Ohio Administrative Code

(A) Upon determining a statistically significant increase above background in a groundwater monitoring well pursuant to rule 3745-535-820 of the Administrative Code, the owner or operator shall implement a groundwater quality assessment program and submit a groundwater quality as…

(A) The owner or operator may comply with this rule in lieu of rule 3745-535-850 of the Administrative Code if the owner or operator demonstrates one of the following:(1) A release of constituents to groundwater has occurred pursuant to paragraph (G) of rule 3745-535-830 of the A…

(A) The owner or operator shall implement a corrective measures program that complies with this rule unless the owner or operator has returned to detection monitoring in accordance with paragraph (H) of rule 3745-535-830 of the Administrative Code or entered into compliance monit…

(A) Based on the corrective measures plan established under paragraph (B) of rule 3745-535-850 of the Administrative Code for initiation and completion of remedial activities, the owner or operator shall do the following:(1) Implement the selected remedy as specified in paragraph…

(A) The owner or operator shall establish a groundwater remediation standard for each waste-derived constituent detected at a statistically significant concentration in groundwater pursuant to rule 3745-535-820 of the Administrative Code as follows:(1) For constituents with a max…

(A) The purpose of Chapters 3745-54 to 3745-57 and 3745-205 of the Administrative Code is to establish minimum standards which define the acceptable management of hazardous waste.(B) The standards of Chapters 3745-54 to 3745-57 and 3745-205 of the Administrative Code apply to own…

An owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility that was in operation immediately prior to October 9, 1980 or was in existence on the effective date of any new, amended, or rescinded rule or statute on or after October 9, 1980 that renders the facility or its operations subjec…

(A) Rules 3745-54-10 to 3745-54-19 of the Administrative Code apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as provided in rule 3745-54-01 of the Administrative Code and in paragraph (B) of this rule.(B) Paragraph (B) of rule 3745-54-18 of the Administra…

An owner or operator required to establish a corrective action program under rules 3745-54-90 to 3745-54-101 of the Administrative Code must, at a minimum, discharge the following responsibilities:(A) The owner or operator must take corrective action to ensure that regulated unit…

(A) The owner or operator of a facility seeking a permit for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste shall institute corrective action as necessary to protect human health and the environment for all releases of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents from any wa…

Every facility owner and operator must apply to Ohio EPA for a U.S. EPA identification number. Notification forms for this purpose may be obtained from Ohio EPA. Authorized By: 3734.12 Amplifies: 3734.12 Five Year Review Date: 8/25/2007 Prior Effective Dates: 8/30/1984, 2/11/1992…

(A) The owner or operator of a facility that is arranging or has arranged to receive hazardous waste subject to rules 3745-52-80 to 3745-52-84 of the Administrative Code from a foreign source shall submit the following required notices:[Comment: The exercise of foreign relations …

(A) (1) Before an owner or operator treats, stores, or disposes of any hazardous wastes, or nonhazardous wastes if applicable under paragraph (D) of rule 3745-55-13 of the Administrative Code, the owner or operator shall obtain a detailed chemical and physical analysis of a repre…

(A) The owner or operator must prevent the unknowing entry, and minimize the possibility for the unauthorized entry, of persons or livestock onto the active portion of the facility, unless he can satisfactorily demonstrate in the permit application that:(1) Physical contact with …

(A) The owner or operator shall inspect the facility for malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors, and discharges which may be causing or may lead to:(1) Release of hazardous waste constituents to the environment; or(2) A threat to human health. The owner or operator shall…

(A) (1) Facility personnel shall successfully complete a program of classroom instruction or on-the-job training that teaches facility personnel to perform facility personnel's duties in a way that ensures the facility's compliance with the requirements of Chapters 3745-54 to 374…

(A) The owner or operator must take precautions to prevent accidental ignition or reaction of ignitable or reactive waste. This waste must be separated and protected from sources of ignition or reaction including but not limited to: open flames, smoking, cutting and welding, hot …

(A) Seismic considerations.(1) Portions of new facilities where treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste will be conducted shall not be located within sixty-one meters (two hundred feet) of a fault which has had displacement in Holocene time.(2) As used in paragraph (A)…

(A) CQA program.(1) A CQA program is required for all surface impoundment, waste pile, and landfill units that are required to comply with paragraphs (C) and (D) of rule 3745-56-21, paragraphs (C) and (D) of rule 3745-56-51, and paragraphs (C) and (D) of rule 3745-57-03 of the Ad…

Rules 3745-54-30 to 3745-54-37 of the Administrative Code apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as rule 3745-54-01 of the Administrative Code provides otherwise. Authorized By: 3734.12 Amplifies: 3734.12 Five Year Review Date: Prior Effective Dat…

h 119. PDF: Facilities shall be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to minimize the possibility of a fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water which could threaten h…

h 119. PDF: All facilities shall be equipped with the following, unless it can be satisfactorily demonstrated in the permit application that none of the hazards posed by waste handled at the facility could require a particular kind of equipment specified below:(A) An internal com…

h 119. PDF: All facility communications or alarm systems, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment, where required, shall be tested and maintained as necessary to assure its proper operation in time of emergency. Last updated September 25,…

h 119. PDF: (A) Whenever hazardous waste is being poured, mixed, spread, or otherwise handled, all personnel involved in the operation shall have immediate access to an internal alarm or emergency communication device, either directly or through visual or voice contact with anoth…

h 119. PDF: The owner or operator shall maintain aisle space to allow the unobstructed movement of personnel, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment to any area of facility operation in an emergency, unless it can be satisfactorily demon…

