Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-34 - Underground Injection Control Program › Section 3745-34-63 - Class I annual permit fee; fee per ton of waste injected

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) The owner of a
			 class I injection well for which the director has issued a permit or renewal of
			 a permit for the disposal of any hazardous waste identified in or listed under
			 section 3734.12 of the Revised Code or
			 the rules adopted thereunder, and that waste is generated on the premises where
			 the injection well is located shall pay an annual permit fee of thirty thousand
			 dollars. Said fee shall be payable by certified check drawn to the "Director of
			 Environmental Protection - Underground Injection Control Fund," within thirty
			 days of the issuance of a permit or renewal of a permit, and annually
			 thereafter during the term of the permit or renewal of the permit. Annual
			 payment shall be tendered within thirty days prior to the anniversary date of
			 the issuance of the permit or renewal of the permit. Failure to timely remit
			 the annual permit fee shall be a violation of the permit or renewal of the
			 permit, this rule, and section
			 6111.046 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) The owner of a class I
			 injection well for which the director has issued a permit or renewal of a
			 permit for the injection of any waste other than that identified in paragraph
			 (A) of this rule, shall pay an annual permit fee of twelve thousand five
			 hundred dollars. Said fee shall be payable by certified check drawn to the
			 "Director of Environmental Protection - Underground Injection Control Fund,"
			 within thirty days of the issuance of a permit or renewal of a permit, and
			 annually thereafter during the term of the permit or renewal of the permit.
			 Annual payment shall be tendered within thirty days prior to the anniversary
			 date of the issuance of the permit or renewal of the permit. Failure to timely
			 remit the annual permit fee shall be a violation of the permit or renewal of
			 the permit, this rule and section
			 6111.046 of the Revised
			 Code.
(C) The owner of each class I
			 injection facility shall act as trustee for the state of Ohio and collect a fee
			 of one dollar per ton of industrial waste or other waste, to a maximum of
			 twenty-five thousand dollars per year, irrespective of the number of wells at
			 that facility. The owner or operator shall maintain appropriate records of the
			 amount of waste injected at the facility. The owner or operator shall remit
			 said fees payable by certified check drawn to the "Director of Environmental
			 Protection - Underground Injection Control Fund" within thirty days prior to
			 the anniversary date of the permit or renewal of the permit. For facilities
			 where multiple permits are held, for purposes of this fee, the anniversary date
			 shall be the date of issuance of the permit or the renewal of the permit
			 closest to January first of the year of issuance. A penalty of ten per cent of
			 the amount of the fee shall be assessed for each month of late payment. Failure
			 to remit the appropriate fee shall be a violation of the permit or renewal of
			 the permit, this rule and section
			 6111.047 of the Revised Code.
(1) This fee does not apply to the owner of
			 any well injecting hazardous waste as identified or listed under section
			 3734.12 of the Revised Code or
			 the rules adopted thereunder.
(2)
			 This fee does not apply to the owner of an existing well that disposes of
			 naturally occurring formation fluids extracted during salt mining processes by
			 injection into a zone consisting of the Oriskany sandstone at depths of not
			 more than one thousand five hundred feet.