Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The permit may, when appropriate, specify
a schedule of compliance leading to compliance with Chapter 3734. of the
Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder.
(1) Time for compliance. Any schedule of
compliance under this rule shall require compliance as soon as
possible.
(2) Interim dates. Except
as provided in paragraph (B)(1)(b) of this rule, if a permit establishes a
schedule of compliance which exceeds one year from the date of permit issuance,
the schedule shall provide interim requirements and the dates for their
achievement.
(a) The time between interim
dates shall not exceed one year.
(b) If the time necessary for completion of
any interim requirement is more than one year and is not readily divisible into
stages for completion, the permit shall specify interim dates for the submittal
of reports of progress toward completion of the interim requirements and
indicate a projected completion date.
(3) Reporting.
The permit
shall be written to require that no later than fourteen days following each
interim date and the final date of compliance, the permittee shall notify the
director in writing of
the
permittee's compliance or noncompliance with the interim or final
requirements.
(B)
Alternate schedules of compliance. A permit applicant
or permittee may cease conducting regulated activities (by receiving a
terminal volume of hazardous waste and, for treatment and storage
hazardous waste management facilities, closing
pursuant to applicable requirements, and, for disposal hazardous waste management facilities, closing and
conducting post-closure care pursuant to applicable requirements) rather than
continue to operate and meet permit requirements as follows:
(1) If the permittee decides to cease
conducting regulated activities at a given time within the term of a permit
which has already been issued, either:
(a) The
permit may be modified to
contain a new or additional schedule leading to timely cessation of
activities.
(b) The
permittee shall cease conducting permitted activities before noncompliance with
any interim or final compliance schedule requirement already specified in the
permit.
(2) If the
decision to cease conducting regulated activities is made before issuance of a
permit the term of which will
include the termination date, the permit shall contain a schedule leading to
termination which will ensure timely compliance with applicable
requirements.
(3) If the permittee
is undecided whether to cease conducting regulated activities, the permit may
be issued or modified to contain two schedules as follows:
(a) Both schedules shall contain an identical
interim deadline requiring a final decision on whether to cease conducting
regulated activities no later than a date which ensures sufficient time to
comply with applicable requirements in a timely manner if the decision is to
continue conducting regulated activities.
(b) One schedule shall lead to timely
compliance with applicable requirements.
(c) The second schedule shall lead to
cessation of regulated activities by a date which will ensure timely compliance
with applicable requirements.
(d) Each
permit containing two schedules shall include a requirement that after the
permittee has made a final decision under paragraph (B)(3)(a) of this rule,
the permittee shall follow the schedule leading to
compliance if the decision is to continue conducting regulated activities, and
shall follow the schedule leading to termination
if the decision is to cease conducting regulated activities.
(4) The applicant's or permittee's decision to cease
conducting regulated activities shall be evidenced by a firm public commitment
satisfactory to the director, such as resolution of the board of directors of a
corporation.