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 6109.33 | Civil Penalty.
Effective: July 1, 1993 Latest Legislation: House Bill 152 – 120th General Assembly Any person who violates section 6109.31 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each violation, to be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the drinking water protection fund created […]
Section 6109.34 | Right of Entry.
Effective: December 14, 1978 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 445 – 112th General Assembly The director of environmental protection or his duly authorized representative may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property to inspect and investigate conditions relating to the construction, maintenance, and operation of a public water system, and may take samples […]
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 […]
Section 6109.071 | Decrease in Public Water System Pumping Rates.
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 6109.072 of the Revised Code: (1) “Public water system well” means a well for use by a public water system. (2) “Well” means any excavation by digging, boring, drilling, driving, or other method for […]
Section 6109.072 | Well Siting Application.
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A) No person shall install a public water system well without an approved well siting application issued by the director of environmental protection in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted under it. (B) In addition to meeting the siting requirements […]