Ohio Administrative Code

(A) Record retention and availability. The owner or operator shall do the following:(1) Maintain records specified in this rule for a period of at least three years.(2) Have records available for inspection by the approved health district or Ohio EPA during normal operating hours…

Compost produced at class IV composting facilities in accordance with this chapter is considered a compost product acceptable for distribution for use in accordance with accepted agricultural, silvicultural, or horticultural practices, regardless of the extent of biological decom…

(A) The owner or operator of a composting facility shall perform closure as specified in this rule if any of the following occur:(1) The composting facility ceases to be an active composting facility.(2) The owner or operator fails to provide a notice of intent to continue the co…

Rules 3745-57-02 to 3745-57-17 of the Administrative Code apply to owners or operators of facilities that dispose of hazardous waste in landfills, except as rule 3745-54-01 of the Administrative Code provides otherwise. Authorized By: 3734.12 Amplifies: 3734.12 Five Year Review D…

(A) Any landfill that is not covered by paragraph (C) of this rule or paragraph (A) of rule 3745-68-05 of the Administrative Code must have a liner system for all portions of the landfill (except for existing portions of such landfill). The liner system must have:(1) A liner that…

(A) The director will approve an action leakage rate for landfill units subject to paragraph (C) or (D) of rule 3745-57-03 of the Administrative Code. The action leakage rate is the maximum design flow rate that the leak detection system can remove without the fluid head on the b…

(A) During construction or installation, liners [except in the case of existing portions of landfills exempt from paragraph (A) of rule 3745-57-03 of the Administrative Code] and cover systems (e.g., membranes, sheets, or coatings) must be inspected for uniformity, damage, and im…

(A) The owner or operator of landfill units subject to paragraph (C) or (D) of rule 3745-57-03 of the Administrative Code must have an approved response action plan before receipt of waste. The response action plan must set forth the actions to be taken if the action leakage rate…

h 119. PDF: The owner or operator of a landfill must maintain the following items in the operating record required under rule 3745-54-73 of the Administrative Code:(A) On a map, the exact location and dimensions, including depth, of each cell with respect to permanently surveyed …

(A) At final closure of the landfill or upon closure of any cell, the owner or operator must cover the landfill or cell with a final cover designed and constructed to:(1) Provide long-term minimization of migration of liquids through the closed landfill; and(2) Function with mini…

DF: (A) Except as provided in paragraph (B) of this rule, and in rule 3745-57-16 of the Administrative Code, ignitable or reactive waste shall not be placed in a landfill, unless the waste and landfill meet all applicable requirements of Chapter 3745-270 of the Administrative Cod…

h 119. PDF: Incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and materials, must not be placed in the same landfill cell, unless paragraph (B) of rule 3745-54-17 of the Administrative Code is complied with. Last updated September 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM Authorized By: – Amplifies: – Five …

(A) The placement of bulk or non-containerized liquid hazardous waste or hazardous waste containing free liquids (whether or not sorbents have been added) in any landfill is prohibited.(B) To demonstrate the absence or presence of free liquids in either a containerized or a bulk …

h 119. PDF: Unless they are very small, such as an ampule, containers must be either:(A) At least ninety per cent full when placed in the landfill; or(B) Crushed, shredded, or similarly reduced in volume to the maximum practical extent before burial in the landfill. Last updated …

DF: Small containers of hazardous waste in overpacked drums (lab packs) may be placed in a landfill if the following requirements are met:(A) Hazardous waste shall be packaged in non-leaking inside containers. The inside containers shall be of a design and constructed of a materi…

(A) Hazardous wastes F020, F021, F022, F023, F026, and F027 shall not be placed in a landfill unless the owner or operator operates the landfill in accordance with a management plan for these wastes that is approved by the director pursuant to paragraphs (A) to (A)(4) of this rul…

(A) Rules 3745-57-40 to 3745-57-51 of the Administrative Code apply to owners and operators of hazardous waste "incinerators" (as defined in rule 3745-50-10 of the Administrative Code), except as rule 3745-54-01 of the Administrative Code provides otherwise.(B) Integration of the…

(A) As a portion of a trial burn plan required by rule 3745-50-62 of the Administrative Code or with "Part B" of the permit application, the owner or operator must have included an analysis of the waste feed sufficient to provide all information required by paragraphs (C)(7) to (…

(A) Principal organic hazardous constituents (POHCs) in the waste feed must be treated to the extent required by the performance standard of rule 3745-57-43 of the Administrative Code.(B) One or more POHCs will be specified in the facility's permit, from among those constituents …

An incinerator burning hazardous waste shall be designed, constructed, and maintained so that, when operated in accordance with operating requirements specified under rule 3745-57-45 of the Administrative Code, the incinerator meets the following performance standards:(A) (1) Exc…

(A) The owner or operator of a hazardous waste incinerator may burn only wastes specified in his permit and only under operating conditions specified for those wastes under rule 3745-57-45 of the Administrative Code, except:(1) In approved trial burns under rule 3745-50-62 of the…

h 119. PDF: (A) An incinerator must be operated in accordance with operating requirements specified in the permit. These will be specified on a case-by-case basis as those demonstrated (in a trial burn or in alternative data as specified in paragraph (B) of rule 3745-57-44 of the…

(A) The owner or operator must conduct, as a minimum, the following monitoring while incinerating hazardous waste:(1) Combustion temperature, waste feed rate, and the indicator of combustion gas velocity specified in the facility permit must be monitored on a continuous basis.(2)…

h 119. PDF: At closure the owner or operator must remove all hazardous waste and hazardous waste residues (including, but not limited to, ash, scrubber waters, and scrubber sludges) from the incinerator site.[Comment: At closure, as throughout the operating period, unless the own…

