Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) In accordance with
Chapter 3745-40 of the Administrative Code, the director
may take any of the following actions:
(1)
Pursue enforcement action against
any person who is in non-compliance with this chapter.
(2)
Deny any NPDES permit or
biosolids management plan application not in
compliance with this chapter and require the submittal of a new NPDES permit or
biosolids management plan application, including
all applicable fees to the Ohio environmental protection agency within thirty
days.
(3)
Specify in an NPDES permit or biosolids management plan, any terms and conditions,
including schedules of compliance, necessary to achieve compliance with this
chapter.
(4)
Specify in NPDES permits or biosolids management plan, any terms and conditions
that are more stringent than the requirements in this chapter when the director
has determined that such are necessary to protect public health or the
environment.
(5)
Revoke any NPDES permit or biosolids management plan approved in accordance with
this chapter.
(6)
Require any person treating, storing, transferring or
disposing of sewage sludge or biosolids that have resulted in a nuisance odor
to take measures to eliminate the nuisance odor.
(7)
Modify a site
authorization to include additional requirements.
(8)
Require any person who beneficially uses biosolids
that have resulted in a nuisance odor to cease beneficial use.
(9)
Modify any NPDES permit or biosolids management plan.
(10)
Deny
a beneficial use site authorization request.
(11)
De-authorize any beneficial use site
for repeated nuisance odors or violations of this
chapter or to protect human health or safety or the environment.
(12) To ensure the
protection of human health or the environment, require sampling and monitoring for additional
pollutants beyond the requirements in this chapter.
(B)
Discharge
notification requirements. The permittee shall notify the Ohio environmental
protection agency by calling 1-800-282-9378 as soon as possible, but no later
than twenty-four hours following the first discovery by the permittee
that sewage sludge or
biosolids have entered
waters of the state. Within fourteen days after the sewage sludge or biosolids
are discharged into waters of the state, the permittee shall submit a report to
the director or an authorized representative that includes
all of the following:
(1) The reason for the
discharge.
(2) The
location of the discharge to surface waters of the state.
(3) An estimate of the quantity and duration
of the discharge to surface waters of the state.
(4) If applicable, records of the quantity
and duration of any precipitation leading to the event.
(5) Measures taken to clean up and eliminate
the discharge and prevent another occurrence of the discharge.
(C)
Spill
notification requirements. The permittee shall notify the appropriate Ohio
environmental protection agency district office as soon as possible, but no
later than twenty-four hours following the first discovery by the permittee
that sewage sludge or biosolids have spilled. Within fourteen days after the
sewage sludge or biosolids are spilled, the permittee shall submit a report to
the director or an authorized representative that includes at least all of the
following:
(1)
The reason for the spill.
(2)
The location of
the spill.
(3)
An estimate of the quantity and duration of the
spill.
(4)
If applicable, records of the quantity and duration of
any precipitation leading to the event.
(5)
Measures taken to
clean up and eliminate the spill and prevent another occurrence of the
spill.