To amend sections 3709.085, 3745.11, 6111.01, 6111.03, 6111.04, 6111.042, 6111.05, 6111.07, 6111.44, 6111.45, and 6111.46 and to enact section 6111.039 of the Revised Code to authorize the Director of Environmental Protection to issue permits for the use, storage, treatment, or disposal of sludge and sludge materials, to impose an annual sludge fee, and to otherwise regulate sludge and sludge materials.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Sec. 3709.085. (A) The board of health of a city or general health district may enter into a contract with any political subdivision or other governmental agency to obtain or provide all or part of any services, including, but not limited to, enforcement services, for the purposes of Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code, the rules adopted and orders made pursuant thereto, or any other ordinances or rules for the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution.

(B)(1) As used in division (B)(2) of this section:

(a) "Semipublic disposal system" means a disposal system which THAT treats the sanitary sewage discharged from publicly or privately owned buildings or places of assemblage, entertainment, recreation, education, correction, hospitalization, housing, or employment, but does not include a disposal system which THAT treats sewage in amounts of more than twenty-five thousand gallons per day; a disposal system for the treatment of sewage that is exempt from the requirements of section 6111.04 of the Revised Code pursuant to division (F)(6) of that section; or a disposal system for the treatment of industrial waste.

(b) Terms defined in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code have the same meaning MEANINGS as in that section.

(2) The board of health of a city or general health district may enter into a contract with the environmental protection agency to conduct on behalf of the agency inspection or enforcement services, for the purposes of Chapter 6111. and section 1541.21 of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder, for the disposal or treatment of sewage from single-family, two-family, or three-family dwellings located in special sanitary districts designated by section 1541.21 of the Revised Code, for the disposal or treatment of sewage from semipublic disposal systems, or for both. The board of health of a city or general health district may charge a fee established pursuant to section 3709.09 of the Revised Code to be paid by the holder of a permit under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code or the owner or resident of any such dwelling located in a special sanitary district for inspections conducted by the board pursuant to a contract entered into under this division (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION, except that the board shall not charge a fee for those inspections conducted at any manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp that is licensed under section 3733.03 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3745.11. (A) Applicants for and holders of permits, licenses, variances, plan approvals, and certifications issued by the director of environmental protection pursuant to Chapters 3704., 3734., 6109., and 6111. of the Revised Code shall pay a fee to the environmental protection agency for each such issuance and each application for an issuance as provided by this section. No fee shall be charged for any issuance for which no application has been submitted to the director.

(B) Prior to January 1, 1994, each person issued a permit to operate, variance, or permit to install under section 3704.03 of the Revised Code shall pay the fees specified in the following schedule:

(1) Fuel-Burning Equipment

Input capacity (million British	Permit		Permit
thermal units	to		to
per hour)	operate	Variance	install

0 or more, but less than 10	$ 75	$225	$ 100
10 or more, but less than 100	210	450	390
100 or more, but less than 300	270	675	585
300 or more, but less than 500	330	900	780
500 or more	500	975	1000

Any fuel-burning equipment using only natural gas, propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or number two or lighter fuel oil shall be assessed a fee one-half of that shown.

(2) Incinerators

Input capacity	Permit		Permit
(pounds per	to		to
hour)	operate	Variance	install

0 to 50	$ 50	$225	$ 65
51 to 500	210	450	390
501 to 2000	270	675	585
2001 to 30,000	330	900	780
more than 30,000	500	975	1000

(3) Process

Process weight	Permit		Permit
rate	to		to
(pounds per hour)	operate	Variance	install

0 to 1000	$100	$225	$ 200
1001 to 5000	210	450	390
5001 to 10,000	270	675	585
10,001 to 50,000	330	900	780
more than 50,000	500	975	1000

In any process where process weight rate cannot be ascertained, the minimum fee shall be assessed.

(4) Storage tanks

Gallons	Permit to		Permit to
(capacity)	operate	Variance	install

less than 40,000	$150	$225	$ 195
40,000 or more, but less than 100,000	210	450	390
100,000 or more, but less than 400,000	270	675	585
400,000 or more, but less than 1,000,000	330	900	780
1,000,000 or more	500	975	1000

(5) Gasoline

Gasoline dispensing	Permit to		Permit to
facilities	operate	Variance	install

For each gasoline dispensing facility	$20	$100	$50

(6) Dry cleaning

Dry cleaning	Permit to		Permit to
facilities	operate	Variance	install

For each dry cleaning facility	$50	$200	$100

(7) Coal mining operations regulated under Chapter 1513. of the Revised Code shall be assessed a fee of two hundred fifty dollars per mine or location.

(C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, beginning July 1, 1994, each person who owns or operates an air contaminant source and who is required to apply for and obtain a Title V permit under section 3704.036 of the Revised Code shall pay the fees set forth in division (C)(1) of this section. For the purposes of that division, total emissions of air contaminants may be calculated using engineering calculations, emissions factors, material balance calculations, or performance testing procedures, as authorized by the director.

The following fees shall be assessed on the total actual emissions from a source in tons per year of the regulated pollutants particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, and lead:

(a) Fifteen dollars per ton on the total actual emissions of each such regulated pollutant during the period July through December 1993, to be collected no sooner than July 1, 1994;

(b) Twenty dollars per ton on the total actual emissions of each such regulated pollutant during calendar year 1994, to be collected no sooner than April 15, 1995;

(c) Twenty-five dollars per ton on the total actual emissions of each such regulated pollutant in calendar year 1995, and each subsequent calendar year, to be collected no sooner than the fifteenth day of April of the year next succeeding the calendar year in which the emissions occurred.

The fees levied under division (C)(1) of this section do not apply to that portion of the emissions of a regulated pollutant at a facility that exceed four thousand tons during a calendar year.

(2) The fees assessed under division (C)(1) of this section are for the purpose of providing funding for the Title V permit program.

(3) The fees assessed under division (C)(1) of this section do not apply to emissions from any electric generating unit designated as a Phase I unit under Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act prior to calendar year 2000. Those fees shall be assessed on the emissions from such a generating unit commencing in calendar year 2001 based upon the total actual emissions from the generating unit during calendar year 2000.

(4) The director shall issue invoices to owners or operators of air contaminant sources who are required to pay a fee assessed under division (C) or (D) of this section. Any such invoice shall be issued no sooner than the applicable date when the fee first may be collected in a year under the applicable division, shall identify the nature and amount of the fee assessed, and shall indicate that the fee is required to be paid within thirty days after the issuance of the invoice.

(D) Beginning January 1, 1994, each person who owns or operates an air contaminant source; who is required to apply for a permit to operate pursuant to rules adopted under division (G), or a variance pursuant to division (H), of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code; and who is not required to apply for and obtain a Title V permit under section 3704.036 of the Revised Code shall pay a single fee based upon the sum of the actual annual emissions from the facility of the regulated pollutants particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, and lead in accordance with the following schedule:

Total tons per year
of regulated pollutants emitted	Annual fee per facility

More than 0, but less than 50	$ 75
50 or more, but less than 100	300
100 or more	700

The fees assessed under this division shall be collected annually no sooner than the fifteenth day of April, commencing in 1995. The fee assessed under this division in a calendar year shall be based upon the sum of the actual emissions of those regulated pollutants during the preceding calendar year. For the purpose of this division, emissions of air contaminants may be calculated using engineering calculations, emission factors, material balance calculations, or performance testing procedures, as authorized by the director. The director, by rule, may require persons who are required to pay the fees assessed under this division to pay those fees biennially rather than annually.

(E)(1) Consistent with the need to cover the reasonable costs of the Title V permit program, the director annually shall increase the fees prescribed in division (C)(1) of this section by the percentage, if any, by which the consumer price index for the most recent calendar year ending before the beginning of a year exceeds the consumer price index for calendar year 1989. Upon calculating an increase in fees authorized by division (E)(1) of this section, the director shall compile revised fee schedules for the purposes of division (C)(1) of this section and shall make the revised schedules available to persons required to pay the fees assessed under that division and to the public.

(2) For the purposes of division (E)(1) of this section:

(a) The consumer price index for any year is the average of the consumer price index for all urban consumers published by the United States department of labor as of the close of the twelve-month period ending on the thirty-first day of August of that year;

(b) If the 1989 consumer price index is revised, the director shall use the revision of the consumer price index that is most consistent with that for calendar year 1989.

(F) Each person who is issued a permit to install pursuant to rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code on or after January 1, 1994, shall pay the fees specified in the following schedules:

(1)

(1) Fuel-burning equipment (boilers)

Input capacity (maximum)
(million British thermal units per hour)	Permit to install
Greater than 0, but less than 10	$ 200
10 or more, but less than 100	400
100 or more, but less than 300	800
300 or more, but less than 500	1500
500 or more, but less than 1000	2500
1000 or more, but less than 5000	4000
5000 or more	6000

Units burning exclusively natural gas, number two fuel oil, or both shall be assessed a fee that is one-half the applicable amount shown in division (F)(1) of this section.

(2)

(2) Incinerators

Input capacity (pounds per hour)	Permit to install
0 to 100	$ 100
101 to 500	400
501 to 2000	750
2001 to 20,000	1000
more than 20,000	2500

(3)

(3)(a) Process

Process weight rate (pounds per hour)	Permit to install
0 to 1000	$ 200
1001 to 5000	400
5001 to 10,000	600
10,001 to 50,000	800
more than 50,000	1000

In any process where process weight rate cannot be ascertained, the minimum fee shall be assessed.

