Effective: July 21, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 175 – 134th General Assembly (A) A person that applies for a section 401 water quality certification under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it shall pay an application fee of two hundred dollars at the time of application plus any of the […]
Effective: September 29, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 66 – 126th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the immediate removal fund, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection. The fund may be used for both of the following purposes: (1) To pay costs incurred by the environmental […]
Effective: December 20, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 360 – 129th General Assembly (A) When emergency action is required to protect the public health or safety or the environment, any person responsible for causing or allowing an unauthorized spill, release, or discharge of material into or upon the environment or responsible for the operation of […]
Effective: June 30, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 215 – 122nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created within the environmental protection agency the environmental education council consisting of the directors of environmental protection and natural resources and the superintendent of public instruction, or their designees, as members ex officio, one member of the house […]
Effective: June 6, 2001 Latest Legislation: House Bill 94 – 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “eligible institution of higher education” means any of the state universities listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, or a community college, technical college, university branch, state community college, or an institution that is nonprofit […]
Effective: March 5, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 106 – 121st General Assembly (A)(1) As used in this section, “policy” means a written clarification or explanation of a statute or rule that is initiated by the environmental protection agency. “Policy” does not include any educational guideline, suggestion, or case study regarding how to comply with […]
Effective: September 5, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 294 – 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “environmental law” means sections 903.08, 903.17, and 3737.87 to 3737.882 and Chapters 3704., 3714., 3734., 3745., 3750., 3751., 3752., 3753., 6109., and 6111. of the Revised Code; any rule adopted under those sections or chapters or […]
Effective: June 26, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 95 – 125th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the clean Ohio operating fund consisting of moneys credited to the fund in accordance with this section. The fund shall be used to pay the costs incurred by the director of environmental protection pursuant to sections 122.65 […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the Volkswagen clean air act settlement fund consisting of money received by the state from the Volkswagen clean air act settlement. It is the intent of the general assembly to appropriate into the fund […]
Effective: July 3, 2015 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 1 – 131st General Assembly (A) The director of environmental protection shall serve as coordinator, or designate a coordinator, of harmful algae management and response. The director or the director’s designee shall develop plans providing for coordination that may include, but are not limited to, the actions […]
Effective: January 1, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly As used in sections 3745.70 to 3745.73 of the Revised Code: (A) “Environmental audit” means a voluntary, thorough, and discrete self-evaluation of one or more activities at one or more facilities or properties that is documented; is designed to improve compliance, or […]
Effective: September 15, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 – 130th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, the owner or operator of a facility or property who conducts an environmental audit of one or more activities at the facility or property has a privilege with respect to both […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) The owner or operator of a facility or property who conducts an environmental audit of the facility or property and promptly and voluntarily discloses information contained in or derived from an audit report that is based on the audit and concerns […]
Effective: September 30, 1998 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 219 – 122nd General Assembly Not later than March 31, 2002, the director of environmental protection, in consultation with the attorney general, appropriate federal, state, and local agencies, and appropriate statewide organizations, shall submit to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of […]
Effective: September 30, 1998 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 219 – 122nd General Assembly Nothing in sections 3745.70 to 3745.73 of the Revised Code shall be construed to limit or affect either of the following: (A) The authority or obligation of any government agency pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code; (B) Any employee protection […]
