The director of environmental protection shall use only level three credible data to conduct any of the following activities:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 6111.52

  • Pollution: means the placing of any sewage, sludge, sludge materials, industrial waste, or other wastes in any waters of the state. See Ohio Code 6111.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Waters of the state: means all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and other bodies or accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, regardless of the depth of the strata in which underground water is located, that are situated wholly or partly within, or border upon, this state, or are within its jurisdiction, except those private waters that do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground waters. See Ohio Code 6111.01

(A) Developing, reviewing, and revising use designations in water quality standards;

(B) Developing a statewide water quality inventory or other water assessment report;

(C) Identifying, listing, and delisting waters of the state for the purpose of section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act;

(D) Determining whether a water of the state is supporting its designated use or other classification;

(E) Establishing a total maximum daily load for a water of the state.