Ohio Code 3704.02 – Purposes of chapter – construction of provisions
(A) The purposes of this chapter are the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3704.02
- Air pollution: means the presence in the ambient air of one or more air contaminants or any combination thereof in sufficient quantity and of such characteristics and duration as is or threatens to be injurious to human health or welfare, plant or animal life, or property, or as unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. See Ohio Code 3704.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) To protect and enhance the quality of the state‘s air resources so as to promote the public health, welfare, economic vitality, and productive capacity of the people of the state;
(2) To enable the state, through the director of environmental protection, to adopt and maintain a program for the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution that is consistent with the federal Clean Air Act;
(3) To authorize the state to obtain financial assistance and delegation of powers from the federal government for purposes of the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution.
(B) This chapter, all rules adopted under it, and all permits, variances, and orders issued under it shall be construed, to the extent reasonably possible, to be consistent with the federal Clean Air Act and to promote the purposes of this chapter.