Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes
Section 3734.521 | Change in District Composition.

Effective: October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 153 - 120th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section and sections 3734.531 and 3734.57 of the Revised Code, "change in district composition" or "change" includes the withdrawal of a county from a joint solid waste management district, the establishment of a new county or joint district, the joinder of a county to an existing joint district, the union of two or more joint districts, or any combination thereof.
(B) In addition to the requirements under Chapter 343. of the Revised Code, the requirements of this section govern a change in district composition when any of the districts involved are operating under a solid waste management plan or amended plan approved or ordered to be implemented under this section or section 3734.55 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code.
(C) For purposes of preparing the initial and amended solid waste management plans for the county and joint districts resulting from any proposed change in district composition, the solid waste management policy committee for the proposed resulting districts shall consist of the members prescribed in division (B) of section 3734.54 of the Revised Code from each county within the proposed district and shall include an additional public member only when one is required to be appointed under division (C) of section 3734.54 of the Revised Code.
(D) In the case of a proposed establishment of a new joint district, joinder of a county to an existing joint district, or union of existing joint districts that only involves existing county or joint districts that are operating under solid waste management plans or amended plans approved under this section or section 3734.55 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code and that does not involve the withdrawal of a county from an existing joint district, the solid waste management policy committee of the proposed joint district resulting from the change shall do all of the following:
(1) Prepare a draft initial or amended solid waste management plan for the proposed joint district that complies with divisions (A), (B), (D), and (E)(1) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code;
(2) Upon completion of the draft initial or amended plan for the proposed joint district, proceed to adopt and obtain approval of it in accordance with divisions (A), (B), and (C)(1) to (3) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code;
(3) Submit the initial or amended plan for the proposed joint district to the director of environmental protection for approval not earlier than one hundred eighty days and not later than ninety days before the date that one of the existing districts involved in the proposed change is required to submit an amended plan under section 3734.56 of the Revised Code.
If any such proposed joint district fails to submit its plan or amended plan, as appropriate, to the director on or before the date required under division (D)(3) of this section, the proposed change shall not occur, and the director shall proceed in accordance with division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code to prepare an amended plan for each of the existing districts and order the implementation of the amended plans. If the proposed joint district fails to obtain approval of its initial or amended plan, as appropriate, within eighteen months after the date for submission of its initial or amended plan required under division (D)(3) of this section, the director shall proceed in accordance with division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code to prepare a plan or amended plan, as appropriate, for the proposed joint district and to order the implementation of the plan or amended plan.
(E) In the case of a proposed change in district composition that involves an existing district that is operating under a solid waste management plan or amended plan prepared and ordered to be implemented by the director under this section or section 3734.55 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code or that involves the withdrawal of a county from an existing joint district, the solid waste management policy committee of each of the districts resulting from the proposed change, not later than twenty months before one of the existing districts is required to submit an amended solid waste management plan under section 3734.56 of the Revised Code or twenty months before the triennial anniversary of the issuance of the order under division (D) or (F)(1) or (2) of this section or division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code requiring one of the districts involved to implement a plan prepared and ordered to be implemented under any of those divisions, shall submit to the director a preliminary demonstration of the availability of or access to solid waste management facility capacity under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, as appropriate. The preliminary demonstrations of each of the proposed districts shall be submitted to the director at the same time.
As used in divisions (E) and (F) of this section, "preliminary demonstration of capacity" means the certification and demonstration required to be submitted under division (E)(1) of this section or the statement and financial feasibility study required to be submitted under division (E)(2) of this section, as appropriate.
(1) If a proposed district has located within its boundaries one or more solid waste facilities that have sufficient remaining capacity to dispose of all the solid waste generated within its boundaries during the subsequent ten-year period, or if the county or counties proposing to form the district have entered into one or more firm contracts or agreements that in the aggregate provide for the disposal of all the solid wastes generated within the proposed district during the subsequent ten-year period at facilities located outside the district or this state, the solid waste management policy committee of the proposed district shall submit to the director a certification and demonstration by the committee of the availability of or access to sufficient solid waste management facility capacity to provide for the disposal of all the solid wastes generated within the proposed district during that ten-year period.
The director shall approve or disapprove a preliminary demonstration of capacity within sixty days after receiving it. If the director finds that the policy committee has made the demonstration required by division (E)(1) of this section, he shall approve the preliminary demonstration. Otherwise, the director shall disapprove the preliminary demonstration.