(A) Except as provided in paragraph (B) of this rule, CAMUs are subject to the requirements of rule 3745-57-72 of the Administrative Code.(B) CAMUs that were approved before April 22, 2002, or for which substantially complete applications (or equivalents) were submitted to the Oh…

(A) To implement remedies under rule 3745-54-101 of the Administrative Code or RCRA Section 3008(h), or to implement remedies at a permitted facility that is not subject to rule 3745-54-101 of the Administrative Code, the director may designate an area at the facility as a correc…

(A) To implement remedies under rule 3745-54-101 of the Administrative Code or Section 3008(h) of RCRA, or to implement remedies at a permitted facility that is not subject to rule 3745-54-101 of the Administrative Code, the director may designate an area at the facility as a cor…

(A) For temporary tanks and container storage areas used to treat or store hazardous remediation wastes during remedial activities required under rule 3745-54-101 of the Administrative Code, section 3734.20 of the Revised Code, or Section 3008(h) of RCRA, or at a permitted facili…

(A) A staging pile is an accumulation of solid, non-flowing "remediation waste" (as defined in rule 3745-50-10 of the Administrative Code) that is not a containment building and is used only during remedial operations for temporary storage at a facility. A staging pile shall be l…

(A) The director may approve placement of corrective action management unit (CAMU)-eligible wastes in hazardous waste landfills not located at the site from which the waste originated, without the wastes meeting the requirements of Chapter 3745-270 of the Administrative Code, if …

DF: (A) The requirements of rules 3745-57-80 to 3745-57-85 of the Administrative Code apply to owners and operators of facilities that use new or existing drip pads to convey treated wood drippage, precipitation, and/or surface water run-off to an associated collection system. Ex…

(A) For each existing drip pad as identified in rule 3745-57-80 of the Administrative Code, the owner or operator must evaluate the drip pad and determine whether it meets all of the requirements of rules 3745-57-80 to 3745-57-85 of the Administrative Code, except the requirement…

DF: Owners and operators of new drip pads shall ensure that the pads are designed, installed, and operated in accordance with one of the following:(A) All of the requirements of rule 3745-57-83 [except paragraph (A)(4) of rule 3745-57-83], rule 3745-57-84, and rule 3745-57-85 of …

(A) Drip pads shall:(1) Be constructed of non-earthen materials, excluding wood and non-structurally supported asphalt;(2) Be sloped to free-drain treated wood drippage, rain and other waters, or solutions of drippage and water or other wastes to the associated collection system;…

(A) During construction or installation, liners and cover systems (e.g., membranes, sheets, or coatings) must be inspected for uniformity, damage and imperfections (e.g., holes, cracks, thin spots, or foreign materials). Immediately after construction or installation, liners must…

DF: (A) At closure, the owner or operator shall remove or decontaminate all waste residues, contaminated containment system components (pad, liners, etc.), contaminated subsoils, and structures and equipment contaminated with waste and leakage, and manage them as hazardous waste.…

Rules 3745-57-90 to 3745-57-93 of the Administrative Code apply to owners or operators of facilities that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste in miscellaneous units, except as rule 3745-54-01 of the Administrative Code provides otherwise. Authorized By: 3734.12 Amplifies:…

A miscellaneous unit shall be located, designed, constructed, operated, maintained, and closed in a manner that will ensure protection of human health and the environment. Permits for miscellaneous units are to contain such terms and provisions as necessary to protect human healt…

Monitoring, testing, analytical data, inspections, response, and reporting procedures and frequencies must ensure compliance with rules 3745-54-15, 3745-54-33, 3745-54-75, 3745-54-76, 3745-54-77, 3745-54-101, and 3745-57-91 of the Administrative Code as well as meet any additiona…

h 119. PDF: A miscellaneous unit that is a disposal unit must be maintained in a manner that complies with rule 3745-57-91 of the Administrative Code during the post-closure care period. In addition, if a treatment or storage unit has contaminated soils or ground water that canno…

(A) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (E) of this rule, this chapter is applicable to any person who does any of the following:(1) Generates infectious waste.(2) Stores infectious waste.(3) Treats infectious waste.(4) Establishes, owns, or operates an infectious waste tre…

If a term used in this chapter is defined in rule 3745-500-02 of the Administrative Code, the definition of the term used 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) "Alternative…

(A) A generator shall manage infectious waste and mixtures of infectious waste with another waste as follows:(1) For infectious waste that is also a hazardous waste, in accordance with Chapters 3745-50 to 3745-69 of the Administrative Code. No generator of infectious waste may tr…

(A) A small generator of infectious waste shall comply with the following:(1) Handle and store infectious waste in accordance with rule 3745-570-31 of the Administrative Code.(2) Identify and separate infectious waste from other waste at the point of generation.(3) Place sharp in…

(A) A large generator of infectious waste shall comply with the following:(1) Apply for and maintain a valid registration certificate in accordance with rule 3745-570-125 of the Administrative Code.(2) Handle and store infectious waste in accordance with rule 3745-570-31 of the A…

(A) Not later than thirty days after the last day of the month in which fifty pounds or more of infectious waste was generated, a large generator shall submit an application for a registration certificate to Ohio EPA on forms prescribed by the director that at a minimum includes …

(A) The owner or operator of a treatment facility shall ensure that all treated infectious waste leaving the premises is accompanied by a disposal paper legibly completed on forms prescribed by the director, or an alternative form that conforms to this rule, that contains the fol…