(b) Notwithstanding division (F)(3)(a) of this section, any person issued a permit to install pursuant to rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code shall pay the fees set forth in division (F)(3)(c) of this section for a process used in any of the following industries, as identified by the applicable four-digit standard industrial classification code according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual published by the United States office of management and budget in the executive office of the president, 1972, as revised:

1211 Bituminous coal and lignite mining;

1213 Bituminous coal and lignite mining services;

1411 Dimension stone;

1422 Crushed and broken limestone;

1427 Crushed and broken stone, not elsewhere classified;

1442 Construction sand and gravel;

1446 Industrial sand;

3281 Cut stone and stone products;

3295 Minerals and earth, ground or otherwise treated.

(c) The fees set forth in the following schedule apply to the issuance of a permit to install pursuant to rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code for a process identified in division (F)(3)(b) of this section:

Process weight rate (pounds per hour)	Permit to install
0 to 10,000	$200
10,001 to 50,000	300
50,001 to 100,000	400
100,001 to 200,000	500
200,001 to 400,000	600
400,001 or more	700

(4)

(4) Storage tanks

Gallons (maximum useful capacity)	Permit to install
0 to 20,000	$100
20,001 to 40,000	150
40,001 to 100,000	200
100,001 to 250,000	250
250,001 to 500,000	350
500,001 to 1,000,000	500
1,000,001 or greater	750

(5)

(5) Gasoline/fuel dispensing facilities

For each gasoline/fuel dispensing facility	Permit to install
(includes all units at the facility)	$100

(6)

(6) Dry cleaning facilities

For each dry cleaning facility	Permit to install
(includes all units at the facility)	$100

(7)

(7) Registration status

	Permit to install
For each source covered by registration status	$75

(G) An owner or operator who is responsible for an asbestos demolition or renovation project pursuant to rules adopted under section 3704.03 of the Revised Code shall pay the fees set forth in the following schedule:

Action	Fee
Each notification	$75
Asbestos removal	$3/unit
Asbestos cleanup	$4/cubic yard

For purposes of this division, "unit" means any combination of linear feet or square feet equal to fifty.

(H) A person who is issued an extension of time for a permit to install an air contaminant source pursuant to rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee equal to one-half the fee originally assessed for the permit to install under this section, except that the fee for such an extension shall not exceed two hundred dollars.

(I) A person who is issued a modification to a permit to install an air contaminant source pursuant to rules adopted under section 3704.03 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee equal to one-half of the fee that would be assessed under this section to obtain a permit to install the source. The fee assessed by this division only applies to modifications that are initiated by the owner or operator of the source and shall not exceed two thousand dollars.

(J) Notwithstanding division (B) or (F) of this section, a person who applies for or obtains a permit to install pursuant to rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code after the date actual construction of the source began shall pay a fee for the permit to install that is equal to twice the fee that otherwise would be assessed under the applicable division unless the applicant received authorization to begin construction under division (W) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code. This division only applies to sources for which actual construction of the source begins on or after July 1, 1993. The imposition or payment of the fee established in this division does not preclude the director from taking any administrative or judicial enforcement action under this chapter, Chapter 3704., 3714., 3734., or 6111. of the Revised Code, or a rule adopted under any of them, in connection with a violation of rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code.

As used in this division, "actual construction of the source" means the initiation of physical on-site construction activities in connection with improvements to the source that are permanent in nature, including, without limitation, the installation of building supports and foundations and the laying of underground pipework.

(K) Fifty cents per ton of each fee assessed under division (C) of this section on actual emissions from a source and received by the environmental protection agency pursuant to that division shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the small business assistance fund created in section 3706.19 of the Revised Code. The remainder of the moneys received by the division pursuant to that division and moneys received by the agency pursuant to divisions (D), (F), (G), (H), (I), and (J) of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the clean air fund created in section 3704.035 of the Revised Code.

(L)(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (L)(1)(b) or (c) of this section, a person issued a water discharge permit or renewal of a water discharge permit pursuant to Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code shall pay a fee based on each point source to which the issuance is applicable in accordance with the following schedule:

Design flow discharge (gallons per day)	Fee

0 to 1000	$ 0
1,001 to 5000	100
5,001 to 50,000	200
50,001 to 100,000	300
100,001 to 300,000	525
over 300,000	750

(b) Notwithstanding the fee schedule specified in division (L)(1)(a) of this section, the fee for a water discharge permit that is applicable to coal mining operations regulated under Chapter 1513. of the Revised Code shall be two hundred fifty dollars per mine.

(c) Notwithstanding the fee schedule specified in division (L)(1)(a) of this section, the fee for a water discharge permit for a public discharger identified by I in the third character of the permittee's NPDES permit number shall not exceed seven hundred fifty dollars.

(2) A person applying for a plan approval for a wastewater treatment works pursuant to section 6111.44, 6111.45, or 6111.46 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars plus sixty-five one-hundredths of one per cent of the estimated project cost through June 30, 2000, and one hundred dollars plus two-tenths of one per cent of the estimated project cost on and after July 1, 2000, except that the total fee shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars through June 30, 2000, and five thousand dollars on and after July 1, 2000. The fee shall be paid at the time the application is submitted.

(3) A person issued a modification of a water discharge permit shall pay a fee equal to one-half the fee that otherwise would be charged for a water discharge permit, except that the fee for the modification shall not exceed four hundred dollars.

(4) A person who has entered into an agreement with the director under section 6111.14 of the Revised Code shall pay an administrative service fee for each plan submitted under that section for approval that shall not exceed the minimum amount necessary to pay administrative costs directly attributable to processing plan approvals. The director annually shall calculate the fee and shall notify all persons who have entered into agreements under that section, or who have applied for agreements, of the amount of the fee.

(5)(a)(i) Not later than January 30, 1998, and January 30, 1999, a person holding an NPDES discharge permit issued pursuant to Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code with an average daily discharge flow of five thousand gallons or more shall pay a nonrefundable annual discharge fee. Any person who fails to pay the fee at that time shall pay an additional amount that equals ten per cent of the required annual discharge fee.

(ii) The billing year for the annual discharge fee established in division (L)(4)(5)(a)(i) of this section shall consist of a twelve-month period beginning on the first day of January of the year preceding the date when the annual discharge fee is due. In the case of an existing source that permanently ceases to discharge during a billing year, the director shall reduce the annual discharge fee, including the surcharge applicable to certain industrial facilities pursuant to division (L)(4)(5)(c) of this section, by one-twelfth for each full month during the billing year that the source was not discharging, but only if the person holding the NPDES discharge permit for the source notifies the director in writing, not later than the first day of October of the billing year, of the circumstances causing the cessation of discharge.

(iii) The annual discharge fee established in division (L)(4)(5)(a)(i) of this section, except for the surcharge applicable to certain industrial facilities pursuant to division (L)(4)(5)(c) of this section, shall be based upon the average daily discharge flow in gallons per day calculated using first day of May through thirty-first day of October flow data for the period two years prior to the date on which the fee is due. In the case of NPDES discharge permits for new sources, the fee operation shall be calculated using the average daily design flow of the facility until actual average daily discharge flow values are available for the time period specified in division (L)(4)(5)(a)(iii) of this section. The annual discharge fee may be prorated for a new source as described in division (L)(4)(5)(a)(ii) of this section.

(b) An NPDES permit holder that is a public discharger shall pay the fee specified in the following schedule:

	Fee due by
Average daily	January 30, 1998,
discharge flow	and January 30, 1999

5,000 to 49,999	$ 180
50,000 to 100,000	450
100,001 to 250,000	900
250,001 to 1,000,000	2,250
1,000,001 to 5,000,000	4,500
5,000,001 to 10,000,000	9,000
10,000,001 to 20,000,000	13,500
20,000,001 to 50,000,000	22,500
50,000,001 to 100,000,000	36,000
100,000,001 or more	54,000

Public dischargers owning or operating two or more publicly owned treatment works serving the same political subdivision, as "treatment works" is defined in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code, and that serve exclusively political subdivisions having a population of fewer than one hundred thousand shall pay an annual discharge fee under division (L)(5)(b) of this section that is based on the combined average daily discharge flow of the treatment works.

(c) An NPDES permit holder that is an industrial discharger, other than a coal mining operator identified by P in the third character of the permittee's NPDES permit number, shall pay the fee specified in the following schedule:

	Fee due by
Average daily	January 30, 1998,
discharge flow	and January 30, 1999

5,000 to 49,999	$ 180
50,000 to 250,000	900
250,001 to 1,000,000	2,250
1,000,001 to 5,000,000	4,500
5,000,001 to 10,000,000	6,750
10,000,001 to 20,000,000	9,000
20,000,001 to 100,000,000	10,800
100,000,001 to 250,000,000	12,600
250,000,001 or more	14,400

In addition to the fee specified in the above schedule, an NPDES permit holder that is an industrial discharger classified as a major discharger during all or part of the annual discharge fee billing year specified in division (L)(4)(5)(a)(ii) of this section shall pay a nonrefundable annual surcharge of six thousand seven hundred fifty dollars not later than January 30, 1998, and not later than January 30, 1999. Any person who fails to pay the surcharge at that time shall pay an additional amount that equals ten per cent of the amount of the surcharge.

(d) Notwithstanding divisions (L)(5)(b) and (c) of this section, a public discharger identified by I in the third character of the permittee's NPDES permit number and an industrial discharger identified by I, J, L, V, W, X, Y, or Z in the third character of the permittee's NPDES permit number shall pay a nonrefundable annual discharge fee of one hundred eighty dollars not later than January 30, 1998, and not later than January 30, 1999. Any person who fails to pay the fee at that time shall pay an additional amount that equals ten per cent of the required fee.

(6) The director shall transmit all moneys collected under division (L) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the state treasury to the credit of the surface water protection fund created in section 6111.038 of the Revised Code.

(7) As used in division (L) of this section:

(a) "NPDES" means the federally approved national pollutant discharge elimination system program for issuing, modifying, revoking, reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing permits and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it.

(b) "Public discharger" means any holder of an NPDES permit identified by P in the second character of the NPDES permit number assigned by the director.

(c) "Industrial discharger" means any holder of an NPDES permit identified by I in the second character of the NPDES permit number assigned by the director.

(d) "Major discharger" means any holder of an NPDES permit classified as major by the regional administrator of the United States environmental protection agency in conjunction with the director.

(M) Through June 30, 2000, a person applying for a license or license renewal to operate a public water system under section 6109.21 of the Revised Code shall pay the appropriate fee established under this division at the time of application to the director. Any person who fails to pay the fee at that time shall pay an additional amount that equals ten per cent of the required fee. The director shall transmit all moneys collected under this division to the treasurer of state for deposit into the drinking water protection fund created in section 6109.30 of the Revised Code.

Fees required under this division shall be calculated and paid in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) For the initial license required under division (A)(1) of section 6109.21 of the Revised Code for any public water system that is a community water system as defined in section 6109.01 of the Revised Code, and for each license renewal required for such a system prior to January 31, 2000, the fee is:

Number of service connections	Fee amount

Not more than 49	$ 56
50 to 99	88

Number of service connections	Average cost per connection

100 to 2,499	$ .96
2,500 to 4,999	.92
5,000 to 7,499	.88
7,500 to 9,999	.84
10,000 to 14,999	.80
15,000 to 24,999	.76
25,000 to 49,999	.72
50,000 to 99,999	.68
100,000 to 149,999	.64
150,000 to 199,999	.60
200,000 or more	.56

A public water system may determine how it will pay the total amount of the fee calculated under division (M)(1) of this section, including the assessment of additional user fees that may be assessed on a volumetric basis.

