(A) As used in sections 6111.561 to 6111.654 of the Revised Code:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 6111.561

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • United States: includes all the states. 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

(1) “NPDES” means national pollutant discharge elimination system.

(2) “TMDL” means total maximum daily load.

(B) The director of environmental protection shall develop and establish a TMDL for waters of the state where required under section 1313(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The director shall establish a TMDL only for pollutants that the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency has identified under section 1314(a)(2) of that act as suitable for such calculation. The director may modify a TMDL subsequent to the establishment of the TMDL in accordance with division (G) of section 6111.563 of the Revised Code. The development, establishment, or modification of a TMDL is not subject to the rule adoption, amendment, and rescission procedures under Chapters 106., 111., 119., and 121. of the Revised Code. The director shall develop any plans or actions necessary for implementing a TMDL in accordance with this chapter.

The director shall establish each TMDL at a level necessary to achieve the applicable water quality standards for which the water of the state is impaired that accounts for seasonal variations, a margin of safety, and lack of knowledge concerning the relationship between effluent limitations and water quality.

The establishment of a final TMDL by the director is not a final action of the director and does not have the force and effect of law, but may be challenged in accordance with section 6111.564 of the Revised Code.

(C) A TMDL submitted to and approved by the United States environmental protection agency prior to March 24, 2015, is valid and remains in full force and effect as approved. The director may modify such a TMDL, but a modification of the TMDL shall be developed in accordance with sections 6111.562 and 6111.563 of the Revised Code. The TMDL, as established, and any modification of the TMDL, is not subject to the rule adoption, amendment, and rescission procedures of Chapters 106., 111., 119., and 121. of the Revised Code.

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