Ohio Administrative Code

(A) For the purposes of this rule, the following definitions apply:(1) "Treatment cycle" means the combination of the minimum time, temperature, and pressure necessary to achieve the performance standard for treatment. Treatment cycle does not include the time needed to bring the…

(A) Methodology. An owner or operator, small generator, or large generator treating cultures consisting of liquid culture media or of solid agar media with only surface growth using a sodium hypochlorite solution shall employ the following methods, techniques, and practices when …

(A) For the purposes of this rule, "treatment cycle" means the combination of the minimum time and minimum ozone concentration necessary for the ozone treatment unit to achieve the performance standard for treatment. Treatment cycle does not include the time needed to bring the u…

(A) An applicant requesting approval of an alternative infectious waste treatment technology shall submit the following to Ohio EPA prior to using the alternative treatment technology to treat infectious waste:(1) A complete application describing the alternative infectious waste…

(A) Approval criteria. The director may approve an application for an alternative infectious waste treatment technology only if the director determines the following:(1) The applicant complies with paragraph (A) of rule 3745-570-210 of the Administrative Code.(2) The use of the a…

(A) An applicant for an alternative infectious waste treatment technology approval shall ensure that the efficacy testing protocol is designed to evaluate whether the alternative treatment technology used by the treatment unit is capable of achieving the performance standard for …

(A) Any person with an approval for an alternative infectious waste treatment technology that was issued prior to the effective date of this rule who wishes to continue to treat infectious waste as authorized by that approval shall submit to Ohio EPA, not later than one hundred e…

(A) No person shall establish a new infectious waste treatment facility or modify an existing infectious waste treatment facility without first obtaining both a permit to install from the director in accordance with this chapter and a license issued by the licensing authority in …

(A) A person proposing to establish or modify an infectious waste treatment facility, including a solid waste incinerator that also treats infectious waste, shall submit a permit to install application and any subsequent revisions to the director and the approved health district …

(A) When acting on a permit to install, the director shall follow the appropriate procedures set forth in rule 3745-500-120 of the Administrative Code.(B) Notwithstanding any deficiency, an application for a permit to install may be considered and acted upon if sufficient informa…

(A) The owner or operator shall comply with this rule as follows:(1) For an owner or operator that is excepted from obtaining a permit and license pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 3745-501 of the Administrative Code, paragraphs (C)(1), (C)(4), (C)(5), and (D) of this rule.(2)…

(A) Any person handling infectious waste or containers utilized for the handling or storage of infectious waste shall manage the waste and containers in a manner that ensures the following:(1) The integrity of all containers is maintained.(2) Infectious waste neither escapes nor …

(A) Except as provided in paragraph (D) of this rule, rules 3745-580-01 to 3745-580-99 of the Administrative Code are applicable to any person who possesses, generates, stores, transports, disposes, or beneficially uses scrap tires, and any person who establishes, owns, or operat…

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) "Administrative change" means…

(A) Unless otherwise excluded by rule 3745-580-105 of the Administrative Code, no person generating, storing, or possessing scrap tires shall cause or allow more than ten scrap tires to be transported by any person who is not registered as a scrap tire transporter. All scrap tire…

Any person storing, possessing, or processing more than one hundred scrap tires that is excluded from the registration or permitting requirements specified in rule 3745-580-04 of the Administrative Code shall not store the scrap tires in a manner that causes a nuisance or hazard …

(A) Scrap tire shipments shall be documented on shipping papers completed by each generator or transporter subject to the registration requirements of rule 3745-580-101 of the Administrative Code and the recipient of the scrap tires. A copy of the shipping papers shall accompany …

(A) Unless excluded by paragraph (B) of this rule or otherwise authorized by the director, a person storing scrap tires is subject to the specifications contained in paragraph (C) of this rule if the person is either of the following:(1) An owner or operator of a licensed, permit…

The director may require any person storing, generating, or in possession of scrap tires to conduct soil, ground water, or surface water sampling for the parameters specified in this rule or additional parameters not identified in this rule to protect human health, safety, and th…

Unless otherwise authorized by Ohio EPA, any person generating, storing, or in possession of scrap tires shall comply with the conversion factors established in this rule.General conversions25 lbs1 Passenger Tire Equivalent (PTE)Whole scrap tires1 passenger (car or light truck) t…

Except as specified in rule 3745-580-105 of the Administrative Code, any person proposing to transport more than ten scrap tires in a single load shall register as a scrap tire transporter by submitting an application to the director in accordance with rule 3745-580-101 of the Ad…

(A) Application. An application for a scrap tire transporter registration certificate shall be made on forms prescribed by the director and contain sufficient detail to allow clear understanding for technical review of the application and to provide assurance that the scrap tire …

(A) An application, notwithstanding any deficiency, may be considered and acted upon if sufficient information is contained in the application for the director to determine whether the criteria set forth in this rule are satisfied.(B) Approval. The director shall not approve an a…

