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To amend section 3734.13 and to enact sections | 1 |
3734.91, 3734.911, 3734.912, 3734.913, 3734.914, | 2 |
and 3734.915 of the Revised Code to establish | 3 |
requirements governing the disposal and collection | 4 |
of used lead-acid batteries. | 5 |
Section 1. That section 3734.13 be amended and sections | 6 |
3734.91, 3734.911, 3734.912, 3734.913, 3734.914, and 3734.915 of | 7 |
the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 3734.13. (A) The director of environmental protection | 9 |
may issue, modify, suspend, or revoke enforcement orders in | 10 |
accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code to a holder of a | 11 |
registration certificate, permit, or license issued by the | 12 |
director or a board of health under this chapter, or to another | 13 |
person, directing the holder or person to abate a violation, or to | 14 |
prevent any threatened violation, of any section of this chapter | 15 |
other than sections 3734.90 to 3734.9013 of the Revised Code, a | 16 |
rule adopted thereunder, or a term or condition of a permit, | 17 |
license, or variance issued thereunder within a specified, | 18 |
reasonable time. | 19 |
(B) Notwithstanding division (C) of section 3734.85 of the | 20 |
Revised Code, if the director determines that an emergency exists | 21 |
requiring immediate action to protect the public health or safety | 22 |
or the environment, the director may issue an order, without | 23 |
notice or hearing, reciting the existence of the emergency and | 24 |
requiring that such action be taken as necessary to meet the | 25 |
emergency. The order shall take effect immediately. Any person to | 26 |
whom the order is directed shall comply immediately, but on | 27 |
application to the director shall be afforded a hearing as soon as | 28 |
possible and not later than thirty days after application. On the | 29 |
basis of the hearing, the director shall continue the order in | 30 |
effect, revoke it, or modify it. No emergency order shall remain | 31 |
in effect for more than one hundred twenty days after its | 32 |
issuance. | 33 |
(C) If the director determines that any person is violating | 34 |
or has violated this chapter, a rule adopted thereunder, or a term | 35 |
or condition of a permit, license, variance, or order issued | 36 |
thereunder, the director may request in writing that the attorney | 37 |
general bring a civil action for appropriate relief, including a | 38 |
temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, | 39 |
and civil penalties in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such | 40 |
an action shall have precedence over all other cases. Except as | 41 |
otherwise provided in this division with regard to a violation of | 42 |
the provisions of this chapter governing scrap tires, a rule | 43 |
adopted under those provisions, a term or condition of a permit or | 44 |
license issued under them, or a term or condition of an order | 45 |
issued pertaining to scrap tires, the court may impose upon the | 46 |
person a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for | 47 |
each day of each violation of this chapter other than a violation | 48 |
of section
3734.60 of the Revised Code, | 49 |
3734.62 to 3734.65 of the Revised Code, sections 3734.90 to | 50 |
3734.9013 of the Revised Code or a rule adopted under those | 51 |
sections, or division (B) of section 3734.912 of the Revised Code; | 52 |
of a rule adopted | 53 |
adopted under division (B) of section 3734.122 of the Revised | 54 |
Code | 55 |
variance, or order issued
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court may impose upon a person who violates a rule adopted under | 58 |
division (B) of section 3734.122 of the Revised Code a civil | 59 |
penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day | 60 |
of each violation of the rule. The court may impose upon a person | 61 |
who violates section 3734.60 of the Revised Code a civil penalty | 62 |
of not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each day of | 63 |
violation of that section. The court may impose upon a person who | 64 |
violates any of the provisions of this chapter governing scrap | 65 |
tires, a rule adopted under those provisions, a term or condition | 66 |
of a permit or license issued under them, or a term or condition | 67 |
of an order issued pertaining to scrap tires a civil penalty of | 68 |
not more than five thousand dollars for each day of each | 69 |
violation, except that if the violation is of a provision, rule, | 70 |
or term or condition that relates to the open burning or open | 71 |
dumping of scrap tires, or if the violation is of an emergency | 72 |
order of the director issued under division (B) of section 3734.13 | 73 |
of the Revised Code that pertains to scrap tires, the court may | 74 |
impose a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for | 75 |
each day of each violation. The court may impose upon a person who | 76 |
violates section 3734.62 of the Revised Code a civil penalty of | 77 |
not more than one hundred dollars for each violation of that | 78 |
section. The court may impose upon a person who violates section | 79 |
3734.63, 3734.64, or 3734.65 of the Revised Code a civil penalty | 80 |
of not more than five thousand dollars for each day of each | 81 |
violation of the applicable section, but the total amount of a | 82 |
civil penalty imposed upon a person for a violation of the | 83 |
applicable section shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. | 84 |
The court may impose upon a person who violates division (B) of | 85 |
section 3734.912 of the Revised Code a civil penalty of not more | 86 |
than twenty-five dollars for each day of violation. | 87 |
Any action under this section is a civil action, governed by | 88 |
the Rules of Civil Procedure. | 89 |
(D) No person shall violate any term or condition of any | 90 |
