All civil penalties received under division (B) of section 3751.10 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the toxic chemical release reporting fund, hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys credited to the fund shall be expended by the director exclusively for the purposes of implementing, administering, and enforcing this chapter and the rules adopted and orders issued under it.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3751.05

  • Release: means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or discharging into the environment of any toxic chemical including, without limitation, the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles that contained a toxic chemical. See Ohio Code 3751.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Toxic chemical: means a chemical listed in rules adopted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA. See Ohio Code 3751.01

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