Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-50 - Hazardous Waste Management System-General › Section 3745-50-39 - Specific public notice procedures applicable to hazardous waste management permits

Current through all regulations passed and filed
			 through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Pre-application public meeting and notice.
(1)
			 Applicability. 
									Paragraph (A)  of this rule 
									applies  to all applicants seeking initial
			 permits for hazardous waste management units. 
									Paragraph
			 (A)  of this rule
			 
									does not
			 apply to applicants seeking renewal of permits for such units, to permit
			 modifications under rule
			 3745-50-51
			 of the Administrative Code, or to applications that are submitted for the sole
			 purpose of conducting post-closure activities or postclosure activities and
			 corrective action at a facility.
(2) Prior to the submittal of a "Part B"
			 permit application for a facility, the applicant shall hold at least one public
			 meeting in order to solicit questions from the community and inform the
			 community of proposed hazardous waste management activities. The applicant
			 shall post a sign-in sheet or otherwise provide a voluntary opportunity for
			 attendees to provide contact names and addresses.
(3) The applicant shall submit a summary of
			 the meeting, along with the list of attendees' names and addresses developed
			 under paragraph (A)(2) of this rule, and copies of any written comments or
			 materials submitted at the meeting, to Ohio EPA as a part of the "Part B"
			 application, in accordance with 
									paragraph (A)  of rule
			 3745-50-44
			 of the Administrative Code.
(4) The
			 applicant shall provide public notice of the pre-application public meeting at
			 least thirty days prior to the public meeting. The applicant shall maintain,
			 and provide to Ohio EPA upon request, documentation of the notice.
(a) The applicant shall provide public notice
			 in all of the following forms:
(i) A newspaper
			 advertisement. The applicant shall publish a notice, fulfilling the
			 requirements in 
											paragraph (A)(4)(b)  of this rule, in a newspaper of general circulation in
			 the county or equivalent jurisdiction that hosts the proposed location of the
			 facility. In addition, the director will instruct the applicant to publish the
			 notice in newspapers of general circulation in adjacent counties or equivalent
			 jurisdictions, where the director determines that such publication is necessary
			 to inform the affected public. The notice shall be published as a display
			 advertisement.
(ii) A visible and
			 accessible sign. The applicant shall post a notice on a clearly marked sign at
			 or near the facility, fulfilling the requirements in 
											paragraph
			 (A)(4)(b)  of this rule. If
			 the applicant places the sign on the facility property, then the sign shall be
			 large enough to be readable from the nearest point where the public would pass
			 by the site.
(iii) A broadcast
			 media announcement. The applicant shall broadcast a notice, fulfilling the
			 requirements in 
											paragraph (A)(4)(b)  of this rule, at least once on at least one local radio
			 station or television station. The applicant may employ another medium with
			 prior approval of the director.
(iv) A notice to Ohio EPA. The applicant
			 shall send a copy of the newspaper notice to Ohio EPA and to the appropriate
			 units of state and local government, in accordance with
			 40 CFR
			 124.10(c)(1)(x).
(b) The notices required under
			 
										paragraph (A)(4)(a) of this rule shall include :
(i)
			 The date, time, and location of the meeting;
(ii) A brief description of the purpose of
			 the meeting;
(iii) A
			 brief description of the facility and proposed operations, including the
			 address or a map (e.g., a sketched or copied street map) of the facility
			 location;
(iv) A
			 statement encouraging people to contact the facility at least seventy-two hours
			 before the meeting if people need special access to participate in the
			 meeting;
			 and
(v) The name, address,
			 and telephone number of a contact person for the applicant.