Ohio Administrative Code

(A) Not later than thirty days after issuance of a license for a solid waste facility, an infectious waste treatment facility, or a construction and demolition debris processing facility, the owner or operator shall remit a license fee in the amount established by section 3714.06…

(A) License transfer requests.(1) A solid waste facility or an infectious waste treatment facility licensee may request transfer of the license. Transfer of a license occurs upon written authorization from both the director and the approved board of health, if applicable.(2) A co…

(A) The licensing authority may suspend or revoke a license by order for any cause that would be grounds for suspension or revocation pursuant to Chapter 3714. or Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder. Grounds include but are not limited to the follow…

(A) The AMDWR for a facility as identified in the license shall be expressed in tons per day for facilities utilizing scales or cubic yards per day at the gate for all other facilities. The conversion factor between tons and cubic yards shall be one ton to three cubic yards unles…

If a term used in this chapter is defined in rule 3745-500-02 of the Administrative Code, the definition in rule 3745-500-02 of the Administrative Code is applicable to this chapter unless the term is defined in this rule. As used in this chapter:(A) [Reserved.](B) "Board" means …

(A) Applicability. This rule establishes requirements for the owner or operator of a solid waste transfer facility or solid waste landfill regarding collecting, remitting, and reporting state disposal fees levied on the transfer and disposal of solid waste as authorized by divisi…

(A) Applicability. This rule establishes requirements for the owner or operator of a solid waste landfill or solid waste transfer facility regarding collecting, remitting, and reporting district disposal fees or a district generation fee levied on the transfer or disposal of soli…

(A) Applicability. This rule establishes the requirements for the owner or operator of a solid waste landfill regarding collecting, remitting, and reporting host community fees levied on the disposal of solid waste as authorized by division (C) of section 3734.57 of the Revised C…

For the fee levied under division (A) of section 3714.07 of the Revised Code:(A) If a solid waste facility is located within the territorial boundaries of more than one municipal corporation or township, each municipal corporation or township may appropriate up to four cents per …

The rules in this multi-program chapter shall apply when referenced in either of the following:(A) A rule in a program chapter.(B) A rule in another multi-program chapter that was made applicable by a rule in a program chapter.Program chapters are Chapters 3745-520 to 3745-599 of…

If a term used in this chapter is defined in rule 3745-500-02 of the Administrative Code, the definition in rule 3745-500-02 of the Administrative Code is applicable to this chapter unless the term is defined in this rule. As used in this chapter:(A) [Reserved.](B) [Reserved.](C)…

(A) [Reserved.](B) (1) The owner or operator shall execute and fund a financial assurance instrument in an amount not less than the current closure cost estimate and meeting the requirements of paragraph (E) of this rule.(2) Financial assurance for closure shall be maintained and…

(A) [Reserved.](B) (1) The owner or operator shall execute, fund, and maintain financial assurance in an amount not less than the current post-closure care cost estimate in accordance with paragraph (E) of this rule.(2) Financial assurance may be released only in accordance with …

(A) (1) A trust agreement for a trust fund as specified in paragraph (F) of rule 3745-503-05 of the Administrative Code, must be worded as follows on forms prescribed by the director, except that instructions in brackets are to be replaced with the relevant information and the br…

(A) Chapter 3745-51 of the Administrative Code identifies those wastes which are subject to regulation as hazardous wastes under Chapters 3745-50, 3745-52, 3745-53, 3745-54 to 3745-57 and 3745-205, 3745-65 to 3745-69 and 3745-256, and 3745-270 of the Administrative Code, and whic…

(A) (1) A "waste" is any discarded material that is not excluded by paragraph (A) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code or that is not excluded by variance granted under rules 3745-50-23 and 3745-50-24 of the Administrative Code or that is not excluded by a non-waste dete…

(A) A "waste," as defined in rule 3745-51-02 of the Administrative Code, is a "hazardous waste" if:(1) The waste is not excluded from regulation as a hazardous waste under paragraph (B) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code; and(2) The waste meets any of the following cri…

(A) Materials which are not wastes. The following materials are not wastes for the purpose of Chapter 3745-51 of the Administrative Code:(1) (a) Domestic sewage; and(b) Any mixture of domestic sewage and other wastes that passes through a sewer system to a publicly owned treatmen…

(A) (1) Hazardous wastes that are recycled are subject to the requirements for generators, transporters, and storage facilities of paragraphs (B) and (C) of this rule, except for the materials listed in paragraphs (A)(2) and (A)(3) of this rule. Hazardous wastes that are recycled…

(A) (1) Any hazardous waste remaining in either an empty container or an inner liner removed from an empty container, as described in paragraph (B) of this rule, is not subject to regulation under Chapter 3745-50, 3745-51, 3745-52, 3745-53, 3745-54 to 3745-57 and 3745-205, 3745-6…

The disposal of polychlorinated byphenyl (PCB)-containing dielectric fluids and electric equipment containing such fluids authorized for use and regulated under 40 CFR Part 761 and that are hazardous only because such items fail the test for the toxicity characteristic leaching p…

The wastes listed in this rule are exempt from regulation under Chapters 3745-50, 3745-52, 3745-53, 3745-54 to 3745-57 and 3745-205, 3745-65 to 3745-69 and 3745-256, 3745-266, 3745-267, and 3745-270 of the Administrative Code except as specified in Chapter 3745-273 of the Adminis…

