Section 6109.22 | Rules for Administrative Assessment and Collection of Monetary Penalties.
Effective: September 9, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 512 – 131st General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the drinking water assistance fund to provide financial and technical assistance for the purposes of protecting public health and achieving and maintaining compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and this chapter. In addition to the accounts […]
Section 6109.23 | Administrative Assessment and Collection of Monetary Penalties for Failure to Comply With Safe Drinking Water Rules.
Effective: November 26, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 321 – 122nd General Assembly To the extent required by the Safe Drinking Water Act, the director of environmental protection may adopt, amend, and rescind rules pursuant to section 6109.04 of the Revised Code providing for the administrative assessment and collection of monetary penalties for failure to […]
Section 6109.24 | Rule Governing Demonstration of Technical, Managerial, and Financial Capability of Water Systems; Implementation of Asset Management Programs.
Effective: October 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 132nd General Assembly ( A) The director of environmental protection shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules pursuant to section 6109.04 of the Revised Code establishing requirements governing the demonstration of technical, managerial, and financial capability for the purposes of this section. ( B)(1) […]
Section 6109.25 | Appointment of Receiver; Petition.
Effective: October 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Upon petition by the director of environmental protection, a court of common pleas may appoint a receiver to take possession of and operate a public water system that serves fewer than five hundred service connections only when conditions existing at the […]
Section 6109.30 | Drinking Water Protection Fund.
Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the drinking water protection fund, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection. The fund shall consist of moneys distributed to it and shall be used for all of the following […]
Section 6109.31 | Violations – Noncompliance.
Effective: September 5, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 294 – 129th General Assembly (A) No person shall violate this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or any order or term or condition of a license, license renewal, variance, or exemption granted by the director of environmental protection under it. Each day of noncompliance is a […]
Section 6109.32 | Investigations – Enforcement by Attorney General.
Effective: September 5, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 294 – 129th General Assembly The director of environmental protection may on the director’s own initiative investigate or make inquiries into any suspected violation of section 6109.31 of the Revised Code. The attorney general, upon written request by the director, shall bring an action for injunction or […]
Section 6109.13 | Approval of Connections to Public Water System.
Effective: December 14, 1978 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 445 – 112th General Assembly No official, officer, or employee in charge of or being employed in the maintenance and operation of a public water system and no other person, firm, or corporation shall establish or permit to be established any connection whereby water from a private, […]
Section 6109.14 | Notification of Danger of Contamination – Hearing.
Effective: December 14, 1978 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 445 – 112th General Assembly When the director of environmental protection finds, upon investigation, that water in a public water system is subject to the danger of contamination by reason of unsatisfactory location, protection, construction, operation, or maintenance of the system, or by reason of the existence […]
Section 6109.15 | Improvements, Corrections, and Changes to Prevent Contamination.
Effective: December 14, 1978 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 445 – 112th General Assembly After the hearing provided for in section 6109.14 of the Revised Code, if the director of environmental protection determines that improvements or changes are necessary and should be made, the director shall order the mayor or managing officer or officers of the […]