(A) No person shall install or operate a facility or equipment that results in a new or increased diversion of any water out of the Lake Erie watershed to another watershed without first obtaining a permit to do so issued by the chief of the division of water resources. An application for such a permit shall be submitted to the chief on a form that the chief prescribes. An application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of one thousand dollars, which shall be credited to the water management fund created in section 1501.32 of the Revised Code.
(B) The chief shall approve a permit application submitted under this section only if the chief determines that it meets the criteria required to qualify as an exception to the prohibition against diversions established in Section 4.9 of the compact. The chief shall issue or deny a permit through issuance of an order.
Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §101.01, eff. 1/1/2016.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.108, HB 473, §1, eff. 9/4/2012.
Note: This section is set out twice. See also § 1522.11 , effective until 1/1/2016.
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