As used in division (M)(1) of this section, "service connection" means the number of active or inactive pipes, goosenecks, pigtails, and any other fittings connecting a water main to any building outlet.

(2) For the initial license required under division (A)(2) of section 6109.21 of the Revised Code for any public water system that is not a community water system and serves a nontransient population, and for each license renewal required for such a system prior to January 31, 2000, the fee is:

Population served	Fee amount

Fewer than 150	$ 56
150 to 299	88
300 to 749	192
750 to 1,499	392
1,500 to 2,999	792
3,000 to 7,499	1,760
7,500 to 14,999	3,800
15,000 to 22,499	6,240
22,500 to 29,999	8,576
30,000 or more	11,600

As used in division (M)(2) of this section, "population served" means the total number of individuals receiving water from the water supply during a twenty-four-hour period for at least sixty days during any calendar year. In the absence of a specific population count, that number shall be calculated at the rate of three individuals per service connection.

(3) For the initial license required under division (A)(3) of section 6109.21 of the Revised Code for any public water system that is not a community water system and serves a transient population, and for each license renewal required for such a system prior to January 31, 2000, the fee is:

Number of wells supplying system	Fee amount

1	$ 56
2	56
3	88
4	192
5	392

System supplied by surface springs or dug wells	792

As used in division (M)(3) of this section, "number of wells supplying system" means those wells that are physically connected to the plumbing system serving the public water system.

(N)(1) A person applying for a plan approval for a public water supply system under section 6109.07 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars plus two-tenths of one per cent of the estimated project cost, except that the total fee shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars through June 30, 2000, and five thousand dollars on and after July 1, 2000. The fee shall be paid at the time the application is submitted.

(2) A person who has entered into an agreement with the director under division (A)(2) of section 6109.07 of the Revised Code shall pay an administrative service fee for each plan submitted under that section for approval that shall not exceed the minimum amount necessary to pay administrative costs directly attributable to processing plan approvals. The director annually shall calculate the fee and shall notify all persons that WHO have entered into agreements under that division, or who have applied for agreements, of the amount of the fee.

(3) Through June 30, 2000, the following fee, on a per survey basis, shall be charged any person for services rendered by the state in the evaluation of laboratories and laboratory personnel for compliance with accepted analytical techniques and procedures established pursuant to Chapter 6109. of the Revised Code for determining the qualitative characteristics of water:

microbiological	$1,650
organic chemical	3,500
inorganic chemical	3,500
standard chemistry	1,800
limited chemistry	1,000

On and after July 1, 2000, the following fee, on a per survey basis, shall be charged any such person:

microbiological	$250
chemical/radiological	250
nitrate/turbidity (only)	150

The fee for those services shall be paid at the time the request for the survey is made. Through June 30, 2000, an individual laboratory shall not be assessed a fee under this division more than once in any three-year period.

The director shall transmit all moneys collected under this division to the treasurer of state for deposit into the drinking water protection fund created in section 6109.30 of the Revised Code.

(O) Any person applying to the director for examination for certification as an operator of a water supply system or wastewater system under Chapter 6109. or 6111. of the Revised Code, at the time the application is submitted, shall pay an application fee of twenty-five dollars through June 30, 2000, and ten dollars on and after July 1, 2000. Upon approval from the director that the applicant is eligible to take the examination therefor, the applicant shall pay a fee in accordance with the following schedule through June 30, 2000:

Class I operator	$45
Class II operator	55
Class III operator	65
Class IV operator	75

On and after July 1, 2000, the applicant shall pay a fee in accordance with the following schedule:

Class I operator	$25
Class II operator	35
Class III operator	45
Class IV operator	55

The director shall transmit all moneys collected under this division to the treasurer of state for deposit into the drinking water protection fund created in section 6109.30 of the Revised Code.

(P) Through June 30, 2000, any person submitting an application for an industrial water pollution control certificate under section 6111.31 of the Revised Code shall pay a nonrefundable fee of five hundred dollars at the time the application is submitted. The director shall transmit all moneys collected under this division to the treasurer of state for deposit into the surface water protection fund created in section 6111.038 of the Revised Code. A person paying a certificate fee under this division shall not pay an application fee under division (S)(1) of this section.

(Q) Except as otherwise provided in division (R) of this section, a person issued a permit by the director for a new solid waste disposal facility other than an incineration or composting facility, a new infectious waste treatment facility other than an incineration facility, or a modification of such an existing facility that includes an increase in the total disposal or treatment capacity of the facility pursuant to Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of ten dollars per thousand cubic yards of disposal or treatment capacity, or one thousand dollars, whichever is greater, except that the total fee for any such permit shall not exceed eighty thousand dollars. A person issued a modification of a permit for a solid waste disposal facility or an infectious waste treatment facility that does not involve an increase in the total disposal or treatment capacity of the facility shall pay a fee of one thousand dollars. A person issued a permit to install a new, or modify an existing, solid waste transfer facility under that chapter shall pay a fee of two thousand five hundred dollars. A person issued a permit to install a new or to modify an existing solid waste incineration or composting facility, or an existing infectious waste treatment facility using incineration as its principal method of treatment, under that chapter shall pay a fee of one thousand dollars. The increases in the permit fees under this division resulting from the amendments made by Amended Substitute House Bill 592 of the 117th general assembly do not apply to any person who submitted an application for a permit to install a new, or modify an existing, solid waste disposal facility under that chapter prior to September 1, 1987; any such person shall pay the permit fee established in this division as it existed prior to June 24, 1988. In addition to the applicable permit fee under this division, a person issued a permit to install or modify a solid waste facility or an infectious waste treatment facility under that chapter who fails to pay the permit fee to the director in compliance with division (V) of this section shall pay an additional ten per cent of the amount of the fee for each week that the permit fee is late.

Permit and late payment fees paid to the director under this division shall be credited to the general revenue fund.

(R)(1) A person issued a registration certificate for a scrap tire collection facility under section 3734.75 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of two hundred dollars, except that if the facility is owned or operated by a motor vehicle salvage dealer licensed under Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code, the person shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars.

(2) A person issued a registration certificate for a new scrap tire storage facility under section 3734.76 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of three hundred dollars, except that if the facility is owned or operated by a motor vehicle salvage dealer licensed under Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code, the person shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars.

(3) A person issued a permit for a scrap tire storage facility under section 3734.76 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of one thousand dollars, except that if the facility is owned or operated by a motor vehicle salvage dealer licensed under Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code, the person shall pay a fee of fifty dollars.

(4) A person issued a permit for a scrap tire monocell or monofill facility under section 3734.77 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of ten dollars per thousand cubic yards of disposal capacity or one thousand dollars, whichever is greater, except that the total fee for any such permit shall not exceed eighty thousand dollars.

(5) A person issued a registration certificate for a scrap tire recovery facility under section 3734.78 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars.

(6) A person issued a permit for a scrap tire recovery facility under section 3734.78 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of one thousand dollars.

(7) In addition to the applicable registration certificate or permit fee under divisions (R)(1) to (6) of this section, a person issued a registration certificate or permit for any such scrap tire facility who fails to pay the registration certificate or permit fee to the director in compliance with division (V) of this section shall pay an additional ten per cent of the amount of the fee for each week that the fee is late.

(8) The registration certificate, permit, and late payment fees paid to the director under divisions (R)(1) to (7) of this section shall be credited to the scrap tire management fund created in section 3734.82 of the Revised Code.

(S)(1) Except as provided by divisions (L), (M), (N), (O), (P), and (S)(2) of this section, division (A)(2) of section 3734.05 of the Revised Code, section 3734.79 of the Revised Code, and rules adopted under division (T)(1) of this section, any person applying for a registration certificate under section 3734.75, 3734.76, or 3734.78 of the Revised Code or a permit, variance, or plan approval under Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code shall pay a nonrefundable fee of fifteen dollars at the time the application is submitted, and any person applying for a permit, variance, or plan approval under Chapter 6109. or 6111. of the Revised Code shall pay a nonrefundable fee of one hundred dollars at the time the application is submitted through June 30, 2000, and a nonrefundable fee of fifteen dollars at the time the application is submitted on and after July 1, 2000.

The director shall transmit all moneys collected under division (S)(1) of this section pursuant to Chapter 6109. of the Revised Code to the treasurer of state for deposit into the drinking water protection fund created in section 6109.30 of the Revised Code.

The director shall transmit all moneys collected under division (S)(1) of this section pursuant to Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code to the treasurer of state for deposit into the surface water protection fund created in section 6111.038 of the Revised Code.

If a registration certificate is issued under section 3734.75, 3734.76, or 3734.78 of the Revised Code, the amount of the application fee paid shall be deducted from the amount of the registration certificate fee due under division (R)(1), (2), or (5) of this section, as applicable.

(2) Division (S)(1) of this section does not apply to an application for a registration certificate for a scrap tire collection or storage facility submitted under section 3734.75 or 3734.76 of the Revised Code, as applicable, if the owner or operator of the facility or proposed facility is a motor vehicle salvage dealer licensed under Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code.

(T) The director may adopt, amend, and rescind rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following:

(1) Prescribe fees to be paid by applicants for and holders of any license, permit, variance, plan approval, or certification required or authorized by Chapter 3704., 3734., 6109., or 6111. of the Revised Code that are not specifically established in this section. The fees shall be designed to defray the cost of processing, issuing, revoking, modifying, denying, and enforcing the licenses, permits, variances, plan approvals, and certifications.

The director shall transmit all moneys collected under rules adopted under division (T)(1) of this section pursuant to Chapter 6109. of the Revised Code to the treasurer of state for deposit into the drinking water protection fund created in section 6109.30 of the Revised Code.

The director shall transmit all moneys collected under rules adopted under division (T)(1) of this section pursuant to Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code to the treasurer of state for deposit into the surface water protection fund created in section 6111.038 of the Revised Code.

