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(Substitute Senate Bill Number 15)
AN ACT
To enact section 1514.081 of the Revised Code to
require the Chief of the
Division of Mineral
Resources Management in the Department of Natural
Resources to
adopt rules governing the beneficial
use of lime mining wastes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That section 1514.081 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as
follows:
Sec. 1514.081. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Lime mining wastes" means residual solid or semisolid
materials generated from lime or limestone
mining and processing
operations, including, without limitation, lime kiln dust,
scrubber sludge from lime kiln operations, lime or limestone
materials not
meeting product specification, lime hydrating
materials, and other lime or
limestone mining, processing, or
calcining materials associated with lime or
limestone mining or
processing. "Lime mining wastes" does not include materials
generated from the manufacture of cement. (2) "Beneficial use" means the use of lime mining wastes
within a lime mining and reclamation area for
land application
when it is utilized for agronomic purposes at standard agronomic
rates as determined by standard soil testing,
for land reclamation
in
accordance with
this chapter and rules adopted under it,
including, but not
limited to, use as fill material in quarries,
and for any
other
purposes designated by the chief of
the division
of mineral
resources management, including demonstration projects
approved by
the chief. (3) "Solid waste disposal facility" means a facility for the
disposal of
solid wastes that is licensed under Chapter 3734. of
the Revised Code. (4) "Disposal system" has the same meaning as in section
6111.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than two hundred seventy days after the
effective date of this section, the chief shall adopt and may
amend, suspend, or rescind
rules in
accordance
with Chapter 119.
of the Revised Code
establishing
standards and requirements for
both of the following: (1) The beneficial use of lime mining
wastes, including the
beneficial use of lime
mining wastes at lime
mining and
reclamation operations governed by this chapter; (2) The monitoring of ground water associated with the
beneficial use of lime mining wastes and the taking of corrective
action in the event of a subsurface discharge of leachate from the
beneficial use of lime mining wastes or of contamination of ground
water resulting from the beneficial use of lime mining wastes, in
order to protect human health and environment. The
beneficial use of lime mining wastes is subject to any
applicable
standards and
requirements established under this
chapter and
rules adopted under it. Until such time as the chief
adopts rules under this section, the beneficial use of lime mining
wastes shall require the prior written approval of the chief in a
surface mining permit issued under this
chapter. (C) The beneficial use of lime mining wastes does not
constitute
establishing a solid waste disposal facility or a
disposal system.
A beneficial use of lime mining wastes
that is
authorized under this section is not subject to any of the
following: (1) Permit and license requirements for solid waste
facilities established
under sections 3734.02 and 3734.05 of the
Revised Code; (2) The prohibition against open dumping of solid wastes
established under
section 3734.03 of the Revised Code; (3) Solid waste disposal and generation fees established
under sections
3734.57 to 3734.574 of the Revised Code; (4) Permit to install and plan approval requirements and
prohibitions established under
sections 6111.03, 6111.04, 6111.44,
and 6111.45 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any other
requirements
that are applicable to the beneficial use of lime
mining wastes under
Chapter 905., 3704., 3714., 3734., or 6111. of
the
Revised Code or any local or federal
laws, including, without
limitation, requirements governing air pollution
control permits,
hazardous waste installation and operation permits, national
pollutant discharge elimination system permits, and section 401
water quality
certifications.
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