Ohio Code 3734.77 – Notice of operation by owner or operator of a scrap tire monocell or monofill facility
(A) The owner or operator of a scrap tire monocell or monofill facility that is in operation on the effective date of this section, within four months after that date, shall submit written notice to the director of environmental protection of the location of the facility, the land area occupied by the facility, and the approximate number or quantity in weight or volume of scrap tires present at the facility.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3734.77
- Board of health: means the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health in any city as authorized by section 3709. See Ohio Code 3734.01
- Director: means the director of environmental protection. See Ohio Code 3734.01
- Facility: means any site, location, tract of land, installation, or building used for incineration, composting, sanitary landfilling, or other methods of disposal of solid wastes or, if the solid wastes consist of scrap tires, for the collection, storage, or processing of the solid wastes; for the transfer of solid wastes; for the treatment of infectious wastes; or for the storage, treatment, or disposal of hazardous waste. See Ohio Code 3734.01
- Health district: means a city or general health district as created by or under authority of Chapter 3709 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 3734.01
- Person: includes the state, any political subdivision and other state or local body, the United States and any agency or instrumentality thereof, and any legal entity defined as a person under section 1. See Ohio Code 3734.01
- Scrap tire: means an unwanted or discarded tire. See Ohio Code 3734.01
No person shall fail to comply with this division.
(B) The owner or operator of a scrap tire monocell or monofill facility that is in operation on the effective date of the rules adopted under section 3734.72 of the Revised Code, in accordance with a schedule established in rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code, shall submit to the director an application for a scrap tire monocell or monofill facility permit with accompanying engineering detail plans, specifications, and information regarding the facility and its method of operation for approval under the rules adopted under section 3734.72 of the Revised Code. The director shall act on an application within one hundred eighty days after receiving the application and the accompanying engineering detail plans, specifications, and information. The applicant for such a permit concurrently shall submit an application for a license under section 3734.81 of the Revised Code to the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located. If the director denies such a permit application, he shall include in the order denying it the requirement that the owner or operator cease accepting scrap tires at the facility on the effective date of the order.
No person shall fail to comply with this division or an order issued under it.
(C) On and after the effective date of the rules adopted under section 3734.72 of the Revised Code, no person shall establish a new, or modify an existing, scrap tire monocell or monofill facility without first submitting to the director an application for a scrap tire monocell or monofill facility permit with accompanying engineering detail plans, specifications, and information regarding the facility and its method of operation for approval under those rules and receiving a permit issued by the director under this division. The director shall act on an application within one hundred eighty days after receiving the application and the accompanying engineering detail plans, specifications, and information. The applicant for such a permit concurrently shall submit an application for a license under section 3734.81 of the Revised Code to the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located or proposed.
(D) Each permit issued under this section shall set forth in tons the authorized maximum daily waste receipt of scrap tires of the facility for which the permit was issued as that tonnage is contained in the engineering detail plans, specifications, and information regarding the facility and its method of operation approved by the director under this section.