Effective: August 21, 2014
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 150 - 130th General Assembly
(A) A storage facility for anhydrous ammonia that is used for agricultural purposes shall be designed and constructed in accordance with rules. On and after September 10, 2012, no person shall construct a storage facility for anhydrous ammonia that is used for agricultural purposes without applying for and receiving approval of the design of the facility and approval to construct the facility from the director of agriculture in accordance with rules.
(B) Upon the submission of an application to the director for the approval of the design and construction of a storage facility for anhydrous ammonia that is used for agricultural purposes in accordance with rules, the applicant shall submit written notification of the application to all of the following:
(1) The board of township trustees of the township or the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, as applicable, in which the storage facility is proposed to be located;
(2) The county sheriff, or the police chief of the police department of a municipal corporation, township, or township or joint township police district, as applicable, with jurisdiction over the location where the storage facility is proposed to be located;
(3) The fire chief of the fire department with jurisdiction over the location where the storage facility is proposed to be located.
(C) Prior to approving or disapproving a storage facility for anhydrous ammonia that is used for agricultural purposes, the director may take into consideration any past violations of an applicable state or federal law pertaining to environmental protection or the environmental laws of another country or any conviction of or guilty plea to a violation of section 901.511 of the Revised Code or a felony drug offense as defined in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code related to the use and storage of chemicals used for agriculture by the owner of the storage facility.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences
Chapter 905 | Agricultural Additives and Lime; Fertilizer
Section 905.01 | Agricultural Additive Definitions.
Section 905.02 | Selling or Exchanging Unregistered Agricultural Additive.
Section 905.03 | Application for Registration of Agricultural Additive.
Section 905.04 | Label Information.
Section 905.05 | Administrative Rules.
Section 905.06 | Information Duties - Investigations.
Section 905.07 | Suspending or Revoking of Registration.
Section 905.08 | Holding Additives During Period of Suspension or Revocation.
Section 905.10 | Class Actions.
Section 905.11 | False Representations.
Section 905.31 | Fertilizer Definitions.
Section 905.32 | Application for License.
Section 905.321 | Certification Required.
Section 905.322 | Rules and Regulations Regarding Fertilizer Application.
Section 905.323 | Voluntary Nutrient Management Plans.
Section 905.324 | Confidentiality.
Section 905.325 | Civil Actions; Affirmative Defenses.
Section 905.326 | Application of Fertilizer in Western Basin.
Section 905.327 | Penalty for Unlawful Application of Fertilizer.
Section 905.33 | Registering Custom Mixed Fertilizer as a Specialty Fertilizer.
Section 905.331 | Nonagricultural Production Custom Mixed Fertilizer Blender License.
Section 905.34 | Exemption for Distributor.
Section 905.35 | Label Information.
Section 905.36 | Inspection Fees - Annual Statement of Tonnage.
Section 905.37 | Statement and Reports by Director.
Section 905.39 | Sampling and Analysis.
Section 905.40 | Administrative Rules.
Section 905.41 | Design and Construction of Storage Facilities for Anhydrous Ammonia.
Section 905.411 | Orders Prohibiting Use of Anhydrous Ammonia Equipment or System.
Section 905.43 | Mislabeled or Misrepresented Fertilizer.
Section 905.44 | Administrative Rules.
Section 905.45 | Refusing, Suspending or Revoking of Registration or License.
Section 905.46 | Holding Fertilizer Offered or Exposed for Sale in Violation of Law.
Section 905.47 | Condemnation Procedures.
Section 905.49 | Restrictions Not Applicable to Certain Importers and Manufacturers.
Section 905.50 | Mislabeled Fertilizer.
Section 905.501 | Civil Penalties.
Section 905.502 | Written Notice of Warning.
Section 905.503 | No Local Regulation of Fertilizers.
Section 905.51 | Liming Material Definitions.
Section 905.52 | Liming Material License.
Section 905.53 | Exemption From License Requirement.
Section 905.54 | Standards of Fineness.
Section 905.55 | Label Information.
Section 905.56 | Annual Tonnage Report - Inspection Fee.
Section 905.57 | Confidentiality of Information.
Section 905.58 | Annual Statement of Liming Material Sales.
Section 905.59 | Sampling and Analysis.
Section 905.60 | Mislabeled Liming Material.
Section 905.61 | Administrative Rules.
Section 905.62 | Revocation and Suspension of License or Refusal to License.
Section 905.63 | Order to Hold Material.