(2) Exempt the state and political subdivisions thereof, including education facilities or medical facilities owned by the state or a political subdivision, or any person exempted from taxation by section 5709.07 or 5709.12 of the Revised Code, from any fee required by this section;

(3) Provide for the waiver of any fee, or any part thereof, otherwise required by this section whenever the director determines that the imposition of the fee would constitute an unreasonable cost of doing business for any applicant, class of applicants, or other person subject to the fee;

(4) Prescribe measures that the director considers necessary to carry out this section.

(U) When the director reasonably demonstrates that the direct cost to the state associated with the issuance of a permit to install, license, variance, plan approval, or certification exceeds the fee for the issuance or review specified by this section, the director may condition the issuance or review on the payment by the person receiving the issuance or review of, in addition to the fee specified by this section, the amount, or any portion thereof, in excess of the fee specified under this section. The director shall not so condition issuances for which fees are prescribed in divisions (B)(7) and (L)(1)(b) of this section.

(V) Except as provided in divisions (L), (M), and (P) of this section or unless otherwise prescribed by a rule of the director adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, all fees required by this section are payable within thirty days after the issuance of an invoice for the fee by the director or the effective date of the issuance of the license, permit, variance, plan approval, or certification. If payment is late, the person responsible for payment of the fee shall pay an additional ten per cent of the amount due for each month that it is late.

(W) As used in this section, "fuel-burning equipment," "fuel-burning equipment input capacity," "incinerator," "incinerator input capacity," "process," "process weight rate," "storage tank," "gasoline dispensing facility," "dry cleaning facility," "design flow discharge," and "new source treatment works" have the meanings ascribed to those terms by applicable rules or standards adopted by the director under Chapter 3704. or 6111. of the Revised Code.

(X) As used in divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (H), (I), and (J) of this section, and in any other provision of this section pertaining to fees paid pursuant to Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code:

(1) "Facility," "federal Clean Air Act," "person," and "Title V permit" have the same meanings as in section 3704.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Title V permit program" means the following activities as necessary to meet the requirements of Title V of the federal Clean Air Act and 40 C.F.R. part 70, including at least:

(a) Preparing and adopting, if applicable, generally applicable rules or guidance regarding the permit program or its implementation or enforcement;

(b) Reviewing and acting on any application for a Title V permit, permit revision, or permit renewal, including the development of an applicable requirement as part of the processing of a permit, permit revision, or permit renewal;

(c) Administering the permit program, including the supporting and tracking of permit applications, compliance certification, and related data entry;

(d) Determining which sources are subject to the program and implementing and enforcing the terms of any Title V permit, not including any court actions or other formal enforcement actions;

(e) Emission and ambient monitoring;

(f) Modeling, analyses, or demonstrations;

(g) Preparing inventories and tracking emissions;

(h) Providing direct and indirect support to small business stationary sources to determine and meet their obligations under the federal Clean Air Act pursuant to the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program required by section 507 of that act and established in sections 3704.18, 3704.19, and 3706.19 of the Revised Code.

(Y)(1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISIONS (Y)(2), (3), AND (4) OF THIS SECTION, EACH SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY SHALL PAY A NONREFUNDABLE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE EQUAL TO THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER DRY TON OF SEWAGE SLUDGE THAT THE SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY TREATS OR DISPOSES OF IN THIS STATE. THE ANNUAL VOLUME OF SEWAGE SLUDGE TREATED OR DISPOSED OF BY A SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY SHALL BE CALCULATED USING THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY THROUGH THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH PAYMENT OF THE FEE IS DUE.

(2)(a) EACH SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY THAT GENERATES SEWAAGE SLUDGE AND IS REQUIRED TO PAY AN ANNUAL DISCHARGE FEE UNDER DIVISION (L) (5) (a)OF THIS SECTION AND EACH ENTITY THAT TREATS SEWAGE SLUDGE SHALL PAY A MINUMUM ANNUAL SEWAGE SLUDGE SHALL PAY A MINIMUM ANNUAL SEWAGE SLUDGE FEE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

(b) THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE REQUIRED TO BE PAID BY A SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY THAT TREATS OR DISPOSES OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY SLUDGE IN THIS STATE SHALL BE THIRTY-FIVE PER CENT LESS PER DRY TON OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY SLUDGE THAN THE FEE ASSESSED UNDER DIVISION (Y)(1) OF THIS SECTION, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:

(I) A SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY THAT TREATS EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY SLUDGE SHALL PAY A MINIMUM ANNUAL SEWAGE SLUDGE FEE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

(ii) A SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY THAT TREATS OR DISPOSES OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY SLUDGE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE FOR TREATMENT OR DISPOSAL IN THIS STATE OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY SLUDGE GENERATED OUTSIDE OF THIS STATE AND CONTAINED IN BAGS OR OTHER CONTAINERS NOT GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED POUNDS IN CAPACITY.

DIVISION (Y) (2) (b)OF THIS SECTION APPLIES TO THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL FEES ESTABLISHED UNDER DIVISION (Y) (3) OF THIS SECTION.

(c) A SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY THAT TRANSFERS SEWAGE SLUDGE TO A TREATMENT WORKS IN THIS STATE, AS "TREATMENT WORKS" IS DEFINED IN SECTION 6111.01 OF THE REVISED CODE, OR TO ANOTHER SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY IN THIS STATE FOR FURTHER TREATMENT PRIOR TO DISPOSAL IN THIS STATE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE FOR THE TONS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED. IN SUCH A CASE, THE TREATMENT WORKS OR SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY THAT DISPOSES OF THE SEWAGE SLUDGE SHALL PAY THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE. HOWEVER, THE FACILITY TRANSFERRING THE SEWAGE SLUDGE SHALL PAY THE ONE-HUNDRED-DOLLAR MINIMUM FEE REQUIRED UNDER DIVISION (Y) (2) (a)OF THIS SECTION.

IN THE CASE OF A SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY THAT TREATS SEWAGE SLUDGE IN THIS STATE AND TRANSFERS IT OUT OF THIS STATE TO ANOTHER ENTITY FOR DISPOSAL, THE SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY IN THIS STATE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE FOR THE TONS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED.

(d) A SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY THAT GENERATES SEWAGE SLUDGE AND THAT IS NOT REQUIRED TO PAY AN ANNUAL DISCHARGE FEE UNDER DIVISION (L) (5) (a)OF THIS SECTION IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE FEE ASSESSED UNDER DIVISION (Y) (1) OF THIS SECTION.

(3) NO SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY REQUIRED TO PAY THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL FEE FOR EACH DISPOSAL METHOD THAT THE SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY USES. THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT THAT MAY BE CHARGED UNDER DIVISION (Y)(5) OF THIS SECTION FOR LATE PAYMENT OF THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE. THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL FEE FOR THE FOLLOWING METHODS OF DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IS AS FOLLOWS:

(a) INCINERATION: FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS;

(b) DISPOSAL IN A LANDFILL: FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS;

(c) LAND APPLICATION, LAND RECLAMATION, SURFACE DISPOSAL, OR ANY OTHER DISPOSAL METHOD NOT SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (Y)(3)(a) OR (b) OF THIS SECTION: TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

(4)(a) IN THE CASE OF AN ENTITY THAT GENERATES SEWAGE SLUDGE OR A SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY THAT TREATS SEWAGE SLUDGE AND TRANSFERS THE SEWAGE SLUDGE TO AN INCINERATION FACILITY FOR DISPOSAL, THE INCINERATION FACILITY, AND NOT THE ENTITY GENERATING THE SEWAGE SLUDGE OR THE SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY TREATING THE SEWAGE SLUDGE, SHALL PAY THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE FOR THE TONS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE THAT ARE TRANSFERRED. HOWEVER, THE ENTITY OF FACILITY GENERATING OR TREATING THE SEWAGE SLUDGE SHALL PAY THE ONE-HUNDRED-DOLLAR MINIMUM FEE REQUIRED UNDER DIVISION (Y) (2) (a)OF THIS SECTION.

(b) IN THE CASE OF AN ENTITY THAT GENERATES SEWAGE SLUDGE OR A SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY THAT TREATS SEWAGE SLUDGE AND TRANSFERS THE SEWAGE SLUDGE TO A LANDFILL FOR DISPOSAL, THE ENTITY GENERATING THE SEWAGE SLUDGE OR THE SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY TREATING THE SEWAGE SLUDGE, AND NOT THE LANDFILL, SHALL PAY THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE FOR THE TONS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE THAT ARE TRANSFERRED.

(5) NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL OF THE CALENDAR YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT AND EACH FIRST DAY OF APRIL THEREAFTER, THE DIRECTOR SHALL ISSUE INVOICES TO PERSONS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE. THE INVOICE SHALL IDENTIFY THE NATURE AND AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE ASSESSED AND STATE THE FIRST DAY OF MAY AS THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT BY THE DIRECTOR OF OBJECTIONS REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE AND THE FIRST DAY OF JULY AS THE DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT OF THE FEE.

NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF MAY FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF AN INVOICE, A PERSON REQUIRED TO PAY THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE MAY SUBMIT OBJECTIONS TO THE DIRECTOR CONCERNING THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE NUMBER OF DRY TONS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE USED TO CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE OR REGARDING WHETHER THE SEWAGE SLUDGE QUALIFIES FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY SLUDGE DISCOUNT ESTABLISHED IN DIVISION (Y)(2)(b) OF THIS SECTION. THE DIRECTOR MAY CONSIDER THE OBJECTIONS AND ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE TO ENSURE THAT IT IS ACCURATE.

IF THE DIRECTOR DOES NOT ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE IN RESPONSE TO A PERSON'S OBJECTIONS, THE PERSON MAY APPEAL THE DIRECTOR'S DETERMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 119. OF THE REVISED CODE.

NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, THE DIRECTOR SHALL NOTIFY THE OBJECTING PERSON REGARDING WHETHER THE DIRECTOR HAS FOUND THE OBJECTIONS TO BE VALID AND THE REASONS FOR THE FINDING. IF THE DIRECTOR FINDS THE OBJECTIONS TO BE VALID AND ADJUSTS THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE ACCORDINGLY, THE DIRECTOR SHALL ISSUE WITH THE NOTIFICATION A NEW INVOICE TO THE PERSON IDENTIFYING THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE ASSESSED AND STATING THE FIRST DAY OF JULY AS THE DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT.

NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF JULY, ANY PERSON WHO IS REQUIRED TO DO SO SHALL PAY THE ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE. ANY PERSON WHO IS REQUIRED TO PAY THE FEE, BUT WHO FAILS TO DO SO ON OR BEFORE THAT DATE SHALL PAY AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT THAT EQUALS TEN PER CENT OF THE REQUIRED ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE.

(6) THE DIRECTOR SHALL TRANSMIT ALL MONEYS COLLECTED UNDER DIVISION (Y) OF THIS SECTION TO THE TREASURER OF STATE FOR DEPOSIT INTO THE SURFACE WATER PROTECTION FUND CREATED IN SECTION 6111.038 OF THE REVISED CODE. THE MONEYS SHALL BE USED TO DEFRAY THE COSTS OF ADMINISTERING AND ENFORCING PROVISIONS IN CHAPTER 6111. OF THE REVISED CODE AND RULES ADOPTED UNDER IT THAT GOVERN THE USE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, OR DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE.

(7) AS USED IN DIVISION (Y) OF THIS SECTION:

(a) "SEWAGE SLUDGE FACILITY" MEANS AN ENTITY THAT PERFORMS TREATMENT ON OR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE.

(b) "SEWAGE SLUDGE" MEANS A SOLID, SEMI-SOLID, OR LIQUID RESIDUE GENERATED DURING THE TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC SEWAGE IN A TREATMENT WORKS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 6111.01 OF THE REVISED CODE. "SEWAGE SLUDGE" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, SCUM OR SOLIDS REMOVED IN PRIMARY, SECONDARY, OR ADVANCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES AND A MATERIAL DERIVED FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE. "SEWAGE SLUDGE" DOES NOT INCLUDE ASH GENERATED DURING THE FIRING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN A SEWAGE SLUDGE INCINERATOR, GRIT AND SCREENINGS GENERATED DURING PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC SEWAGE IN A TREATMENT WORKS, ANIMAL MANURE, OR RESIDUE GENERATED DURING TREATMENT OF ANIMAL MANURE.

(c) "EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY SLUDGE" MEANS SEWAGE SLUDGE THAT MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:

(i) SATISFIES THE CLASS A PATHOGEN STANDARDS IN 40 C.F.R. 503.32(a);

(ii) SATISFIES ONE OF THE VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS IN 40 C.F.R. 503.33(b)(1) TO (b)(8);

(iii) DOES NOT EXCEED THE CEILING CONCENTRATION LIMITATIONS FOR METALS LISTED IN TABLE ONE OF 40 C.F.R. 503.13;

(iv) DOES NOT EXCEED THE CONCENTRATION LIMITATIONS FOR METALS LISTED IN TABLE THREE OF 40 C.F.R. 503.13.

(d) "TREATMENT" MEANS THE PREPARATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE FOR FINAL USE OR DISPOSAL AND INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THICKENING, STABILIZATION, AND DEWATERING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE.

(e) "DISPOSAL" MEANS THE FINAL USE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LAND APPLICATION, LAND RECLAMATION, SURFACE DISPOSAL, OR DISPOSAL IN A LANDFILL OR AN INCINERATOR.

(f) "LAND APPLICATION" MEANS THE SPRAYING OR SPREADING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE ONTO THE LAND SURFACE, THE INJECTION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE BELOW THE LAND SURFACE, OR THE INCORPORATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE INTO THE SOIL FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONDITIONING THE SOIL OR FERTILIZING CROPS OR VEGETATION GROWN IN THE SOIL.

(g) "LAND RECLAMATION" MEANS THE RETURNING OF DISTURBED LAND TO PRODUCTIVE USE.

(h) "SURFACE DISPOSAL" MEANS THE PLACEMENT OF SLUDGE ON AN AREA OF LAND FOR DISPOSAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MONOFILLS, SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS, LAGOONS, WASTE PILES, OR DEDICATED DISPOSAL SITES.

(i) "INCINERATOR" MEANS AN ENTITY THAT DISPOSES OF SEWAGE SLUDGE THROUGH THE COMBUSTION OF ORGANIC MATTER AND INORGANIC MATTER IN SEWAGE SLUDGE BY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN AN ENCLOSED DEVICE.

(j) "INCINERATION FACILITY" INCLUDES ALL INCINERATORS OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE SAME ENTITY AND LOCATED ON A CONTIGUOUS TRACT OF LAND. AREAS OF LAND ARE CONSIDERED TO BE CONTIGUOUS EVEN IF THEY ARE SEPARATED BY A PUBLIC ROAD OR HIGHWAY.

(k) "ANNUAL SLUDGE FEE" MEANS THE FEE ASSESSED UNDER DIVISION (Y)(1) OF THIS SECTION.

Sec. 6111.01. As used in Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER:

(A) "Pollution" means the placing of any sewage, SLUDGE, SLUDGE MATERIALS, industrial waste, or other wastes in any waters of the state.

(B) "Sewage" means any liquid waste containing SLUDGE, SLUDGE MATERIALS, OR animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution, and may include household wastes as commonly discharged from residences and from commercial, institutional, or similar facilities.

(C) "Industrial waste" means any liquid, gaseous, or solid waste substance resulting from any process of industry, manufacture, trade, or business, or from the development, processing, or recovery of any natural resource, together with such sewage as is present.

(D) "Other wastes" means garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, and other wood debris, lime, sand, ashes, offal, night soil, oil, tar, coal dust, dredged or fill material, or silt, other substances that are not sewage, SLUDGE, SLUDGE MATERIALS, or industrial waste, and any other "pollutants" or "toxic pollutants" as defined in the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" that are not sewage, SLUDGE, SLUDGE MATERIALS, or industrial waste.

(E) "Sewerage system" means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, and force mains, and all other constructions, devices, appurtenances, and facilities used for collecting or conducting water-borne sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes to a point of disposal or treatment, but does not include plumbing fixtures, building drains and subdrains, building sewers, and building storm sewers.

(F) "Treatment works" means any plant, disposal field, lagoon, dam, pumping station, building sewer connected directly to treatment works, incinerator, or other works used for the purpose of treating, stabilizing, BLENDING, COMPOSTING, or holding sewage, SLUDGE, SLUDGE MATERIALS, industrial waste, or other wastes, except as otherwise defined.

(G) "Disposal system" means a system for disposing of sewage, SLUDGE, SLUDGE MATERIALS, industrial waste, or other wastes, and includes sewerage systems and treatment works.

(H) "Waters of the state" means all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, regardless of the depth of the strata in which underground water is located, which THAT are situated wholly or partly within, or border upon, this state, or are within its jurisdiction, except those private waters which THAT do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground waters.

(I) "Person" means the state, any municipal corporation, OR OTHER political subdivision of the state, person as defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code, AN interstate body created by compact, or the federal government or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.

(J) "Industrial water pollution control facility" means any disposal system or any treatment works, pretreatment works, appliance, equipment, machinery, pipeline or conduit, pumping station, force main, or installation constructed, used, or placed in operation primarily for the purpose of collecting or conducting industrial waste to a point of disposal or treatment; reducing, controlling, or eliminating water pollution caused by industrial waste; or for reducing, controlling, or eliminating the discharge into a disposal system of industrial waste or what would be industrial waste if discharged into the waters of the state.

(K) "Schedule of compliance" means a schedule of remedial measures including an enforceable sequence of actions or operations leading to compliance with standards and rules adopted under sections 6111.041 and 6111.042 of the Revised Code or compliance with terms and conditions of permits set under division (J) of section 6111.03 of the Revised Code.

(L) "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" means the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972," 86 Stat. 886, 33 U.S.C.A. 1251, as amended by the "Clean Water Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 1566, 33 U.S.C.A. 1251, AND ALL OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THAT ACT.

(M) "SLUDGE" MEANS A SOLID, SEMI-SOLID, OR LIQUID RESIDUE GENERATED DURING THE TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC SEWAGE IN A TREATMENT WORKS AND INCLUDES A SOLID, SEMI-SOLID, OR LIQUID RESIDUE THAT IS GENERATED FROM AN INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS AND THAT MAY BE APPLIED TO LAND FOR AGRONOMIC BENEFIT. "SLUDGE" DOES NOT INCLUDE ASH GENERATED DURING THE FIRING OF SLUDGE IN A SLUDGE INCINERATOR, GRIT AND SCREENING GENERATED DURING PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF SEWAGE IN A TREATMENT WORKS, ANIMAL MANURE, OR RESIDUE GENERATED DURING TREATMENT OF ANIMAL MANURE.

(N) "SLUDGE MATERIALS" MEANS SOLID, SEMI-SOLID, OR LIQUID MATERIALS DERIVED FROM SLUDGE AND INCLUDES PRODUCTS FROM A TREATMENT WORKS THAT RESULT FROM THE TREATMENT, BLENDING, OR COMPOSTING OF SLUDGE.

(O) "STORAGE OF SLUDGE" MEANS THE PLACEMENT OF SLUDGE ON LAND ON WHICH THE SLUDGE REMAINS FOR NOT LONGER THAN TWO YEARS, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PLACEMENT OF SLUDGE ON LAND FOR TREATMENT.

(P) "SLUDGE DISPOSAL PROGRAM" MEANS ANY PROGRAM USED BY AN ENTITY THAT BEGINS WITH THE GENERATION OF SLUDGE AND INCLUDES TREATMENT OR DISPOSAL OF THE SLUDGE, AS "TREATMENT" AND "DISPOSAL" ARE DEFINED IN DIVISION (Y) OF SECTION 3745.11 of the Revised Code.

(Q) "AGRONOMIC BENEFIT" MEANS ANY PROCESS THAT PROMOTES OR ENHANCES PLANT GROWTH AND INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, A PROCESS THAT INCREASES SOIL FERTILITY AND MOISTURE RETENTION.

(R) "SLUDGE MANAGEMENT" MEANS THE USE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, OR DISPOSAL OF, AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES RELATED TO, SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS.

(S) "SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PERMIT" MEANS A PERMIT FOR SLUDGE MANAGEMENT THAT IS ISSUED UNDER DIVISION (J) OF SECTION 6111.03 OF THE REVISED CODE.