(2) If a proposed district does not have sufficient solid waste management facility capacity within its boundaries or access to sufficient capacity by contract or agreement to make the demonstration required by division (E)(1) of this section, the solid waste management policy committee of the proposed district shall submit to the director a statement as to how the proposed district will provide for sufficient solid waste management facility capacity to dispose of all solid wastes generated within its boundaries during the subsequent ten-year period. The statement shall be accompanied by a study of the financial feasibility of the measures proposed in the statement. The statement and financial feasibility study shall contain an inventory of all existing solid waste disposal, transfer, and resource recovery facilities and recycling activities within the proposed district and estimates of the remaining capacity available at each such facility; estimates of the amounts of solid wastes that will be generated within the proposed district during each year of the subsequent ten-year period; an identification of the additional solid waste management facilities and capacity that the proposed district intends to provide to dispose of the estimated amounts of solid wastes; a schedule for implementation of the measures proposed in the statement; if appropriate, estimates of the capital and operating costs of the additional facilities that the district intends to provide and of the rates to be charged to meet those costs; and, if appropriate, rates to be charged to meet the costs of capacity that the district intends to provide by contract or agreement.
The director shall approve or disapprove a statement and financial feasibility study within sixty days after receiving them. The director shall approve a statement and financial feasibility study only if they demonstrate a technically feasible and economically reasonable means of providing for the environmentally sound management of solid wastes generated in the district during the subsequent ten-year period. Otherwise, the director shall disapprove the statement and financial feasibility study.
(3) Upon approving or disapproving a preliminary demonstration of capacity under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, the director shall provide written notice of his decision to the solid waste management policy committee that submitted it. If the director disapproves the preliminary demonstration of any of the proposed districts, the change in district composition shall not occur. The solid waste management policy committee of each of the existing districts operating under a solid waste management plan approved under this section or section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or an amended plan approved under this section or section 3734.56 of the Revised Code then shall proceed to adopt and obtain approval of an amended plan in accordance with division (A) of section 3734.56 of the Revised Code. If any of the existing districts is operating under a plan or an amended plan ordered to be implemented under this section or section 3734.55 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code, the director then shall proceed in accordance with division (B) of section 3734.56 of the Revised Code to prepare an amended plan for each such district and order the implementation of the amended plan. Division (E)(3) of this section does not preclude an existing district that is operating under a plan or amended plan prepared and ordered to be implemented by the director from proceeding under division (C) of section 3734.56 of the Revised Code to prepare and obtain approval of a plan to replace the initial or amended plan prepared by the director.
(4) If the director approves the preliminary demonstration of each of the proposed districts resulting from the change in district composition under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, the solid waste management policy committee of each of the proposed districts shall begin preparing a draft initial solid waste management plan for the district, and the committee of the remaining joint district, if any, shall begin preparing a draft amended plan for the joint district. The initial or amended plan and certification of capacity shall comply with divisions (A), (B), (D), and (E)(1) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code. Upon completion of the draft initial or amended plan for the proposed district, the committee shall proceed to adopt and obtain approval of it in accordance with divisions (A), (B), and (C)(1) to (3) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code. The initial plans of the proposed districts and the amended plan of the remaining joint district, if any, shall be submitted to the director at the same time and shall be submitted not later than twenty months after the proposed districts submitted their preliminary demonstrations of capacity under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section. If any of the proposed districts fails to submit its plan or amended plan to the director on or before the required date, the proposed change shall not occur, and the director then shall proceed in accordance with division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code to prepare an amended plan for each of the existing districts and to order the implementation of the amended plans.
(F) If any of the proposed districts resulting from a change in district composition, or the remaining joint district, if any, that is required to submit a preliminary demonstration of capacity under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section fails to obtain approval of its plan or amended plan within thirty-eight months after the submission of its preliminary demonstration of capacity, the director shall determine what actions are necessary to ensure that each county involved in the proposed change will be included in a district that either will have within its boundaries sufficient solid waste management facility capacity to provide for the disposal of all of the solid wastes generated within its boundaries during the subsequent ten-year period or will have access to sufficient capacity at facilities located outside the district or this state by contract or agreement to dispose of all of the solid wastes generated within the district during that ten-year period. Based upon that determination, the director shall do either of the following, as appropriate:
(1) If the director determines that the solid waste management needs of each of the counties involved can be met if the proposed change were to occur, he shall prepare an initial or amended plan that complies with divisions (A) and (D) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code for each of the proposed or existing districts that failed to obtain approval of its plan or amended plan within thirty-eight months after the districts were required to submit their preliminary demonstrations of capacity under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section. None of the plans or amended plans prepared by the director shall contain any of the provisions required or authorized to be included in plans submitted by districts under division (B), (C), or (E) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code. Upon completion of each such plan or amended plan, the director shall issue an order in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code directing the board of county commissioners or directors of the district for which the plan or amended plan was prepared to implement it in compliance with the implementation schedule contained in it.
(2) If the director determines that the solid waste management needs of each of the counties involved cannot be met if the proposed change in district composition were to occur, he shall make a determination as to how county or joint districts should be formed from among those counties to ensure that each will be included in a district that either will have within its boundaries sufficient solid waste management facility capacity to provide for the disposal of all the solid wastes generated within the district during the subsequent ten-year period or will have access to sufficient capacity at facilities located outside the district or this state by contract or agreement to dispose of all the solid wastes generated within the district during that ten-year period. After making his determination, the director shall prepare an initial or amended solid waste management plan for each of them. If the director determines that any existing district involved in the proposed change should be retained without a modification in its composition, the director shall prepare an amended plan for the district. The director shall prepare an initial or amended plan for each district whose composition would be changed under his determination. Each such plan or amended plan shall comply with divisions (A) and (D) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code. None of the plans or amended plans shall contain any of the provisions required or authorized to be included in plans under division (B), (C), or (E) of that section.
If a plan prepared under this division provides for the establishment of a joint district by two or more counties that had each previously formed a county district, the director, in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code, shall issue an order to the board of county commissioners of each of the counties directing them to enter into an agreement to form a joint district under division (A) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code within thirty days after the issuance of the order. If a plan or amended plan prepared by the director provides for the withdrawal of one or more counties from an existing joint district, the establishment of a new joint district, the joinder of one or more counties to an existing joint district, or the union of two or more existing joint districts, the director, in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code, shall issue appropriate orders to the board of county commissioners of each county or existing county district and to the board of directors of each joint district that will be affected by the plan directing the board of county commissioners or directors, within thirty days after the issuance of the order, to adopt the appropriate resolutions and enter into any necessary agreements under division (B) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code to effect the changes provided for in the plan. The requirements and procedures for approval of the withdrawal from, establishment of, joinder to, or union of districts under section 343.012 of the Revised Code do not apply to changes ordered under division (F)(2) of this section. The other provisions of that section do apply to changes ordered under division (F)(2) of this section.
Any order issued by the director under division (F)(2) of this section also shall require the district to be formed pursuant to the order to implement the plan or amended plan prepared by the director in compliance with the implementation schedule contained in the plan.
(G) No proposed change in district composition shall become final until one of the following has occurred:
(1) The director has approved the solid waste management plan of each newly formed district under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code and the amended plan of the remaining joint district, if any, under section 3734.56 of the Revised Code;
(2) In the case of a joint district subject to division (D) of this section that failed to obtain approval of its plan or amended plan on or before the date required under that division, the director has prepared a plan or amended plan for the district and has issued an order to the district directing it to implement the plan or amended plan prepared by the director;
(3) If the circumstances described in division (F)(1) of this section apply, the director has prepared a plan or amended plan for each of the districts involved that failed to obtain approval of its plan or amended plan on or before the date required under that division and has issued an order to each of them under that division directing the district to implement the plan prepared by the director, and the director has approved the plan or amended plan of each of the other proposed districts;
(4) If the circumstances described in division (F)(2) of this section apply, the director has prepared a plan or amended plan for each of the districts set forth in the determination made under that division and has issued an order under that division directing each of the districts to implement the initial or amended plan prepared for it by the director.
(H) In addition to the requirements of division (G) of this section, if a change in district composition involves the withdrawal of a county from a joint district, it shall not become final until the county ceases to be a part of the joint district from which it is withdrawing pursuant to division (B) of section 343.012 of the Revised Code.