(A) The owner or operator shall attempt to make the following arrangements, as appropriate for the type of waste handled at the facility and the potential need for the services of the following organizations:(1) Arrangements to familiarize police, fire departments, and local emer…

Rules 3745-54-50 to 3745-54-56 of the Administrative Code apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as rule 3745-54-01 of the Administrative Code provides otherwise. Authorized By: 3734.12 Amplifies: 3734.12 Five Year Review Date: Prior Effective Dat…

h 119. PDF: (A) Each owner or operator shall have a contingency plan for the facility. The contingency plan shall be designed to minimize hazards to human health or the environment from fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardo…

(A) The contingency plan shall describe the actions facility personnel shall take to comply with rules 3745-54-51 and 3745-54-56 of the Administrative Code in response to fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste consti…

A copy of the contingency plan and all revisions to the contingency plan shall be both:(A) Maintained at the facility.(B) Submitted to all local police departments, fire departments, hospitals, and local emergency response teams described in the contingency plan pursuant to parag…

(A) The contingency plan shall be reviewed, and immediately amended if necessary, whenever:(1) The facility's Ohio hazardous waste permit is modified;(2) The contingency plan fails in an emergency;(3) The facility changes - in design, construction, operation, maintenance, or othe…

h 119. PDF: At all times, there shall be at least one employee either on the facility premises or on call (i.e., available to respond to an emergency by reaching the facility within a short period of time) with the responsibility for coordinating all internal emergency response m…

(A) Whenever there is an imminent or actual emergency situation, the emergency coordinator, or the emergency coordinator's designee when the emergency coordinator is on call, shall immediately:(1) Activate internal facility alarms or communication systems, where applicable, to no…

(A) Applicability.(1) Rules 3745-54-70 to 3745-54-77 of the Administrative Code apply to owners and operators of both on-site and off-site facilities, except as rule 3745-54-01 of the Administrative Code provides otherwise.(2) Paragraphs (A) and (B) of rule 3745-54-71 and rules 3…

(A) (1) If a facility receives hazardous waste accompanied by a manifest, the owner or operator or the owner's or operator's agent shall sign and date the manifest, as indicated in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule to certify that the hazardous waste covered by the manifest was recei…

(A) Manifest discrepancies are:(1) Significant differences [as described in paragraph (B) of this rule] between the quantity or type of hazardous waste designated on the manifest or shipping paper, and the quantity and type of hazardous waste a facility actually receives;(2) Reje…

(A) The owner or operator shall keep a written operating record at the facility.(B) The following information shall be recorded, as the information becomes available, and maintained in the operating record for three years, unless noted as follows:(1) A description and the quantit…

(A) All records, including plans, required under Chapters 3745-54 to 3745-57 and 3745-205 of the Administrative Code must be furnished upon request to, and made available at all reasonable times for inspection by, any employee or representative of Ohio EPA who is duly designated …

The owner or operator shall complete and submit to the director the biennial report, on the forms supplied by the director, by March first of the following even numbered year, and shall cover activities during the previous year. Last updated June 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM Authorized By…

(A) If a facility accepts for treatment, storage, or disposal any hazardous waste from an off-site source without an accompanying manifest, or without an accompanying shipping paper as described by paragraph (E) of rule 3745-53-20 of the Administrative Code, and if the waste is n…

In addition to submitting the biennial report and unmanifested waste report described in rules 3745-54-75 and 3745-54-76 of the Administrative Code, the owner or operator also shall report to the director:(A) Releases, fires, and explosions as specified in paragraph (I) of rule 3…

(A) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (B) of this rule, rules 3745-54-90 to 3745-54-101 of the Administrative Code apply to owners or operators of facilities that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste. The owner or operator must satisfy the requirements identified in para…

(A) Owners or operators subject to rules 3745-54-90 to 3745-54-101 of the Administrative Code must conduct a monitoring and response program as follows:(1) Whenever hazardous constituents under rule 3745-54-93 of the Administrative Code from a regulated unit are detected at the c…

h 119. PDF: The owner or operator must comply with conditions specified in the facility permit that are designed to ensure that hazardous constituents under rule 3745-54-93 of the Administrative Code detected in the ground water from a regulated unit do not exceed the concentrati…

(A) The director will specify in the facility permit the hazardous constituents to which the ground water protection standard of rule 3745-54-92 of the Administrative Code applies. Hazardous constituents are constituents identified in the appendix to rule 3745-51-11 of the Admini…

(A) The facility permit shall specify the concentration limits in the groundwater for hazardous constituents established under rule 3745-54-93 of the Administrative Code. The concentration of a hazardous constituent:(1) Shall not exceed the background level of that constituent in…

h 119. PDF: (A) The permit will specify the point of compliance at which the ground water protection standard of rule 3745-54-92 of the Administrative Code applies and at which monitoring must be conducted. The "point of compliance" is a vertical surface located at the hydraulica…