Sec. 6111.03. The director of environmental protection may do any of the following:

(A) Develop plans and programs for the prevention, control, and abatement of new or existing pollution of the waters of the state;

(B) Advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of the state, the federal government, other states, and interstate agencies and with affected groups, political subdivisions, and industries in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. Before adopting, amending, or rescinding a standard or rule pursuant to division (G) of this section or section 6111.041 or 6111.042 of the Revised Code, the director shall do all of the following:

(1) Mail notice to each statewide organization that he THE DIRECTOR determines represents persons who would be affected by the proposed standard or rule, amendment thereto, or rescission thereof at least thirty-five days before any public hearing thereon;

(2) Mail a copy of each proposed standard or rule, amendment thereto, or rescission thereof to any person who requests a copy, within five days after receipt of the request therefor;

(3) Consult with appropriate state and local government agencies or their representatives, including statewide organizations of local government officials, industrial representatives, and other interested persons.

Although the director is expected to diligently discharge these duties DILIGENTLY, failure to mail any such notice or copy or to so consult with any person shall not invalidate any proceeding or action of the director.

(C) Administer grants from the federal government and from other sources, public or private, for carrying out any of its functions, all such moneys to be deposited in the state treasury and kept by the treasurer of state in a separate fund subject to the lawful orders of the director;

(D) Administer state grants for the construction of sewage and waste collection and treatment works;

(E) Encourage, participate in, or conduct studies, investigations, research, and demonstrations relating to water pollution, and the causes, prevention, control, and abatement thereof, as is THAT ARE advisable and necessary for the discharge of his duties under this chapter;

(F) Collect and disseminate information relating to water pollution and prevention, control, and abatement thereof;

(G) Adopt, amend, and rescind rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the procedure for hearings, the filing of reports, the issuance of permits, the issuance of industrial water pollution control certificates, and all other matters relating to procedure;

(H) Issue, modify, or revoke orders to prevent, control, or abate water pollution BY SUCH MEANS as follows THE FOLLOWING:

(1) Prohibiting or abating discharges of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes into the waters of the state;

(2) Requiring the construction of new disposal systems or any parts thereof, or the modification, extension, or alteration of existing disposal systems or any parts thereof;

(3) Prohibiting additional connections to or extensions of a sewerage system when the connections or extensions would result in an increase in the polluting properties of the effluent from the system when discharged into any waters of the state;

(4) Requiring compliance with any standard or rule adopted under section 6111.041 or 6111.042 SECTIONS 6111.01 TO 6111.05 of the Revised Code, or term or condition of a permit.

In the making of those orders, wherever compliance with a rule adopted under section 6111.042 of the Revised Code is not involved, consistent with the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," the director shall give consideration to, and base his THE determination on, evidence relating to the technical feasibility and economic reasonableness of complying with those orders and to evidence relating to conditions calculated to result from compliance with those orders, and their relation to benefits to the people of the state to be derived from such compliance in accomplishing the purposes of this chapter.

(I) Review plans, specifications, or other data relative to disposal systems or any part thereof in connection with the issuance of orders, permits, and industrial water pollution control certificates under this chapter;

(J) Issue, revoke, modify, or deny SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PERMITS AND permits for the discharge of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes into the waters of the state, and for the installation or modification of disposal systems or any parts thereof in compliance with all requirements of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" and mandatory regulations adopted thereunder, INCLUDING REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 405 OF THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, and set terms and conditions of permits, including schedules of compliance, where necessary. The terms and conditions shall be designed to achieve and maintain full compliance with the national effluent limitations, national standards of performance for new sources, and national toxic and pretreatment effluent standards set under that act, and any other mandatory requirements of that act that are imposed by regulation of the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency. An IF AN APPLICANT FOR A SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PERMIT ALSO APPLIES FOR A RELATED PERMIT FOR THE DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE, INDUSTRIAL WASTE, OR OTHER WASTES INTO THE WATERS OF THE STATE, THE DIRECTOR MAY COMBINE THE TWO PERMITS AND ISSUE ONE PERMIT TO THE APPLICANT.

AN application for a permit or renewal thereof shall be denied if any of the following applies:

(1) The secretary of the army determines in writing that anchorage or navigation would be substantially impaired thereby;

(2) The director determines that the proposed discharge or source would conflict with an area wide AREAWIDE waste treatment management plan adopted in accordance with section 208 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act";

(3) The administrator of the United States environmental protection agency objects in writing to the issuance or renewal of the permit in accordance with section 402 (d) of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act";

(4) The application is for the discharge of any radiological, chemical, or biological warfare agent, or high-level radioactive waste into the waters of the United States.

To achieve and maintain applicable standards of quality for the waters of the state adopted pursuant to section 6111.041 of the Revised Code, the director shall impose, where necessary and appropriate, as conditions of each permit, water quality related effluent limitations in accordance with sections 301, 302, 306, and 307, AND 405 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" and, to the extent consistent with that act, shall give consideration to, and base his THE determination on, evidence relating to the technical feasibility and economic reasonableness of removing the polluting properties from those wastes and to evidence relating to conditions calculated to result from that action and their relation to benefits to the people of the state and to accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter.

Where a discharge having a thermal component from a source that is constructed or modified on or after October 18, 1972, meets national or state effluent limitations or more stringent permit conditions designed to achieve and maintain compliance with applicable standards of quality for the waters of the state, which limitations or conditions will ensure protection and propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife in or on the body of water into which the discharge is made, taking into account the interaction of the thermal component with sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes, the director shall not impose any more stringent limitation on the thermal component of the discharge, as a condition of a permit or renewal thereof for the discharge, during a ten-year period beginning on the date of completion of the construction or modification of the source, or during the period of depreciation or amortization of the source for the purpose of section 167 or 169 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, whichever period ends first.

The director shall specify in permits for the discharge of sewage, industrial waste, and other wastes, the net volume, net weight, duration, frequency, and, where necessary, concentration of the sewage, industrial waste, and other wastes that may be discharged into the waters of the state. The director shall specify in those permits AND IN SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PERMITS that the permit is conditioned upon payment of applicable fees as required by section 3745.11 of the Revised Code and upon the right of his THE DIRECTOR'S authorized representatives to enter upon the premises of the person to whom the permit has been issued for the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter, rules adopted thereunder, or the terms and conditions of a permit, order, or other determination. The director shall issue or deny an application for a SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PERMIT OR A permit for a new discharge, for the installation or modification of a disposal system, or for THE renewal of a permit, within one hundred eighty days of the date on which he receives a complete application with all plans, specifications, construction schedules, and other pertinent information required by the director IS RECEIVED. The director may condition permits upon the installation of discharge or water quality monitoring equipment or devices and the filing of such periodic reports on the amounts and contents of discharges and the quality of receiving waters as THAT the director prescribes. The director shall condition each permit for a government-owned disposal system or any other publicly owned "treatment works" as defined in the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" upon the reporting of new introductions of industrial waste or other wastes and substantial changes in volume or character thereof being introduced into those systems or works from "industrial users" as defined in section 502 of that act, as necessary to comply with section 402(b)(8) of that act; upon the identification of the character and volume of pollutants subject to pretreatment standards being introduced into the system or works; and upon the existence of a program to ensure compliance with pretreatment standards by "industrial users" of the system or works. In requiring monitoring devices and reports, the director, to the extent consistent with the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," shall give consideration to technical feasibility and economic reasonableness and shall allow reasonable time for compliance. A permit may be issued for a period not to exceed five years, and may be renewed upon application for renewal and upon a finding by the director that the permit holder is making satisfactory progress toward the achievement of all applicable standards and has complied with the terms and conditions of the existing permit. A permit may be modified, suspended, or revoked for cause, including, but not limited to, violation of any condition of the permit, obtaining a permit by misrepresentation or failure to disclose fully all relevant facts OF THE PERMITTED DISCHARGE OR OF THE SLUDGE USE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, OR DISPOSAL PRACTICE, or changes in any condition that requires either a temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the permitted discharge ACTIVITY. No application shall be denied or permit revoked or modified without a written order stating the findings upon which the denial, revocation, or modification is based. A copy of the order shall be sent to the applicant or permit holder by certified mail.

(K) Institute or cause to be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction proceedings to compel compliance with this chapter or with the orders of the director issued under this chapter, or to ensure compliance with sections 204(b), 307, and 308, AND 405 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act";

(L) Issue, deny, revoke, or modify industrial water pollution control certificates;

(M) Certify to the government of the United States or any agency thereof that an industrial water pollution control facility is in conformity with the state program or requirements for THE control of water pollution whenever the certification may be required for a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, as amended;

(N) Issue, modify, and revoke orders requiring any "industrial user" of any publicly owned "treatment works" as defined in sections 212(2) and 502(18) of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" to comply with pretreatment standards; establish and maintain records; make reports; install, use, and maintain monitoring equipment or methods, including, where appropriate, biological monitoring methods; sample discharges in accordance with such methods, at such locations, at such intervals, and in such A manner as THAT the director determines; and provide such other information as THAT is necessary to ascertain whether or not there is compliance with toxic and pretreatment effluent standards. In issuing, modifying, and revoking those orders, the director, to the extent consistent with the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," shall give consideration to technical feasibility and economic reasonableness and shall allow reasonable time for compliance.

(O) Exercise all incidental powers necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

(P) Certify or deny certification to any applicant for a federal license or permit to conduct any activity that may result in any discharge into the waters of the state that the discharge will comply with the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act";

(Q) Administer and enforce the publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program in accordance with the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act." In the administration of that program, the director may do any of the following:

(1) Apply and enforce pretreatment standards;

(2) Approve and deny requests for approval of publicly owned treatment works pretreatment programs, oversee those programs, and implement, in whole or in part, those programs under any of the following conditions:

(a) The director has denied a request for approval of the publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program;

(b) The director has revoked the publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program;

(c) There is no pretreatment program currently being implemented by the publicly owned treatment works;

(d) The publicly owned treatment works has requested the director to implement, in whole or in part, the pretreatment program.

(3) Require that a publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program be incorporated in a permit issued to a publicly owned treatment works as required by the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," require compliance by publicly owned treatment works with those programs, and require compliance by industrial users with pretreatment standards;

(4) Approve and deny requests for authority to modify categorical pretreatment standards to reflect removal of pollutants achieved by publicly owned treatment works;

(5) Deny and recommend approval of requests for fundamentally different factors variances submitted by industrial users;

(6) Make determinations on categorization of industrial users;

(7) Adopt, amend, or rescind rules and issue, modify, or revoke orders necessary for the administration and enforcement of the publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program.