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Ohio Revised Code

Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals

Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes

Section 3734.01 | Solid and Hazardous Waste Definitions.

Section 3734.02 | Rules for Inspection and Licensing of Solid Waste Facilities.

Section 3734.021 | Standards for Generators and Transporters of Infectious Wastes and Owners and Operators of Treatment Facilities.

Section 3734.023 | Off-Site Infectious Waste Treatment Facility Definitions.

Section 3734.024 | Funding for Municipal Corporation or Township for Conducting Environmental Monitoring Programs in Connection With Off-Site Infectious Waste Treatment Facilities.

Section 3734.025 | Return and Remittance of Fees by Owner or Operator.

Section 3734.026 | Procedures for Remitting Fees.

Section 3734.027 | Low-Level Radioactive Waste - Prohibited Activities.

Section 3734.028 | Standards of Quality for Compost Products.

Section 3734.029 | Application to Compost Products Produced by Facility Composting Dead Animals.

Section 3734.03 | Open Burning or Open Dumping.

Section 3734.04 | Inspection - Enforcement.

Section 3734.041 | Explosive Gas Monitoring Plan for Landfill.

Section 3734.042 | Complaint of Presence of Vectors at Scrap Tire Collection, Storage, Monocell, Monofill, or Recovery Facility.

Section 3734.05 | Licensing Requirements.

Section 3734.058 | Limiting Regulations by Local Authorities.

Section 3734.06 | Annual Fee for Solid Waste Facility License - Special Fund - Special Infectious Waste Fund.

Section 3734.061 | Waste Management Fund.

Section 3734.07 | Facilities to Be Inspected - Certification - Right of Entry.

Section 3734.08 | Annual Survey.

Section 3734.09 | Suspension, Revocation, Denial of License.

Section 3734.10 | Injunction.

Section 3734.101 | Civil Action.

Section 3734.11 | Prohibited Acts.

Section 3734.12 | Director of Environmental Protection - Powers and Duties.

Section 3734.121 | List of Hazardous Wastes Generated Within State.

Section 3734.122 | Storage and Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Substances, Equipment, and Devices Containing or Contaminated With Polychlorinated Biphenyls.

Section 3734.123 | Assessment of Commercial Hazardous Waste Incinerator Capacity in State.

Section 3734.124 | Restrictions on Incinerators.

Section 3734.125 | Rules Governing Beneficial Use of Material From a Horizontal Well.

Section 3734.13 | Enforcement and Emergency Orders.

Section 3734.14 | Exchange, Use, and Recovery of Resources From Hazardous Waste.

Section 3734.141 | Disposing of Acute Hazardous Waste.

Section 3734.15 | Registration and Liability of Transporters and Acceptors of Hazardous Waste.

Section 3734.16 | Generator's Liability for Intentional Violation.

Section 3734.17 | Prohibiting Accepting Waste After Violation by Generator.

Section 3734.18 | Fees - Hazardous Waste Facility Management Fund.

Section 3734.19 | Request to Survey the Locations or Facilities.

Section 3734.20 | Investigations.

Section 3734.21 | Paying Costs of Closing, Constructing or Restoring Facilities.

Section 3734.22 | Agreement With Owner Prior to Cleanup.

Section 3734.23 | Acquiring Facility Constituting Imminent and Substantial Threat - Restoration Contracts.

Section 3734.24 | Transferring or Selling Cleaned Up Facility.

Section 3734.25 | Paying Portion of Costs of Closing Facility or Abating Pollution.

Section 3734.26 | Grants to and Contracts With Owner of Facility.

Section 3734.27 | Application and Survey to Precede Grant.

Section 3734.28 | Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Fund.

Section 3734.281 | Environmental Protection Remediation Fund.

Section 3734.282 | Natural Resource Damages Fund.

Section 3734.29 | Claim for Personal Injuries or Real Property Damage Resulting From Violation.

Section 3734.30 | State's Liability for Injury or Damage.

Section 3734.31 | Inspecting and Monitoring Facilities.

Section 3734.35 | Affected Community May Request Compensation Agreement.

Section 3734.40 | Policy as to Off-Site Treatment, Storage and Disposal of Wastes.

Section 3734.41 | Qualifications of Licensees and Related Persons Definitions.

Section 3734.42 | Disclosure Statement.

Section 3734.43 | Investigative Demand by Attorney General.

Section 3734.44 | Issuance or Renewal of Permit or License.

Section 3734.45 | Causes for Revocation.

Section 3734.46 | Effect of Disqualification.

Section 3734.47 | Investigations and Review of Applications for Permits and Licenses.

Section 3734.49 | Materials Management Advisory Council.

Section 3734.50 | State Solid Waste Management Plan.

Section 3734.501 | Annual Review of Solid Waste Management in State.

Section 3734.52 | Establishing County or Joint Solid Waste Management Districts.

Section 3734.521 | Change in District Composition.

