Ohio Administrative Code
Title 1501 - Department of Natural Resources - Administration and Director
Chapter 1501-2 - Water Diversion
Section 1501-2-06 - Criteria for permit review
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 1501-2-06
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) No application for a water diversion permit shall be granted if the director determines any of the following to be true:
(1) During the expected life of the
diversion, some or all of the water to be diverted will be needed for use
within the basin.
(2) The proposed
diversion will endanger the public health, safety and welfare.
(3) The applicant has not demonstrated that
the proposed diversion is a reasonable and beneficial use and is necessary to
serve the applicant's present and future needs;
(4) The applicant has not demonstrated that
reasonable efforts have been made to develop and conserve water resources in
the importing basin and that further development of those resources would
engender overriding, adverse economic, social, or environmental impacts;
(5) The proposed diversion is
inconsistent with regional or state water resources plans;
(6) The proposed diversion, alone or in
combination with other diversions and water losses, will have a significant
adverse impact on in-stream uses or on economic or ecologic aspects of water
levels.
(B) If at any time the director discovers material discrepancies in an application due to invalid or untrue information, he may suspend, revoke or deny any permit issued under it.
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