The director shall identify and define a characteristic of hazardous waste in rules 3745-51-20 to 3745-51-24 of the Administrative Code only upon determining that:(A) A waste that exhibits the characteristic may:(1) Cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality …

Owners or operators of facilities that enter recyclable materials into a recycling process within seventy-two hours after arrival at the facility, except as provided in paragraph (A)(2) of rule 3745-51-06 of the Administrative Code, may store recyclable materials in containers, t…

(A) The director shall list a waste as a hazardous waste only upon determining that the waste meets one of the following criteria:(1) The waste exhibits any of the characteristics of hazardous waste identified in rules 3745-51-20 to 3745-51-24 of the Administrative Code.(2) The w…

(A) Applicability. Rules 3745-51-140 to 3745-51-151 of the Administrative Code apply to owners or operators of reclamation and intermediate facilities managing hazardous secondary materials excluded under paragraph (A)(24) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code, except as …

(A) The owner or operator shall have a detailed written estimate, in current dollars, of the cost of disposing of any hazardous secondary material as listed or characteristic hazardous waste, and the potential cost of closing the facility as a treatment, storage, and disposal fac…

Under paragraph (A)(24)(f)(vi) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code, an owner or operator of a reclamation or intermediate facility shall have financial assurance as a condition of the exclusion as required under paragraph (A)(24) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative…

(A) Coverage for sudden accidental occurrences. An owner or operator of a hazardous secondary material reclamation facility or an intermediate facility subject to financial assurance requirements under paragraph (A)(24)(f)(vi) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code, or a g…

(A) An owner or operator shall notify the director by certified mail of the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary proceeding under Title 11 (bankruptcy), U.S. Code, naming the owner or operator as debtor, within ten days after commencement of the proceeding. A guarantor of a…

(A) (1) A trust agreement for a trust fund, as specified in paragraph (A) of rule 3745-51-143 of the Administrative Code shall be ordered as follows, except that instructions in brackets are to be replaced with the relevant information and the brackets deleted:"Trust AgreementTru…

(A) Applicability. This rule applies to hazardous secondary materials excluded under the remanufacturing exclusion at paragraph (A)(27) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code.(B) Condition of containers. If a container holding hazardous secondary material is not in good co…

(A) Rules 3745-51-190 to 3745-51-200 of the Administrative Code apply to tank systems for storing or treating hazardous secondary material excluded under the remanufacturing exclusion in paragraph (A)(27) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code.(B) "Tank systems," including…

(A) Tank systems shall meet the secondary containment requirements of rule 3745-51-193 of the Administrative Code, or the remanufacturer or other person who handles the hazardous secondary material shall determine that the tank system is not leaking or is unfit for use. Except as…

(A) Secondary containment systems shall be:(1) Designed, installed, and operated to prevent any migration of materials or accumulated liquid out of the system to the soil, ground water, or surface water at any time during the use of the tank system; and(2) Capable of detecting an…

(A) Hazardous secondary materials or treatment reagents shall not be placed in a tank system if the hazardous secondary materials or treatment reagents could cause the tank, the tank's ancillary equipment, or the containment system to rupture, leak, corrode, or otherwise fail.(B)…

A tank system or secondary containment system from which there has been a leak or spill, or which is unfit for use, shall be removed from service immediately, and the remanufacturer or other person who stores or treats the hazardous secondary material satisfy the following requir…

Hazardous secondary material stored in units more than ninety days after the unit ceases to operate under the remanufacturing exclusion in paragraph (A)(27) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code or otherwise ceases to be operated for manufacturing, or for storage of a pro…

(A) Ignitable or reactive material shall not be placed in tank systems, unless the material is stored or treated in such a way that the ignitable or reactive material is protected from any material or conditions that may cause the material to ignite or react.(B) The remanufacture…

(A) Incompatible materials shall not be placed in the same tank system.(B) Hazardous secondary material shall not be placed in a tank system that has not been decontaminated and that previously held an incompatible material. Last updated June 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM Authorized By: 37…

(A) A "waste," as defined in rule 3745-51-02 of the Administrative Code, which is not excluded from regulation as a hazardous waste under paragraph (B) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code, is a hazardous waste if the waste exhibits any of the characteristics identified …

The remanufacturer or other person who stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall manage all hazardous secondary material placed in a tank in accordance with the applicable requirements of rules 3745-51-730 to 3745-51-735, 3745-51-750 to 3745-51-764, and 3745-51-780 …

(A) A waste exhibits the characteristic of ignitability if a representative sample of the waste has any of the following properties:(1) The waste is a liquid, other than a solution containing less than twenty-four per cent alcohol by volume and at least fifty per cent water by we…

(A) A waste exhibits the characteristic of corrosivity if a representative sample of the waste has either of the following properties:(1) The waste is aqueous and has a pH less than or equal to two or greater than or equal to 12.5, as determined by a pH meter using method 9040C i…

(A) A waste exhibits the characteristic of reactivity if a representative sample of the waste has any of the following properties:(1) The waste is normally unstable and readily undergoes violent change without detonating.(2) The waste reacts violently with water.(3) The waste for…

(A) A waste (except manufactured gas plant waste) exhibits the characteristic of toxicity if, using the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure, test method 1311 in "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods," U.S. EPA publication SW-846, the extract f…

(A) A waste is a hazardous waste if the waste is listed as such in rules 3745-51-30 to 3745-51-35 of the Administrative Code, unless the waste has been excluded under 40 CFR 260.20 and 40 CFR 260.22.(B) The administrator shall indicate the basis for listing the classes or types o…