Ohio Administrative Code

Explosives or munitions emergencies involving military munitions or explosives are subject to paragraph (I) of rule 3745-52-10, paragraph (E) of rule 3745-53-10, paragraph (G)(8) of rule 3745-54-01, paragraph (C)(11) of rule 3745-65-01, and paragraph (D) of rule 3745-50-45 of the…

(A) Criteria for hazardous waste regulation of waste non-chemical military munitions in storage.(1) Waste military munitions in storage that exhibit a hazardous waste characteristic or are listed as hazardous waste in Chapter 3745-51 of the Administrative Code, are listed or iden…

The treatment and disposal of hazardous waste military munitions are subject to the applicable permitting, procedural, and technical standards in Chapters 3745-50, 3745-51, 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…

Generators and transporters of materials used in a manner that constitutes disposal are subject to the applicable requirements of Chapters 3745-52 and 3745-53 of the Administrative Code and the requirement to notify Ohio EPA or U.S. EPA of regulated waste activity. Authorized By:…

Rules 3745-266-210 to 3745-266-355 of the Administrative Code use the following special definitions:(A) "Agreement State" means a state that has entered into an agreement with the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission (NRC) under Subsection 274(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (A…

Owners or operators of facilities that store recyclable materials that are to be used in a manner that constitutes disposal, but who are not the ultimate users of the materials, are regulated under all applicable provisions of Chapters 3745-50, 3745-54, 3745-55, 3745-65, 3745-66,…

(A) What does a storage and treatment conditional exemption do? The storage and treatment conditional exemption exempts your LLMW from the regulatory definition of hazardous waste in rule 3745-51-03 of the Administrative Code if your waste meets the eligibility criteria in paragr…

(A) Owners or operators of facilities that use recyclable materials in a manner that constitutes disposal are regulated under all applicable provisions of Chapters 3745-50, 3745-54, 3745-55, 3745-56, 3745-65, 3745-66, 3745-67, and 3745-270, and rules 3745-57-02 to 3745-57-17 and …

What waste treatment does the storage and treatment conditional exemption allow? You may treat your LLMW at your facility within a tank or container in accordance with the terms of your NRC or NRC agreement state license. Treatment that cannot be done in a tank or container witho…

(A) How could you lose the conditional exemption for your low level mixed waste (LLMW) and what action shall you take?(1) Your LLMW will automatically lose the storage and treatment conditional exemption if you fail to meet any of the conditions specified in paragraph (C) of rule…

What records must you keep at your facility and for how long?(A) In addition to those records required by your NRC or NRC agreement state license, you must keep records as follows:(1) Your initial notification records, return receipts, reports to us of failure(s) to meet the exem…

(A) When the owner's or operator's low level mixed waste (LLMW) has met the requirements of the owner's or operator's nuclear regulatory commission (NRC) or NRC agreement state license for decay-in-storage and can be disposed of as non-radioactive waste, then the conditional exem…

Permitted storage units used to store only "low level mixed waste" (LLMW), as defined in rule 3745-266-210 of the Administrative Code, prior to December 7, 2004 and after that date store only LLMW which becomes exempt under rules 3745-266-210 to 3745-266-355 of the Administrative…

What does the transportation and disposal conditional exemption do? This conditional exemption exempts your waste from the regulatory definition of hazardous waste in rule 3745-51-03 of the Administrative Code if your waste meets the eligibility criteria under rule 3745-266-310 o…

What wastes are eligible for the transportation and disposal conditional exemption? Eligible waste must be:(A) A LLMW that meets the waste acceptance criteria of a LLW disposal facility; and/or(B) An eligible NARM. Authorized By: 3734.12 Amplifies: 3734.12 Five Year Review Date:

(A) What are the conditions you must meet for your waste to qualify for and maintain the transportation and disposal conditional exemption? You must meet the following conditions for your eligible waste to qualify for and maintain the exemption:(1) The eligible waste must meet or…

Who must you notify?(A) You must provide a one time notice to us stating that you are claiming the transportation and disposal conditional exemption prior to the initial shipment of an exempted waste from your facility to a LLW disposal facility. Your dated written notice must in…

What records must you keep at your facility and for how long? In addition to those records required by your NRC or NRC agreement state license, you must keep records as follows:(A) You must follow the applicable existing recordkeeping requirements under rules 3745-54-73, 3745-65-…

(A) How could you lose the transportation and disposal conditional exemption for your waste and what actions must you take?(1) Any waste will automatically lose the transportation and disposal exemption if you fail to manage it in accordance with all of the conditions specified i…

The following definitions apply to rules 3745-266-500 to 3745-266-510 of the Administrative Code.(A) "Evaluated hazardous waste pharmaceutical" means a prescription hazardous waste pharmaceutical that has been evaluated by a reverse distributor in accordance with paragraph (A)(3)…

(A) A healthcare facility that is a very small quantity generator when counting all of the generator's hazardous waste, including the generator's hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and the generator's non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste, remains subject to rule 3745-52-14 of the Admi…

(A) Notification and withdrawal from rules 3745-266-500 to 3745-266-510 of the Administrative Code for healthcare facilities managing hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.(1) Notification. A healthcare facility shall notify Ohio EPA, using Ohio EPA form EPA 9029, that the facility is …

