Effective: July 3, 2015
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 1 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The director of environmental protection shall serve as coordinator, or designate a coordinator, of harmful algae management and response. The director or the director's designee shall develop plans providing for coordination that may include, but are not limited to, the actions and items specified in divisions (B) and (C) of this section.
(B) The director or the director's designee shall consult with the directors of agriculture, health, and natural resources and representatives of local governments, publicly owned treatment works, and public water systems to implement actions that do both of the following:
(1) Protect against cyanobacteria in the western basin and public water supplies;
(2) Manage wastewater to limit nutrient loading into the western basin.
(C) The director or the director's designee shall develop and implement protocols and actions that may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Analytical protocols for monitoring of cyanobacteria at water intake structures of public water systems, testing for cyanobacteria in Lake Erie, and establishing public health advisory levels and public notification protocols if trigger levels of cyanotoxins are detected;
(2) Provisions on training, testing, and treatment and other support regarding cyanobacteria identification, sampling, treatment techniques, algaecide application, public notification, and source water protection for employees of publicly owned treatment works and public water systems;
(3) Protocols requiring public water systems to notify the environmental protection agency if any of the following occurs:
(a) Cyanotoxins are detected in finished drinking water.
(b) Cyanobacteria are detected in their source water.
(c) Application of an algaecide is anticipated to the source water.
(D) As used in this section, "western basin" has the same meaning as in section 905.326 of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals
Chapter 3745 | Environmental Protection Agency
Section 3745.01 | Environmental Protection Agency Created - Powers - Duties.
Section 3745.011 | Legislative Intent.
Section 3745.012 | Director to Collect Moneys and Keep Record; Reduction or Waiver of Fees.
Section 3745.013 | Goods and Services Fund.
Section 3745.014 | Central Support Indirect Fund.
Section 3745.015 | Environmental Protection Fund.
Section 3745.016 | Cleanup and Response Fund.
Section 3745.018 | Administration of Financial, Technical, and Compliance Programs.
Section 3745.02 | Environmental Review Appeals Commission.
Section 3745.03 | Hearing Procedures.
Section 3745.04 | Appeals to Review Commission.
Section 3745.06 | Appeals to Courts of Appeals.
Section 3745.07 | Proposed Actions - Mailing Lists.
Section 3745.09 | Action to Abate Pollution From Sources Outside the State.
Section 3745.112 | Independent Evaluation of Title V Permit Program.
Section 3745.113 | Application for Isolated Wetland Permit - Fees.
Section 3745.114 | Water Quality Certification Fee - Exemptions.
Section 3745.12 | Immediate Removal Fund.
Section 3745.13 | Costs of Dealing With Unauthorized Spill, Release or Discharge.
Section 3745.21 | Environmental Education Council.
Section 3745.22 | Environmental Education Fund.
Section 3745.30 | Policies of Agency.
Section 3745.31 | Statute of Limitations.
Section 3745.40 | Clean Ohio Operating Fund.
Section 3745.45 | Volkswagen Clean Air Act Settlement Fund.
Section 3745.50 | Coordinator of Harmful Algae Management and Response.
Section 3745.70 | Environmental Audit Definitions.
Section 3745.71 | Privilege of Nondisclosure as to Environmental Audit.
Section 3745.72 | Voluntary Disclosure of Information - Immunity.