Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) “Confidential business information” means the types or categories of information identified in rules adopted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA. (B) “EPCRA” means the “Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly The director of environmental protection may do any of the following: (A) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing requirements or authorizations that the director considers necessary or appropriate to implement and administer this chapter. (B) As […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) On or before the first day of July of each year or as otherwise prescribed by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA, the owner or operator of a facility described in division (A)(2) of this section […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, any person required to provide information under section 3751.03 of the Revised Code may withhold from submission the specific chemical identity, including the chemical name and other specific identification, of the […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly All civil penalties received under division (B) of section 3751.10 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the toxic chemical release reporting fund, hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys credited to the fund shall be expended by the director exclusively […]
Effective: December 14, 1988 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 367 – 117th General Assembly No political subdivision or local emergency planning committee of an emergency planning district established under section 3750.03 of the Revised Code shall enforce any ordinance, resolution, rule, or requirement for the reporting or providing of the names or amounts of toxic chemicals […]
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly No person shall violate any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it.
Effective: December 14, 1988 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 367 – 117th General Assembly The director of environmental protection or his authorized representative, upon proper identification and upon stating the purpose and necessity of an inspection, may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property, real or personal, to inspect or investigate, obtain samples, […]
Effective: December 14, 1988 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 367 – 117th General Assembly The director of environmental protection may issue orders requiring the owner or operator of a facility where toxic chemicals are manufactured, processed, or otherwise used to abate a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. The […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the director of environmental protection, shall prosecute to termination or […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly A member of the emergency response commission, officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, member or employee of a local emergency planning committee, officer or employee of a fire department, health professional, physician, nurse, or other person who receives information classified […]
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly Whoever purposely violates division (F) of section 3751.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Each violation is a separate offense.
