Effective: May 28, 1992
Latest Legislation: House Bill 147 - 119th General Assembly
(A) For the purpose of defraying the costs to the environmental protection agency of implementing, administering, and enforcing sections 6111.043 to 6111.047 of the Revised Code pertaining to class I injection wells, a fee of one dollar per ton is hereby levied on the injection of industrial waste or other wastes into a class I injection well. The fee levied by this division does not apply to the injection into such a well of any hazardous waste identified or listed in rules adopted under section 3734.12 of the Revised Code. The maximum annual fee for wastes injected at a class I injection facility shall be twenty-five thousand dollars regardless of the number of wells being used at the facility.
The owner or operator of the class I injection facility, as a trustee for the state, shall collect the fee levied under this division and forward it to the director of environmental protection in accordance with the rules adopted under division (C) of this section. The owner or operator shall remit the fee collected under this division to the director upon the anniversary of the date of issuance of his injection well operating permit or renewal of such a permit, as appropriate. If the class I injection facility consists of more than one injection well, the owner or operator shall remit the fee to the director on the anniversary of the date of issuance of the injection well operating permit or renewal of such a permit for which the anniversary of the date of issuance next succeeds the first day of January. If payment is late, the owner or operator shall pay to the director a penalty of ten per cent of the amount of the fee for each month that it is late.
(B) The director shall credit the moneys received under division (A) of this section to the underground injection control fund created in section 6111.046 of the Revised Code.
(C) The director, by rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall prescribe any dates not specified in this section and procedures for collecting and forwarding the fee levied by this section. The rules may prescribe other requirements for implementing and administering this section.
(D) No person shall fail to comply with this section or a rule adopted under it.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches
Chapter 6111 | Water Pollution Control
Section 6111.01 | Water Pollution Control Definitions.
Section 6111.011 | Environmental Enforcement Authority Over Ephemeral Features.
Section 6111.02 | Isolated Wetland Permit Definitions.
Section 6111.021 | General and Individual Isolated Wetland Permits.
Section 6111.022 | Proposed Filling of Wetland Subject to Level One Review.
Section 6111.023 | Proposed Filling of Wetland Subject to Level Two Review.
Section 6111.024 | Proposed Filling of Wetland Subject to Level Three Review.
Section 6111.025 | Wetland Mitigation Banks.
Section 6111.027 | Mitigation for Impacts to Isolated Wetlands.
Section 6111.028 | Discharge of Dredged Material Into Isolated Wetlands.
Section 6111.03 | Water Pollution Control Powers of Director of Environmental Protection.
Section 6111.031 | Modification of Terms and Conditions of Permit.
Section 6111.032 | Primary Authority to Reside in Legislative Authority or Governing Board.
Section 6111.035 | Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations General Permits.
Section 6111.036 | Water Pollution Control Loan Fund.
Section 6111.037 | Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Fund.
Section 6111.038 | Surface Water Protection Fund.
Section 6111.0381 | Water Quality Protection Fund.
Section 6111.0382 | Surface Water Improvement Fund.
Section 6111.04 | Water Pollution and Sludge Management Violations Prohibited.
Section 6111.041 | Standards of Water Quality.
Section 6111.042 | Rules Requiring Compliance With Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Section 6111.044 | Injection Well Drilling or Operating Permit.
Section 6111.045 | Waste Minimization and Treatment Plan for Class I Injection Well Facility.
Section 6111.046 | Annual Permit Fee - Underground Injection Control Fund.
Section 6111.047 | Tonnage Fees for Injection of Waste.
Section 6111.048 | Temporary Assistance of State Employees.
Section 6111.049 | Tonnage Fees for Injection of Waste - Exceptions.
Section 6111.05 | Investigation of Alleged Act of Pollution or Failure to Comply.
Section 6111.051 | Use, Management, or Disposal of Structural Products.
Section 6111.052 | Blast Furnace and Steel Slag.
Section 6111.06 | Administrative Procedures - Emergencies.
Section 6111.07 | Prohibited Acts - Prosecutions and Injunction by Attorney General.
Section 6111.08 | Rights in Equity or Under Common Law Not Affected.
Section 6111.09 | Civil Penalties for Water Pollution Control Violations.
Section 6111.13 | Discharge Limit for a Pollutant Less Than the Practical Quantification Level.
Section 6111.30 | Application for Federal Water Quality Certification - Hearing.
Section 6111.31 | Interagency Review Team and Mitigation Standards.
Section 6111.311 | Ephemeral Feature Mitigation Calculation Definitions.
Section 6111.312 | Limitations on Additional Requirements.
Section 6111.313 | Mitigation of Impacts to Ephemeral Features.
Section 6111.314 | Reporting and Monitoring Requirements.
Section 6111.315 | Best Management Practices.
Section 6111.316 | Exceptions From Ephemeral Feature Mitigation Requirements.
Section 6111.32 | Dredging Plan.
Section 6111.33 | Dredged Material.
Section 6111.34 | Rules Governing Beneficial Use of Dredged Material.
Section 6111.42 | Water Quality Powers of Director of Environmental Protection.
Section 6111.441 | Sewage Treatment Systems Regulated by Board of Health Exempt From Chapter.
Section 6111.451 | Sewage Construction Activities Not Requiring Plan Approval.
Section 6111.50 | Credible Data Definitions.
Section 6111.52 | Level Three Credible Data Activities.
Section 6111.54 | Submission of Surface Water Quality Data.
Section 6111.55 | Computerized Database or Databases Composed of All Credible Data.
Section 6111.56 | Determining Source or Sources of Water Impairment.
Section 6111.561 | Development and Establishment of Total Maximum Daily Load.
Section 6111.562 | Notice and Opportunity for Input From Stakeholders.
Section 6111.563 | Official Draft.
Section 6111.564 | Final Tmdl; Appeal.