order issued under this section. | 91 |
(E) Except as otherwise provided in this division, moneys | 92 |
resulting from civil penalties imposed under division (C) of this | 93 |
section shall be paid into the hazardous waste clean-up fund | 94 |
created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code. Moneys resulting | 95 |
from civil penalties imposed under division (C) of this section | 96 |
for violations of any of the provisions of this chapter governing | 97 |
scrap tires, rules adopted under those provisions, terms or | 98 |
conditions of permits or licenses issued under them, or terms or | 99 |
conditions of orders issued pertaining to scrap tires shall be | 100 |
credited to the scrap tire management fund created in section | 101 |
3734.82 of the Revised Code. | 102 |
Sec. 3734.91. As used in sections 3734.91 to 3734.915 of the | 103 |
Revised Code: | 104 |
(A) "Consumer product" means any device that primarily is | 105 |
intended for personal or household use and typically is sold, | 106 |
distributed, or available to the general population through retail | 107 |
or mail-order distribution. "Consumer product" includes, but is | 108 |
not limited to, computers, electronic games, telephones, radios, | 109 |
and similar electronics. "Consumer product" does not include | 110 |
vehicles, motorcycles, wheelchairs, boats, or other forms of | 111 |
motive power. | 112 |
(B) "Lead-acid battery" means a battery that contains lead | 113 |
and sulfuric acid, is used as a power source, and is not intended | 114 |
as a power source for consumer products. | 115 |
(C) "Retailer" means a person that sells lead-acid batteries | 116 |
directly to the end user. | 117 |
(D) "Secondary lead smelter" means a facility that produces | 118 |
lead from a lead-bearing scrap material by smelting the material | 119 |
to the metallic form and that is permitted or licensed by a state | 120 |
or the United States environmental protection agency. | 121 |
(E) "Wholesaler" means a person that sells replacement | 122 |
lead-acid batteries for resale. | 123 |
Sec. 3734.911. (A) Notwithstanding division (D) of section | 124 |
3734.02 of the Revised Code and any rule adopted under this | 125 |
chapter to the contrary, no person shall commingle a used | 126 |
lead-acid battery with solid waste or dispose of a used lead-acid | 127 |
battery at a solid waste or hazardous waste facility. | 128 |
(B) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3734.02 of the | 129 |
Revised Code and any rule adopted under this chapter to the | 130 |
contrary, and except as provided in division (C) of this section, | 131 |
a person shall dispose of a used lead-acid battery by delivering | 132 |
it to one of the following: | 133 |
(1) A retailer; | 134 |
(2) A wholesaler; | 135 |
(3) A secondary lead smelter; | 136 |
(4) An automotive repair business; | 137 |
(5) A household hazardous waste collection location or event; | 138 |
(6) A lead-acid battery collection or recycling entity that | 139 |
operates in compliance with rules adopted under section 3734.12 of | 140 |
the Revised Code. | 141 |
(C) A retailer shall dispose of a used lead-acid battery by | 142 |
delivering it to one of the following: | 143 |
(1) A wholesaler; | 144 |
(2) A secondary lead smelter; | 145 |
(3) A battery manufacturer for delivery to a secondary lead | 146 |
smelter; | 147 |
(4) A lead-acid battery collection or recycling entity that | 148 |
operates in compliance with rules adopted under section 3734.12 of | 149 |
the Revised Code. | 150 |
(D) Each lead-acid battery that is improperly disposed of | 151 |
constitutes a separate violation of this section. | 152 |
Sec. 3734.912. A retailer that sells lead-acid batteries in | 153 |
this state shall do both of the following: | 154 |
(A) Accept from a purchaser of a lead-acid battery, at the | 155 |
time of purchase, used lead-acid batteries of the same general | 156 |
type and in a quantity that is at least equal to the number sold | 157 |
to the purchaser if the purchaser offers the used lead-acid | 158 |
batteries to the retailer; | 159 |
(B) Post the sign that is prescribed by section 3734.914 of | 160 |
the Revised Code at a location that is visible to customers and in | 161 |
close proximity to the location where lead-acid batteries are | 162 |
displayed for sale at the retailer's location. | 163 |
Sec. 3734.913. A wholesaler that sells lead-acid batteries in | 164 |
this state shall accept from a purchaser of a lead-acid battery | 165 |
used lead-acid batteries of the same general type and in a | 166 |
quantity that is at least equal to the number sold to the | 167 |
purchaser if the purchaser offers the used lead-acid batteries to | 168 |
the wholesaler. Not later than ninety days after the day of | 169 |
purchase of a lead-acid battery by such a retailer from a | 170 |
wholesaler, the wholesaler shall remove the applicable number of | 171 |
lead-acid batteries from the retailer's location. | 172 |
Sec. 3734.914. A retailer in the state shall post a sign that | 173 |
shall be at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in | 174 |
size, use lettering that is at least thirty point font in size, | 175 |
display the universal recycling symbol, and contain all of the | 176 |
following language: | 177 |
(A) "It is illegal to discard a used lead-acid battery." | 178 |
(B) "Recycle your used batteries." | 179 |
(C) "State law requires us to accept used lead-acid batteries | 180 |
for recycling in exchange for new batteries purchased." | 181 |
Sec. 3734.915. Lead-acid battery cases sold in this state | 182 |
shall not be required to display a society for plastics industry | 183 |
symbol or code, a society for automotive engineers symbol or code, | 184 |
or another resin identification code. | 185 |
Section 2. That existing section 3734.13 of the Revised Code | 186 |
is hereby repealed. | 187 |