(A) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as abrogating any obligation or right established in federal law.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3746.30

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any person as defined in section 1. See Ohio Code 3746.01
  • remedial activities: means actions that are taken at a property to treat, remove, transport for treatment or disposal, dispose of, contain, or control hazardous substances or petroleum, are protective of public health and safety and the environment, and are consistent with a permanent remedy, including, without limitation, excavation, treatment, off-site disposal, the use of engineering or institutional controls or activity and use limitations, the issuance and implementation of a consolidated standards permit under section 3746. See Ohio Code 3746.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Voluntary action: means a series of measures that may be undertaken to identify and address potential sources of contamination of property by hazardous substances or petroleum and to establish that the property complies with applicable standards. See Ohio Code 3746.01

(B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as releasing a person to whom the director of environmental protection has issued any final findings and orders under Chapter 3704., 3734., or 6111. of the Revised Code on or before September 28, 1994, from the obligation to comply with any requirements established in the findings and orders.

(C) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as relieving a person from any requirement established under the “Atomic Energy Act of 1954,” 68 Stat. 919, 42 U.S.C.A. 2011, as amended, and regulations adopted under it or under Chapter 3747. or 3748. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under them, including, without limitation, any applicable requirement existing when a voluntary action is undertaken to notify or coordinate remedial activities with the United States nuclear regulatory commission or the department of health in connection with radioactive materials regulated under that act or those chapters.

(D) Nothing in this chapter alters, abridges, abrogates, diminishes, or otherwise limits the rights or protections afforded any shareholder, director, officer, or employee, or, in the case of a partnership, any general or limited partner, under the Revised Code and common law of this state.

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