Any approval of a publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program may contain any terms and conditions, including schedules of compliance, that are necessary to achieve compliance with this chapter.

(R) Except as otherwise provied PROVIDED in this division, adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing procedures, methods, and equipment and other requirements for equipment to prevent and contain discharges of oil and hazardous substances into the waters of the state. The rules shall be consistent with and equivalent in scope, content, and coverage to section 311(j)(1)(c) of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" and regulations adopted under it. The director shall not adopt rules under this division relating to discharges of oil from oil production facilities and oil drilling and workover facilities as those terms are defined in that act and regulations adopted under it.

(S) ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE A PROGRAM FOR THE REGULATION OF SLUDGE MANAGEMENT IN THIS STATE. THE DIRECTOR SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE SLUDGE MANAGEMENT IN THIS STATE. THE PROGRAM SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 405 OF THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER IT AND WITH THIS SECTION, EXCEPT THAT THE DIRECTOR MAY ADOPT RULES UNDER DIVISION (S) OF THIS SECTION THAT ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE MORE STRINGENT THAN SECTION 405 OF THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER IT WITH REGARD TO MONITORING SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS AND ESTABLISHING ACCEPTABLE SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND POLLUTANT LEVELS IN SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS.

IN ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM, THE DIRECTOR, IN ADDITION TO EXERCISING THE AUTHORITY PROVIDED IN ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, MAY DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) DEVELOP PLANS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE DISPOSAL AND UTILIZATION OF SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS;

(2) ENCOURAGE, PARTICIPATE IN, OR CONDUCT STUDIES, INVESTIGATIONS, RESEARCH, AND DEMONSTRATIONS RELATING TO THE DISPOSAL AND USE OF SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS AND THE IMPACT OF SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS ON LAND LOCATED IN THE STATE AND ON THE AIR AND WATERS OF THE STATE;

(3) COLLECT AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION RELATING TO THE DISPOSAL AND USE OF SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS AND THE IMPACT OF SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS ON LAND LOCATED IN THE STATE AND ON THE AIR AND WATERS OF THE STATE;

(4) ISSUE, MODIFY, OR REVOKE ORDERS TO PREVENT, CONTROL, OR ABATE THE USE AND DISPOSAL OF SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS OR THE EFFECTS OF THE USE OF SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS ON LAND LOCATED IN THE STATE AND ON THE AIR AND WATERS OF THE STATE;

(5) ADOPT AND ENFORCE, MODIFY, OR RESCIND RULES NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIVISION (S) OF THIS SECTION. THE RULES REASONABLY SHALL PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, ENCOURAGE THE BENEFICIAL REUSE OF SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS, AND MINIMIZE THE CREATION OF NUISANCE ODORS.

THE DIRECTOR MAY SPECIFY IN SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PERMITS THE NET VOLUME, NET WEIGHT, QUALITY, AND POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION OF THE SLUDGE OR SLUDGE MATERIALS THAT MAY BE USED, STORED, TREATED, OR DISPOSED OF, AND THE MANNER AND FREQUENCY OF THE USE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, OR DISPOSAL, TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT FROM ADVERSE EFFECTS RELATING TO THOSE ACTIVITIES. THE DIRECTOR SHALL IMPOSE OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, MINIMIZE THE CREATION OF NUISANCE ODORS, AND ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER AND RULES ADOPTED UNDER IT AND, IN DOING SO, SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOAL OF ENCOURAGING THE BENEFICIAL REUSE OF SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS.

THE DIRECTOR MAY CONDITION PERMITS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATMENT, STORAGE, DISPOSAL, DISTRIBUTION, OR APPLICATION MANAGEMENT METHODS AND THE FILING OF PERIODIC REPORTS ON THE AMOUNTS, COMPOSITION, AND QUALITY OF SLUDGE AND SLUDGE MATERIALS THAT ARE DISPOSED OF, USED, TREATED, OR STORED.

AN APPROVAL OF A TREATMENT WORKS SLUDGE DISPOSAL PROGRAM MAY CONTAIN ANY TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SCHEDULES OF COMPLIANCE, NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER AND RULES ADOPTED UNDER IT.

This chapter authorizes the state to participate in ANY NATIONAL SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND the national pollutant discharge elimination system, to administer and enforce the publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program, and to issue permits for the discharge of dredged or fill materials, in accordance with the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act." This chapter shall be administered, consistent with the laws of this state and federal law, in the same manner that the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" is required to be administered.

This section does not apply to animal waste treatment or disposal works and related management and conservation practices subject to rules adopted pursuant to division (E)(4) of section 1511.02 of the Revised Code and involving less than one thousand animal units, as "animal units" is defined in the United States environmental protection agency regulations. This exclusion does not apply to animal waste treatment works having a controlled direct discharge to the waters of the state or to the discharge of animal waste into a publicly owned treatment works.

Sec. 6111.039. THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SHALL ADOPT RULES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 119. of the Revised Code REQUIRING THE POSTING OF NOTICE REGARDING THE LAND APPLICATION OF SLUDGE THAT IS CLASSIFIED AS CLASS B SLUDGE UNDER 40 C.F.R. 503.

Sec. 6111.04. (A) BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN DIVISION (A) OR (F) OF THIS SECTION:

(1) No person shall cause pollution or place or cause to be placed any sewage, SLUDGE, SLUDGE MATERIALS, industrial waste, or other wastes in a location where they cause pollution of any waters of the state, and any such.

(2) AN action PROHIBITED UNDER DIVISION (A)(1) OF THIS SECTION is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, except in such cases where the director of environmental protection has issued.

DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY IF THE PERSON CAUSING POLLUTION OR PLACING OR CAUSING TO BE PLACED WASTES IN A LOCATION IN WHICH THEY CAUSE POLLUTION OF ANY WATERS OF THE STATE HOLDS a valid and, unexpired permit, or renewal thereof OF A PERMIT, GOVERNING THE CAUSING OR PLACEMENT as provided in sections 6111.01 to 6111.08 of the Revised Code, or an IF THE PERSON'S application for renewal OF SUCH A PERMIT is pending.

(B) IF THE DIRECTOR ADMINISTERS A SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO DIVISION (S) OF SECTION 6111.03 of the Revised Code, BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN DIVISION (B) OR (F) OF THIS SECTION:

(1) NO PERSON, IN THE COURSE OF SLUDGE MANAGEMENT, SHALL PLACE ON LAND LOCATED IN THE STATE OR RELEASE INTO THE AIR OF THE STATE ANY SLUDGE OR SLUDGE MATERIALS.

(2) AN ACTION PROHIBITED UNDER DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

DIVISIONS (B)(1) AND (2) OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY IF THE PERSON PLACING OR RELEASING THE SLUDGE OR SLUDGE MATERIALS HOLDS A VALID, UNEXPIRED PERMIT, OR RENEWAL OF A PERMIT, GOVERNING THE PLACEMENT OR RELEASE AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 6111.01 TO 6111.08 of the Revised Code OR IF THE PERSON'S APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF SUCH A PERMIT IS PENDING.

(C) No person to whom a permit has been issued shall place or discharge, or cause to be placed or discharged, in any waters of the state any sewage, SLUDGE, SLUDGE MATERIALS, industrial waste, or other wastes in excess of the permissive discharges specified under such THE existing permit without first receiving a permit from the director to do so.

No person who is discharging or causing the discharge of any sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes into the waters of the state shall continue or cause the continuance of such discharge, without first obtaining a permit therefore issued by the director. The director shall prescribe by rule a reasonable filing period within which applications may be filed to obtain permits for existing discharges that have not been authorized by permit.

(D) NO PERSON TO WHOM A SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED SHALL PLACE ON THE LAND OR RELEASE INTO THE AIR OF THE STATE ANY SLUDGE OR SLUDGE MATERIALS IN EXCESS OF THE PERMISSIVE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED UNDER THE EXISTING SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PERMIT WITHOUT FIRST RECEIVING A MODIFICATION OF THE EXISTING SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PERMIT OR A NEW SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PERMIT TO DO SO FROM THE DIRECTOR.

(E) The director may require the submission of such plans, specifications, and other information as he deems THAT THE DIRECTOR CONSIDERS relevant in connection with the issuance of permits.

(F) This section does not apply to ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(A)(1) Waters used in washing sand, gravel, other aggregates, or mineral products, when such THE washing and the ultimate disposal of the water used in such THE washing, including any sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes contained in such THE waters, are entirely confined to the land under the control of the person engaged in the recovery and processing of such THE sand, gravel, other aggregates, or mineral products, and do not result in the pollution of waters of the state;

(B)(2) Water, gas, or other material injected into a well to facilitate, or which THAT is incidental to, the production of oil, gas, artificial brine, or water derived in association with oil or gas production and disposed of in a well, in compliance with a permit issued under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code, or sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes injected into a well in compliance with an injection well operating permit. This division DIVISION (F)(2) OF THIS SECTION does not authorize, without a permit, any discharge that is prohibited by, or for which a permit is required by, regulation of the United States environmental protection agency.

(C)(3) Application of any materials to land for agricultural purposes or runoff of such THOSE materials from such THAT application or pollution by animal waste or soil sediment, including attached substances, resulting from farming, silvicultural, or earthmoving activities regulated by Chapter 307. or 1515. of the Revised Code. This division DIVISION (F)(3) OF THIS SECTION does not authorize, without a permit, any discharge from a treatment works for treating animal wastes having a controlled direct discharge into the waters of the state, or any discharge that is prohibited by, or for which a permit is required by, regulation of the United States environmental protection agency.

(D)(4) The excrement of domestic and farm animals defecated on land or runoff therefrom into any waters of the state. This division DIVISION (F)(4) OF THIS SECTION does not authorize, without a permit, any discharge that is prohibited by, or for which a permit is required by, regulation of the United States environmental protection agency.

(E)(5) The discharge of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes into a sewerage system tributary to a treatment works. This division DIVISION (F)(5) OF THIS SECTION does not authorize any discharge into a publicly owned treatment works in violation of a pretreatment program applicable to such THE publicly owned treatment works.

(F)(6) Septic tanks or any other disposal systems for the disposal or treatment of sewage from single-family, two-family, or three-family dwellings in compliance with the sanitary code and section 1541.21 or 3707.01 of the Revised Code. This division DIVISION (F)(6) OF THIS SECTION does not authorize, without a permit, any discharge that is prohibited by, or for which a permit is required by, regulation of the United States environmental protection agency.

