Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Chapter 3745-25 - Emergency Episode Standards
Section 3745-25-05 - Air pollution emergency orders
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3745-25-05
Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) The following orders may be issued by the director upon the director's declaration that an air pollution episode exists for any air contaminants for which air quality standards have been adopted:
(1) Air "Alert."
(a) Any one or combination of air
contaminants: Any person responsible for the operation of a source of air
contamination as set forth in paragraph (A) of rule
3745-25-04 of the Administrative
Code shall take all air pollution "Alert" actions as required for such source
of air contamination, and put into effect, the emission control action programs for
an air pollution "Alert".
(b)
Suspended PM10.
(i) There shall be no open
burning by any persons of tree waste, vegetation, refuse, or debris in any
form.
(ii) The use of incinerators
for the disposal of any form of solid waste will be limited to the hours
between twelve p.m. and four p.m.
(iii) Persons operating fuel-burning
equipment which requires boiler lancing or soot blowing shall perform such
operations only between twelve p.m. and four p.m.
(c) Nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide,
hydrocarbons and photo-chemical oxidants measured as ozone.
(i) There shall be no open burning by any
persons of tree waste, vegetation, refuse, or debris in any form.
(ii) The use of incinerators for the disposal
of any form of solid waste will be limited to the hours between twelve p.m. and
four p.m.
(iii) Persons operating
motor vehicles shall be strongly encouraged to eliminate the unnecessary use of
automobiles, motorcycles, light-duty trucks and vans, and recreational
vehicles.
(2)
Air pollution "Warning."
(a) Any one or
combination of air contaminants: Any person responsible for the operation of a
source of air contamination as set forth in paragraph (A) of rule
3745-25-04 of the Administrative
Code shall take all air pollution "Warning" actions as required for such source
of air contamination, and put into effect, the emission control action programs for
an air pollution "Warning."
(b)
Suspended PM10.
(i) There shall be no open
burning by any persons of tree waste, vegetation, refuse, or debris in any
form.
(ii) The use of incinerators
for the disposal of any form of solid waste or liquid waste shall be
prohibited.
(iii) Persons operating
fuel-burning equipment which requires boiler lancing or soot blowing shall
perform such operations only between the hours of twelve p.m. and four
p.m.
(c) Nitrogen
oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and photo-chemical oxidants measured as
ozone.
(i) There shall be no open burning by
any persons of tree waste, vegetation, refuse, or debris in any form.
(ii) The use of incinerators for the disposal
of any form of solid waste or liquid waste shall be prohibited.
(iii) Persons operating motor vehicles shall
be strongly encouraged to eliminate the unnecessary use of automobiles,
motorcycles, light-duty trucks and vans, and recreational vehicles. Citizens
who travel to and from work between the hours of six a.m. and six p.m. are
urged to car-pool or utilize public transportation.
(iv) For carbon monoxide "Warnings," persons
operating motor vehicles shall be encouraged to avoid the air pollution
"Warning" area.
(3) Air pollution "Emergency."
(a) Any one or a combination of contaminants.
(i) Any person responsible for the operation
of a source of air contamination as described in paragraph (A) of rule
3745-25-04 of the Administrative
Code shall take all air pollution "Emergency" actions as listed as required for
such source of air contamination, and put into effect the emission control action programs for
an air pollution "Emergency".
(ii)
All manufacturing establishments except those included in paragraph
(A)(3)(a)(i) of this rule shall institute such action as will result in maximum
reduction or air contaminants from their operations by ceasing, curtailing, or
postponing operations which emit air contaminants to the extent possible
without causing injury to persons or damage to equipment.
(iii) All of the following places of
employment shall immediately cease operations:
(a) Mining and quarrying of non-metallic
minerals.
(b) All contract
construction work except that which must proceed to avoid physical
harm.
(c) Wholesale trade
establishments, including places of business primarily engaged in selling
merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional or
professional users, or to other wholesalers, or acting as agents in buying
merchandise for or selling merchandise to such persons or companies.
(d) All offices of local, county, and state
government including authorities, joint meetings, and other public bodies;
except to the extent that such offices must continue to operate in order to
enforce the requirements of this order pursuant to statute.
(e) All retail trade establishments except
pharmacies and stores primarily engaged in the sale of food.
(f) Banks; credit agencies other than banks;
securities and commodities brokers, dealers, exchanges and services; offices of
insurance carriers, agents and brokers; real estate offices.
(g) Wholesale and retail laundries; laundry
services and cleaning and dyeing establishments; photographic studios; beauty
shops, barber shops, shoe repair shops.
(h) Advertising offices; consumer credit
reporting, adjustment and collection agencies; duplicating, addressing,
blueprinting; photocopying, mailing, mailing list and stenographic services;
equipment rental services; commercial testing laboratories.
(i) Automobile repair, automobile services,
garages.
(j) Establishments
rendering amusement and recreation services including motion picture
theatres.
(k) Elementary and
secondary schools, colleges, universities, professional schools, junior
colleges, vocational schools, and public and private libraries.
(iv) There shall be no open
burning by any person of tree waste, vegetation, refuse, or debris in any
form.
(v) The use of incinerators
for the disposal of any form of solid or liquid waste shall be
prohibited.
(vi) The use of motor
vehicles; including, but not limited to automobiles, motorcycles, light-duty
trucks and vans, and recreational vehicles; shall be prohibited except in
emergencies with the approval of local or state police.
(B) When the director determines that an air pollution episode condition exists at one or more monitoring sites solely because of emissions from a limited number of sources, the director may order such source or sources to put into effect the emission control action programs which are applicable for each episode stage.
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