Section 3734.53 | Contents of County or Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan.

Section 3734.531 | Effect of Failure of District to Add Members to Policy Committee or Board of Trustees.

Section 3734.54 | Preparing and Submitting Solid Waste Management Plan.

Section 3734.55 | Preliminary Review of Draft Plan.

Section 3734.551 | Reimbursement of Director for Expenses of Preparing and Ordering Implementation of Plan or Amended Plan.

Section 3734.56 | Submission of Amended Plan and Certification.

Section 3734.57 | Fees for Waste Disposal.

Section 3734.571 | Disposal Fees Where District Has No Facilities.

Section 3734.572 | Disposal Fee to Defray Costs of Initial Plan of District Without Disposal Facility.

Section 3734.573 | Fee for Generation of Solid Wastes Within District.

Section 3734.574 | Generation and Disposal Fees.

Section 3734.575 | Report of Fees and Accounts.

Section 3734.576 | Exemption of Automotive Shredder Residue From Generation Fee.

Section 3734.577 | Exemption From Fees Prohibited.

Section 3734.578 | Fees Inapplicable to Solid Waste Used as Alternative Daily Cover.

Section 3734.60 | Plastic Containers Labeled With Code for Basic Material Used in Bottle or Container.

Section 3734.61 | Mercury Devices Definitions.

Section 3734.62 | Purchase of Mercury-Added Measuring Device for Classroom Use.

Section 3734.63 | Sale of Mercury-Containing Thermometer for Promotional Purposes.

Section 3734.64 | Sale of Mercury-Added Novelty for Promotional Purposes.

Section 3734.65 | Sale or Installation of Mercury-Containing Thermostat.

Section 3734.70 | Scrap Tire Collection Facilities Rules.

Section 3734.71 | Scrap Tire Storage Facilities Rules.

Section 3734.72 | Scrap Tire Monocell and Monofill Facilities Rules.

Section 3734.73 | Scrap Tire Recovery Facilities Rules.

Section 3734.74 | Scrap Tire Transportation Rules.

Section 3734.75 | Submitting to Written Notice - Collection Facility.

Section 3734.76 | Submitting to Written Notice - Storage Facility.

Section 3734.77 | Notice of Operation by Owner or Operator of a Scrap Tire Monocell or Monofill Facility.

Section 3734.78 | Submitting to Written Notice - Restoration Facility.

Section 3734.79 | Permit Application Fees.

Section 3734.80 | Municipal Corporation, County, or Township Regulations.

Section 3734.81 | Obtaining License From Board of Health or Director of Environmental Protection Agency.

Section 3734.82 | Annual Fee for Scrap Tire Recovery Facility License - Scrap Tire Management Fund.

Section 3734.822 | Scrap Tire Grant Fund.

Section 3734.83 | Registration of Transporters.

Section 3734.84 | Notification Requirements for Persons Who Beneficially Use Scrap Tires.

Section 3734.85 | Enforcement and Removal.

Section 3734.86 | Disposal of Off-Road Construction and Mining Equipment Tires.

Section 3734.87 | Report and Recommendations of Director of Environmental Protection.

Section 3734.90 | Tire Sales Fee Definitions.

Section 3734.901 | Tire Fee Administrative Fund.

Section 3734.902 | Tax Commissioner Administration and Enforcement.

Section 3734.903 | Liability of Wholesale Distributor and Retail Dealer.

Section 3734.904 | Filing Returns.

Section 3734.905 | Refund of Fee.

Section 3734.906 | Records.

Section 3734.907 | Personal Liability.

Section 3734.908 | Dissolution, Termination, or Bankruptcy Does Not Discharge Personal Liability.

Section 3734.909 | Limitation on Assessment.

Section 3734.9010 | Tire Fee Administrative Fund.

Section 3734.9011 | Registration of Wholesale Distributors, Retail Dealers.

Section 3734.9012 | Wholesale Distributor to Provide Statement to Customers.

Section 3734.9013 | Prohibited Acts.

Section 3734.9014 | Maintaining List of Registered Distributors.

Section 3734.91 | Definitions - Lead Acid Batteries.

Section 3734.911 | Prohibiting Commingling of Used Lead-Acid Batteries.

Section 3734.912 | Duties of Retailer.

Section 3734.913 | Duties of Wholesaler.

Section 3734.914 | Required Signage.

Section 3734.915 | No Signage for Lead-Acid Battery Cases.

Section 3734.99 | Penalty.