Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 3750 · 24 active provisions
As used in this chapter:(A) "Confidential business information" means the types or categories of information identified in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(h) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code.(B) "Extremely hazardous substance" means a substance identified or listed by the rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a…
(A) There is hereby created the emergency response commission consisting of the directors of environmental protection, health, and administrative services, the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the fire marshal, the director of public safety, the director of transportation, the director of natural resourc…
(A) The emergency response commission, by resolution, shall designate emergency planning districts to prepare and implement district chemical emergency response and preparedness plans under this chapter. The commission may designate existing political subdivisions or multijurisdictional planning organizations as distri…
(A) Within ninety days after the effective date of this section, the local emergency planning committee of each emergency planning district shall prepare and submit to the emergency response commission a chemical emergency response and preparedness plan for the district. The district's plan shall contain all of the fol…
(A) Each facility that has an extremely hazardous substance present in an amount that exceeds the threshold planning quantity for the substance established by rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) or (C)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code is subject to this section and section 3750.04 of the Revised Code. Upon…
(A) The owner or operator of a facility where a hazardous chemical is produced, used, or stored and from which a release of an extremely hazardous substance or hazardous substance occurs in an amount equal to or exceeding the reportable quantity prescribed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(c) or (C)(5) of section…
(A) Except as otherwise authorized in division (E) of this section, any person who owns or operates a facility and is required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the "Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1590, 29 U.S.C.A. 651, as amended, and regula…
(A) Each owner or operator of a facility who is required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the "Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1590, 29 U.S.C.A. 651, as amended, and regulations adopted under it, or who is required to submit a list under divi…
(A) Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, an owner or operator of a facility that is regulated under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code shall be deemed to have satisfied all of the inventory requirements established under this chapter, except for the release reporting requirements established un…
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section, any person who is required to provide information to the emergency response commission, the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which a facility owned or operated by the person is located, or the fire department havin…
(A) Any person who seeks to review or obtain copies of information submitted to the emergency response commission or a local emergency planning committee under this chapter and rules adopted under it shall submit a written application to the information coordinator of the commission or committee in accordance with the…
(A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no local emergency planning committee shall enforce any resolution, rule, or requirement for the reporting or providing of the names or amounts of extremely hazardous substances or hazardous chemicals produced, used, or stored at facilities under the jurisdiction…
The fire marshal, after consultation with the emergency response commission, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards governing the placement of placards or labels containing specified information at bulk storage areas of hazardous chemicals for the purposes of divisi…
(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(3) or (4) of this section, the owner or operator of a facility required to annually file an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form under section 3750.08 of the Revised Code shall submit with the inventory form a filing fee of one hundred fifty dollars. In addition to t…
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the emergency planning and community right-to-know fund. Moneys received by the emergency response commission under section 3750.13 of the Revised Code and civil penalties imposed under division (B) of section 3750.20 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the fund un…
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the emergency planning and community right-to-know reserve fund consisting of all moneys credited to it under section 3750.14 of the Revised Code. Fifty per cent of the moneys in the reserve fund shall be used for the grant program under division (B) of this section, an…
A member of the emergency response commission or his designated representative who also is an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, a member of the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district having territorial jurisdiction who is also an officer or employee of the state…
(A) No person shall violate any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it.(B) No person shall falsify, tamper with, or render inaccurate any information or records required to be submitted under any section of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or an order issued under it. Violation of this…
The executive committee of the emergency response commission may issue orders requiring the owner or operator of a facility or other responsible person at a facility to abate a violation of any section of this chapter or a rule adopted under it, and orders requiring a local emergency planning committee or fire departme…
The environmental review appeals commission created in section 3745.02 of the Revised Code has exclusive original jurisdiction over any matter that may be brought before it under Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code or this chapter. For purposes of this section, the terms "any person," "act," and "action" have the same me…
(A) The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the executive committee of the emergency response commission, the local emergency planning committee, or the fire department having jurisd…
A member of the emergency response commission, officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, member or employee of a local emergency planning committee, officer or employee of a fire department, health professional, physician, nurse, or other person who receives information classified as a trade secret pu…
(A)(1) The owner or operator of a facility where chemicals are produced, or the owner or operator of any other facility or business of any type, may provide a copy of any vulnerability assessment of the facility or business or of any other security-sensitive information developed regarding the facility or business to a…
(A) Whoever recklessly violates section 3750.06 of the Revised Code or an order issued under section 3750.18 of the Revised Code to enforce that section is guilty of a felony and shall be fined at least ten thousand but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for at least two but not more than four yea…