(A) Hazardous waste determination for potentially creditable pharmaceuticals. A healthcare facility that generates a waste that is a potentially creditable pharmaceutical shall determine whether the potentially creditable pharmaceutical is a potentially creditable hazardous waste…

(A) Potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. A healthcare facility that is a very small quantity generator for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste may send the healthcare facility's potentially creditable hazardous waste phar…

All healthcare facilities, including very small quantity generators operating in accordance with rule 3745-52-14 of the Administrative Code in lieu of rules 3745-266-500 to 3745-266-510 of the Administrative Code, and reverse distributors are prohibited from discharging hazardous…

(A) Conditional exemptions. Provided the conditions of paragraph (B) of this rule are met, the following are exempt from 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, 3745-270, and 3745-273 of the Adminis…

(A) Stock, dispensing, and unit-dose containers. A stock bottle, dispensing bottle, vial, or ampule (not to exceed one liter or ten-thousand pills); or a unit-dose container (e.g., a unit-dose packet, cup, wrapper, blister pack, or delivery device) is considered empty and the res…

(A) Shipping non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals or evaluated hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. A healthcare facility shall ship non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and a reverse distributor shall ship evaluated hazardous waste pharmaceuticals off-site to a d…

(A) Shipping potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. A healthcare facility or a reverse distributor who transports or offers for transport potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals off-site to a reverse distributor shall comply with all applicable U.S…

A reverse distributor may accept potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals from off-site and accumulate potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals or evaluated hazardous waste pharmaceuticals on-site without an Ohio hazardous waste permit or without havin…

(A) The purpose of rules 3745-266-600 to 3745-266-602 of the Administrative Code is to reduce emissions of ignitable spent refrigerants to the lowest achievable level by maximizing the recovery and safe recycling for reuse of such refrigerants during the service, repair, and disp…

For the purposes of rules 3745-266-600 to 3745-266-602 of the Administrative Code, the following terms have these meanings:(A) "Ignitable spent refrigerant" is a used refrigerant that cannot be reused without first being processed, and that exhibits the hazardous characteristic o…

(A) Persons who do any of the following: recover (i.e. remove from an appliance and store in an external container) ignitable spent refrigerants, recycle ignitable spent refrigerants for reuse either in equipment owned by the same owner or in compliance with motor vehicle air con…

(A) This rule applies to recyclable materials that are reclaimed to recover economically significant amounts of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, ruthenium, or any combination of these.(B) Persons who generate, transport, or store recyclable materials t…

(A) If an owner or operator generates, collects, transports, stores, or regenerates lead-acid batteries for reclamation purposes, the owner or operator may be exempt from certain hazardous waste management requirements. Use the table in this paragraph to determine which requireme…

(A) Purpose, scope, and applicability.(1) The purpose of Chapter 3745-267 of the Administrative Code is to establish minimum standards which define the acceptable management of hazardous waste under a standardized permit pursuant to rules 3745-50-250 to 3745-50-320 of the Adminis…

(A) Applicability- general facility standards for standardized permitting. Rules 3745-267-10 to 3745-267-18 of the Administrative Code apply to owners or operators of facilities that treat or store hazardous waste under a standardized permit pursuant to rules 3745-50-250 to 3745-…

(A) Applicability. This rule applies to owners or operators of facilities that treat or store hazardous waste under a standardized permit pursuant to rules 3745-50-250 to 3745-50-320 of the Administrative Code, except as provided in paragraph (B) of rule 3745-267-01 of the Admini…

(A) Before an owner or operator treats or stores any hazardous waste, the owner or operator shall obtain a detailed chemical and physical analysis of a representative sample of the wastes. At a minimum, the analysis shall contain all the information needed to treat or store the w…

(A) Owners or operators shall prevent, and minimize the possibility for, livestock and unauthorized people entering the active portion of the facility.(B) The facility shall have:(1) A twenty-four hour surveillance system (for example, television monitoring or surveillance by gua…

(A) Rules 3745-267-140 to 3745-267-151 of the Administrative Code apply to owners and operators who treat or store hazardous waste under a standardized permit pursuant to rules 3745-50-250 to 3745-50-320 of the Administrative Code, except as provided in paragraph (A)(2) of rule 3…

When used in rules 3745-267-140 to 3745-267-151 of the Administrative Code, the terms in this rule have the following meanings:(A) "Closure plan" means the plan for closure prepared in accordance with paragraph (C) of rule 3745-267-110 of the Administrative Code.(B) "Current clos…

(A) The owner or operator shall have at the facility a detailed written estimate, in current dollars, of the cost of closing the facility in accordance with the requirements in paragraphs (B) to (E) of rule 3745-267-110 of the Administrative Code and applicable closure requiremen…

The owner or operator shall establish financial assurance for closure of each storage or treatment unit. In establishing financial assurance for closure, the owner or operator shall choose from the financial assurance mechanisms in paragraphs (A) to (G) of this rule. The owner or…

(A) Coverage for sudden accidental occurrences. An owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment or storage facility, or a group of such facilities, shall demonstrate financial responsibility for bodily injury and property damage to third parties caused by sudden accidental oc…

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

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