Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3745 - Environmental Protection Agency

• Section 3745.01 - Environmental Protection Agency Created - Powers - Duties.
  There is hereby created the environmental protection agency, headed by the director of environmental protection. The agency, under the supervision of the director, shall...
• Section 3745.011 - Legislative Intent.
  It is the intent of the general assembly that the environmental protection agency shall: (A) Promulgate and put into execution a long term comprehensive...
• Section 3745.012 - Director To Collect Moneys And Keep Record.
  The director of environmental protection shall collect all moneys for permits, licenses, plan approvals, variances, and certifications of any nature issued and administered by...
• Section 3745.013 - Goods And Services Fund.
  Except for those moneys specifically required by law to be credited to another fund, all moneys received by the environmental protection agency from the...
• Section 3745.014 - Central Support Indirect Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the central support indirect fund, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection. Money...
• Section 3745.015 - Environmental Protection Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the environmental protection fund consisting of money credited to the fund under division (A)(3) of section...
• Section 3745.016 - Cleanup And Response Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the federally supported cleanup and response fund consisting of money credited to the fund from federal...
• Section 3745.017 - Program For Providing Compliance And Pollution Prevention Assistance To Regulated Entities.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Environmental law" means a law that is administered by the environmental protection agency. (2) "Regulated entity" means...
• Section 3745.02 - Environmental Review Appeals Commission.
  There is hereby created an environmental review appeals commission, consisting of three members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the...
• Section 3745.03 - Hearing Procedures.
  The environmental review appeals commission shall adopt regulations governing procedure to be followed for hearings before it. No regulation adopted by the commission shall...
• Section 3745.04 - Appeals To Review Commission.
  (A) As used in this section, "any person" means any individual, any partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, or any political subdivision, instrumentality,...
• Section 3745.05 - Hearings.
  (A) In hearing the appeal, if an adjudication hearing was conducted by the director of environmental protection in accordance with sections 119.09 and 119.10...
• Section 3745.06 - Appeals To Courts Of Appeals.
  Any party adversely affected by an order of the environmental review appeals commission may appeal to the court of appeals of Franklin county, or,...
• Section 3745.07 - Proposed Actions - Mailing Lists.
  Before issuing, denying, modifying, revoking, or renewing any permit, license, or variance under Chapter 3704., 3714., 3734., or 6111. of the Revised Code, the...
• Section 3745.08 - Complaints.
  (A) An officer of an agency of the state or of a political subdivision, acting in the officer's representative capacity, or any person who...
• Section 3745.09 - Action To Abate Pollution From Sources Outside The State.
  Upon investigation of any complaint filed under section 3704.06, 3734.10, 3745.08, or 6109.11 of the Revised Code, if the director of environmental protection finds...
• Section 3745.11 - Fees.
  (A) Applicants for and holders of permits, licenses, variances, plan approvals, and certifications issued by the director of environmental protection pursuant to Chapters 3704.,...
• Section 3745.111 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.127, HB 487, §105.01, eff. 9/10/2012. Effective Date: 12-22-1992
• Section 3745.112 - Independent Evaluation Of Title V Permit Program.
  During the month of August 1997, and biennially thereafter, the director of environmental protection shall enter into a contract for the performance of an...
• Section 3745.113 - Application For Isolated Wetland Permit - Fees.
  (A) A person that applies for a state isolated wetland permit under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it shall...
• Section 3745.114 - Water Quality Certification Fee - Exemptions.
  (A) A person that applies for a section 401 water quality certification under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it...
• Section 3745.12 - Immediate Removal Fund.
  (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the immediate removal fund, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection. The...
• Section 3745.13 - Costs Of Dealing With Unauthorized Spill, Release Or Discharge.
  (A) When emergency action is required to protect the public health or safety or the environment, any person responsible for causing or allowing an...
• Section 3745.14 - Certification Of Engineers To Conduct Compliance Reviews.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Compliance review" means the review of an application for a permit, renewal of a permit, or plan...
• Section 3745.21 - Environmental Education Council.
  (A) There is hereby created within the environmental protection agency the environmental education council consisting of the directors of environmental protection and natural resources...
• Section 3745.22 - Environmental Education Fund.
  (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...
• Section 3745.25 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-30-1999
• Section 3745.30 - Policies Of Agency.
  (A) (1) As used in this section, "policy" means a written clarification or explanation of a statute or rule that is initiated by the...
• Section 3745.31 - Statute Of Limitations.
  (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.,...
• Section 3745.40 - Clean Ohio Operating Fund.
  (A) There is hereby created the clean Ohio operating fund consisting of moneys credited to the fund in accordance with this section. The fund...
• Section 3745.50 - Coordinator Of Harmful Algae Management And Response.
  (A) The director of environmental protection shall serve as coordinator, or designate a coordinator, of harmful algae management and response. The director or the...
• Section 3745.70 - [Effective Until 1/1/2016] Environmental Audit Definitions.
  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...
• Section 3745.70 - [Effective 1/1/2016] Environmental Audit Definitions.
  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...
• Section 3745.71 - Privilege Of Nondisclosure As To Environmental Audit.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, the owner or operator of a facility or property who conducts an environmental...
• Section 3745.72 - Voluntary Disclosure Of Information - Immunity.
  (A) The owner or operator of a facility or property who conducts an environmental audit of the facility or property and promptly and voluntarily...
• Section 3745.73 - Report On Operation And Impact Of Sb 138.
  Not later than March 31, 2002, the director of environmental protection, in consultation with the attorney general, appropriate federal, state, and local agencies, and...
• Section 3745.74 - Public Records - Employee Protection.
  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...

Last modified: October 10, 2016