(7) EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY SLUDGE GENERATED OUTSIDE OF THIS STATE AND CONTAINED IN BAGS OR OTHER CONTAINERS NOT GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED POUNDS IN CAPACITY. AS USED IN DIVISION (F)(7) OF THIS SECTION, "EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY SLUDGE" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN DIVISION (Y) OF SECTION 3745.11 of the Revised Code.

(G) The holder of a permit issued under section 402 (a) of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" need not obtain a permit for a discharge authorized by such THE permit until its expiration date. The director of environmental protection shall administer and enforce such THOSE permits within this state, and may modify the THEIR terms and conditions thereof in accordance with division (J) of section 6111.03 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 6111.042. In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall adopt and enforce, and may modify and repeal RESCIND, rules setting forth and requiring compliance with national effluent limitations, national standards of performance for new sources, and national toxic and pretreatment effluent standards, AND NATIONAL SLUDGE USE AND DISPOSAL STANDARDS, as necessary in order to insure ENSURE compliance with sections 301, 306, and 307, AND 405 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act". No person shall violate any such rule, except in compliance with the terms and conditions of a permit issued under section 6111.03 of the Revised Code.

To the extent the effluent limitations adopted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency pursuant to section 304 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" are inapplicable, the director may establish on a case-by-case basis effluent limitations in a permit issued under section 6111.03 of the Revised Code, based upon best engineering PROFESSIONAL judgment. In establishing such effluent limitations, the director shall take BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING into consideration:

(A) The appropriate technology for the category or class of point sources of which the applicant is a member, based on all available information, including the administrator's draft or proposed development documents or guidance; the total cost of achieving such THE limitations in relation to the effluent reduction benefits to be achieved; the age of equipment and facilities involved; the process employed; the engineering aspects of the application of various types of control techniques and process changes; nonwater quality environmental impact, including energy requirements; and such other factors as THAT would have been appropriate for the administrator to consider pursuant to section 304 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act";

(B) As to the applicant for the permit, any unique factors regarding the considerations set forth in division (A) of this section.

Sec. 6111.05. The director of environmental protection may, on his THE DIRECTOR'S own initiative, MAY investigate or make inquiries into any alleged act of pollution or failure to comply with Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code, THIS CHAPTER or any order, ANY rule, the terms and conditions of a permit, or ANY other determination pursuant thereto. However, upon written complaint by any person, the director shall conduct such ANY investigations and make such ANY inquiries as THAT are required.

The director or his THE DIRECTOR'S duly authorized representative may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property to inspect and investigate conditions relating to POLLUTION OF ANY AIR OF THE STATE OR LAND LOCATED IN THE STATE RELATED TO THE USE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, OR DISPOSAL OF SLUDGE OR SLUDGE MATERIALS OR pollution of any waters of the state, inspect any monitoring equipment, inspect the drilling, conversion, or operation of any injection well, and sample any discharges, including discharges by "industrial users" into a publicly owned "treatment works" as such THOSE terms are defined in sections 212 and 502 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," and may apply to the court of common pleas having jurisdiction for a warrant permitting such THE entrance and inspection.

Any authorized representative of the director may at reasonable times MAY examine any records or memoranda pertaining to SLUDGE MANAGEMENT, the operation of disposal systems, the drilling, conversion, or operation of injection wells, or discharges by "industrial users" into publicly owned "treatment works" as defined in sections 212 and 501 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act." The director may require the maintenance of records relating to SLUDGE MANAGEMENT, DISCHARGES, OR the operation of such disposal systems, OR injection wells, or discharges. The director may make copies of such THE records. Any authorized representative of a publicly owned "treatment works" may enter at reasonable times upon the premises of any "industrial user" that discharges into the works to inspect any monitoring equipment or method of the user, to sample any discharges of the user into the works, or to inspect any records or memoranda pertaining to discharges by the user into the works, in order to ascertain compliance by the user with applicable pretreatment standards. The representative may make copies of such THE records. Any records, reports, or information obtained under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER shall be available for public inspection, except that:

(A) Upon a showing satisfactory to the director of environmental protection by any person that such THE records, reports, or information, or any particular part thereof, other than data concerning the amounts or contents of discharges or the quality of the receiving waters, to which the director has access under this chapter, if made public would divulge information entitled to protection as trade secrets of such THE person, the director shall consider such THE record, report, or information or particular portion thereof confidential. Prior to divulging any alleged trade secret information pursuant to this division, the director shall give ten days' written notice to the person claiming trade secrecy.

(B) Such THE record, report, or information may be disclosed to other officers, employees, or authorized representatives of the state, another state, or of the United States, when necessary to sustain an action brought pursuant to Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER or during an adjudication hearing, or when otherwise necessary to fulfill any requirement of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act."

No person to whom a permit has been issued shall refuse entry to any authorized representative of the director or willfully hinder or thwart such THE representative in the exercise of any authority granted by this section.

The director or his THE DIRECTOR'S authorized representative, or, where necessary to monitor compliance with pretreatment standards, the authorized representative of a publicly owned "treatment works," may apply for, and any judge of a court of common pleas may issue, a warrant necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.

Sec. 6111.07. (A) No person shall violate or fail to perform any duty imposed by sections 6111.01 to 6111.08 of the Revised Code, or violate any order, rule, or term or condition of a permit issued OR ADOPTED by the director of environmental protection pursuant to such THOSE sections. Each day of violation is a separate offense.

(B) The attorney general, upon the written request of the director of environmental protection, shall prosecute any person who violates, or who fails to perform any duty imposed by, sections 6111.01 to 6111.08 of the Revised Code, or who violates any order, rule, or condition of a permit issued OR ADOPTED by the director pursuant to such THOSE sections.

The attorney general, upon written request of the director of environmental protection, shall bring an action for an injunction against any person violating or threatening to violate Chapter 6111., THIS CHAPTER or violating or threatening to violate any order, or rule, or condition of a permit issued OR ADOPTED by the director pursuant to Chapter 6111 THIS CHAPTER. In an action for injunction to enforce any final order of the director brought pursuant to this section, the finding by the director, after hearing, is prima-facie evidence of the facts found therein.

(C) No person KNOWINGLY shall knowingly submit false information or records or fail to submit information or records pertaining to discharges OF SEWAGE, INDUSTRIAL WASTES, OR OTHER WASTES OR TO SLUDGE MANAGEMENT required as a condition of a permit OR KNOWINGLY RENDER INACCURATE ANY MONITORING DEVICE OR OTHER METHOD REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE DIRECTOR.

Sec. 6111.44. Except as otherwise provided in section 6111.14 of the Revised Code or in rules adopted under division (G) of section 6111.03 of the Revised Code, no municipal corporation, county, public institution, corporation, or officer or employee thereof, or other person shall provide or install sewerage or treatment works for sewage, SLUDGE, OR SLUDGE MATERIALS disposal, OR TREATMENT or make a change in any sewerage or sewage treatment works until the plans therefor have been submitted to and approved by the director of environmental protection. Sections 6111.44 to 6111.46 of the Revised Code apply to sewerage and treatment works for sewage of a municipal corporation or part thereof, an unincorporated community, a county sewer district, or other land outside of a municipal corporation or any publicly or privately owned building or group of buildings or place, used for the assemblage, entertainment, recreation, education, correction, hospitalization, housing, or employment of persons, but do not apply to sewerage or treatment works for sewage installed or to be installed for the use of a private residence or dwelling, or to animal waste treatment or disposal works and related management and conservation practices THAT ARE subject to rules adopted pursuant to division (E)(4) of section 1511.02 of the Revised Code and involving less than one thousand animal units as animal units are defined in the United States environmental protection agency regulations. This exclusion does not apply to animal waste treatment works having a controlled direct discharge to waters of the state.

In granting an approval, the director of environmental protection may stipulate such modifications, conditions, and rules as THAT the public health and prevention of pollution may require. Any action taken by the director shall be a matter of public record and shall be entered in his THE DIRECTOR'S journal. Each period of thirty days that a violation of this section continues, after a conviction for such THE violation, constitutes a separate offense.

Sec. 6111.45. No municipal corporation, county, public institution, corporation, or officer or employee thereof, or other person shall establish as proprietor, agent, employee, lessee, or tenant, any garbage disposal plant, shop, factory, mill, industrial establishment, process, trade, or business, in the operation of which an industrial waste is produced, or make a change in or enlargement of a garbage disposal plant, shop, factory, mill, industrial establishment, process, trade, or business, whereby an industrial waste is produced or materially increased or changed in character, or install works for the treatment or disposal of any such waste until the plans for the disposal of such THE waste have been submitted to and approved by the director of environmental protection. As used in sections 6111.44 to 6111.46 of the Revised Code, "industrial waste" means SLUDGE OR SLUDGE MATERIALS OR a water-carried or a liquid waste resulting from any process of industry, manufacture, trade, or business, or development of any natural resource. In granting an approval, the agency may stipulate such modifications, conditions, and regulations as RULES THAT the public health and welfare may require. Any action taken by the director shall be a matter of public record and shall be entered in his THE DIRECTOR'S journal. Each period of thirty days that a violation of this section continues, after a conviction of such THE violation, constitutes a separate offense.

Sec. 6111.46. The environmental protection agency shall exercise general supervision of the USE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, AND disposal of sewage and industrial wastes and the operation and maintenance of works or means installed for the collection, USE, STORAGE, treatment, or AND disposal of sewage and industrial wastes. Such general supervision shall apply to all features of construction, operation, and maintenance of such THE works or means which THAT do or may affect the proper USE, STORAGE, treatment of, AND disposal of such sewage and industrial wastes. The agency shall investigate the works or means employed in the collection, USE, STORAGE, treatment, and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes whenever deemed CONSIDERED necessary and OR whenever requested to do so by local health officials; and, may adopt and enforce orders and regulations RULES governing the operation and maintenance of such THE works or means OF USE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, AND DISPOSAL OF SUCH SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES, and may require the submission of records and data of construction, operation, and maintenance, including plans and descriptions of existing works or means of USE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, AND disposal of such sewage or AND INDUSTRIAL wastes. When the agency requires the submission of such records or information, the public officials or person, firm, or corporation having the works in charge shall promptly comply PROMPTLY with such THAT order.