands.
(B) No person, regardless of intent, shall
			 
								fell a tree onto state property without notifying the
			 division of forestry prior to doing so or cause a tree to be felled from
			 private property on to state forest property without removing said tree from
			 state property.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-05 - Removal or disturbance of state property prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except as provided in rule
				1501:3-2-06
				of the Administrative Code, no person shall cut, remove or damage any tree,
				shrub or plant or pick any wildflowers, or harass or collect any native wild
				animal, unless engaged in licensed hunting and/or fishing in accordance with
				provisions of the revised code and wildlife rules, nor shall any person dig,
				excavate or remove any rock, sand, gravel or other mineral from state forests
				without first obtaining written permission from the chief of the division or
				authorized agent.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-06 - Exceptions to removal of state property

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Berries, nuts, fruits, cones, seeds, and mushrooms that are not
				an endangered species or threatened species as designated or governed by
				applicable state and federal statutes or regulations may be gathered and
				removed from state forests except seeds gathered from seed
				orchards, seed collection areas, seed production areas, areas designated as
				wilderness, designated nature preserves and in other areas designated or
				posted.
(A)
(B)
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-08 - Kindling a fire prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall kindle or authorize
			 another to kindle a fire in any state forest except in designated areas or
			 receptacles unless otherwise approved by the chief or authorized agent.
(B) No person shall leave any fire
			 unattended or empty the contents of any furnace, stove or other burner onto the
			 ground before the ignited fuels therein have been extinguished.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: (Amended) 9/16/1974, 9/28/1977,
				1/9/2004
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-10 - Use of fireworks prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall detonate or cause to be detonated or use any
				commercial or home made fireworks or other
				explosives, within state forests without first having obtained written
				permission from the chief of the division or authorized agent.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-11 - Use or possession of intoxicating beverages

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall consume, display, or possess any alcoholic
				beverage in any state forest.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/16/1974, 9/28/1977, 7/16/1995,
				5/11/2009
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-13 - Permission required for public meetings, events and special activities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person or
			 persons shall conduct any public meeting or events, or special activity upon
			 the lands or waters of the division without first obtaining a special use
			 permit from the chief of the division or the chief's authorized agent upon
			 application made not less than thirty days prior to the day of the proposed
			 meeting, event, or special activity. A nonrefundable fee of fifty dollars
			 remitted to the division of forestry to pay administrative processing costs
			 shall accompany each permit application.
(B) Where a special use permit is issued and
			 the activity or event is not exclusively sponsored by the division, the
			 permittee shall be responsible for any and all additional costs, including but
			 not limited to labor, materials, cleaning, or utilities, incurred by the
			 division in connection with the event or activity.
(C) The chief may require a performance
			 guarantee deposit from the permittee as a condition for issuance of the special
			 use permit. The chief may retain a portion of the performance guarantee deposit
			 equal to the additional costs incurred by the division in connection with the
			 activity or event. The permittee shall be responsible for payment of any and
			 all such costs in excess of the performance guarantee deposit.
(D)
								The chief or the chief's authorized agent may waive any
			 of the rules or fees listed.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-14 - Construction of structures prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall construct, erect, or use any structure on state
				forest land except tents in designated campgrounds without first obtaining
				approval in writing from the chief of the division or authorized agent.
				Portable deer stands that are temporarily installed without driving nails or
				inserting other devices permanently into a tree and that are removed without
				damage to any vegetation are permitted during the legal deer
				
								seasons. The stand shall have stamped into or attached
				thereto on a durable waterproof tag the name and mailing address of the user in
				English letters legible at all times or the state
				hunter Iientification number.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-15 - Rock-climbing and rappelling permitted in designated areas only

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall
			 participate in rappelling or engage in rock-climbing in any state forest except
			 on areas designated for rock-climbing or rappelling. No person shall
			 participate in rappelling or engage in rock-climbing without the use of
			 technical or specialized equipment designed for such use.
(B) No person shall engage in rappelling or
			 rock-climbing, or enter the rappelling and rock-climbing designated area,
			 without first registering in the place and manner required and provided.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/28/1977, 7/16/1995,
				1/9/2004
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-16 - Aviation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall operate, take
				off, or ascend within or from the lands or waters administered by the division
				in any airplane, flying machine, balloon, glider, unmanned aerial vehicle, or other aerial apparatus
				except with the permission of the chief of the division or authorized agent. No
				person shall voluntarily bring, land or alight, within or upon the lands or
				waters administered by the division, in any airplane, flying machine, balloon,
				parachute, unmanned aerial vehicle, or other
				aerial apparatus except with the permission of the chief of the division or
				authorized agent.
Effective: 5/3/2019
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 5/29/2020
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: 09/28/1977,
				01/09/2004
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-17 - Releasing of animals and plants prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall release any wild or domestic animal, or abandon
				such animal, or plant or culture any seed or vegetation of any type in any area
				administered by the division without the written permission of the chief of the
				division or authorized agent.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/25/1986, 1/9/2004
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-18 - Animals and pets in state forests

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Domestic cats and dogs or horses as
			 provided in paragraph (B) of rule
			 1501:3-3-06 and
			 rule
			 1501:3-3-08
			 and rule
			 1501:3-4-04
			 of the Administrative Code are permitted unless otherwise posted or designated
			 and provided they are leashed or under control at all times. Animals in
			 campgrounds are subject to rule
			 1501:3-3-08
			 of the Administrative Code. Trained hunting dogs under the control of a hunter
			 in a designated hunting area as established under rule
			 1501:3-6-03
			 of the Administrative Code are permitted, while hunting or training during
			 lawful hours and seasons are as established by statute, rule or order.
(B) Any animal found running at
			 large may be seized and disposed of as provided by law or ordinance covering
			 the disposal of stray animals on highways or public property in effect in the
			 territory in which the area administered by the division is located wherein
			 such stray animal is seized.
(C)
			 The owner or handler of any animal under the control or supervision of any
			 person within a state forest which disturbs the quiet or acts in a threatening
			 manner towards any person or other animal may be directed by the forest officer
			 to remove the animal from the state forest.
(D) The tethering of any horse or other
			 animal by picket line or any other method to any tree or vegetation is
			 prohibited except in designated areas.
(E) No person shall bring an animal not
			 otherwise governed by the division of forestry administrative code into state
			 forests except as may be approved by and in places designated by the chief of
			 the division or authorized agent.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/25/1986, 7/16/1995, 1/9/2004,
				5/11/2009
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation › Section 1501:3-2-19 - Paleontological, archaeological, historical and geological features

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall remove from, injure, disfigure, deface, destroy
				or disturb any object or feature of paleontological, archaeological, geological
				or historical interest or value in any area administered by the division
				without first obtaining written permission from the chief of the division or
				authorized agent.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				05/29/2015 and
				05/29/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1503.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1503.01
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/25/1984, 1/9/2004