(A) Any person who transports more than ten scrap tires in a single load is not subject to the specifications of rule 3745-580-06 or 3745-580-101 of the Administrative Code provided the person meets one of the following:(1) Transports scrap tires for their own use in agriculture …

(A) General standards. A registered scrap tire transporter shall comply with the following:(1) Transport scrap tires only to the following locations:(a) A scrap tire collection, scrap tire storage, scrap tire monocell, scrap tire monofill, or scrap tire recovery facility licensed…

Any person excluded from obtaining a scrap tire transporter registration certificate pursuant to rule 3745-580-105 of the Administrative Code shall comply with the following:(A) Transport scrap tires only to the following locations:(1) A scrap tire collection, scrap tire storage,…

(A) Record retention and availability. A registered scrap tire transporter 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 Ohio EPA or the approved board of health during normal o…

The owner or lessee of a site may dispose of off-the-road construction and mining equipment scrap tires through burial on the site if the scrap tires meet the following:(A) Have a minimum bead width of fourteen inches and a minimum rim or wheel diameter of twenty-four inches.(B) …

(A) A scrap tire transporter shall begin closure activities if any of the following occur:(1) The scrap tire transporter registration certificate expires and the scrap tire transporter does not apply for a renewal of the scrap tire transporter registration certificate.(2) The scr…

(A) Administrative changes.(1) Permit to install.(a) The owner or operator of a scrap tire facility may request an administrative change to a permit to install in accordance with rule 3745-500-360 of the Administrative Code.(b) The director may make an administrative change to a …

(A) Except as specified in rule 3745-580-205 of the Administrative Code, no person shall establish or modify a scrap tire collection facility without first obtaining a registration certificate.(B) Concurrent to submitting an application for a registration certificate pursuant to …

(A) Application. An application for a scrap tire collection facility registration certificate shall contain at a minimum the following on forms prescribed by the director with sufficient detail to allow clear understanding for technical review of the application and to provide as…

(A) An application, notwithstanding any deficiency, may be considered and acted upon if sufficient information is contained in the application for the director to determine whether the criteria set forth in this rule are satisfied.(B) Approval. The director shall not approve an a…

(A) The owner or operator of the following are excluded from the requirement to obtain a registration certificate:(1) A premises where tires are sold at retail where no more than one thousand scrap tires are present at any time in an unsecured, uncovered, outdoor location.[Commen…

(A) The owner or operator of a scrap tire collection facility shall comply with the operational criteria specified in this rule until the scrap tire collection facility is closed and the owner or operator has received concurrence with the closure certification in accordance with …

(A) Record retention and availability. The owner or operator of a scrap tire collection facility 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 board of health or Oh…

For the purposes of this rule, "owner or operator" means the owner or operator of a scrap tire transportation business, the owner or operator of a scrap tire storage facility, the owner or operator of a scrap tire recovery facility, the owner or operator of a mobile scrap tire re…

(A) The owner or operator of a scrap tire collection facility shall conduct closure when any of the following occurs:(1) The owner or operator of the scrap tire collection facility declares in writing to Ohio EPA that the scrap tire collection facility will no longer be accepting…

(A) This rule is applicable to a scrap tire transportation business that is issued a registration certificate pursuant to rule 3745-580-103 of the Administrative Code.(B) General requirements.(1) For the purposes of this rule, "owner or operator" means the owner, operator, regist…

(A) (1) A trust agreement for a trust fund as specified in paragraph (F) of rule 3745-580-23 of the Administrative Code shall 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) If a fire occurs at a location identified on a scrap tire transporter registration or at a scrap tire facility, the registered scrap tire transporter or owner or operator of the scrap tire facility shall immediately do the following:(1) Notify local police and fire agencies.(…

(A) Except as specified in rule 3745-580-305 of the Administrative Code, no person shall establish a scrap tire storage facility without first obtaining one of the following:(1) A permit to install prior to the construction or modification of a class I scrap tire storage facility…

(A) Application.(1) An application for a class I scrap tire storage facility permit to install or class II scrap tire storage facility registration certificate shall contain at a minimum the following on forms prescribed by the director with sufficient detail to allow clear under…

(A) An application, notwithstanding any deficiency, may be considered and acted upon if sufficient information is contained in the application for the director to determine whether the criteria set forth in this rule are satisfied.(B) Approval. The director shall not approve an a…

(A) The owner or operator of the following are excluded from the requirement to obtain a scrap tire storage permit to install or registration certificate:(1) A premises where tires are sold at retail where no more than one thousand scrap tires are present at any time in an unsecu…

(A) Applicability.(1) This rule is applicable to the responsible individual of any property where a fire involving more than one hundred scrap tires has occurred regardless of whether the responsible individual is excluded from compliance with the registration, permitting, or lic…

(A) The owner or operator of a scrap tire storage facility shall comply with the operational criteria specified in this rule until the scrap tire storage facility is closed and the owner or operator of the scrap tire storage facility has received written concurrence with the clos…