Ohio Code 3704.033 – Director to establish consultation process – measures for notifying public
The director of environmental protection shall:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3704.033
- Administrator: means the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency or the chief executive of any successor federal agency responsible for implementation of the federal Clean Air Act. See Ohio Code 3704.01
- Air pollution: means the presence in the ambient air of one or more air contaminants or any combination thereof in sufficient quantity and of such characteristics and duration as is or threatens to be injurious to human health or welfare, plant or animal life, or property, or as unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. See Ohio Code 3704.01
- Ambient air: means that portion of the atmosphere outside of buildings and other enclosures, stacks, or ducts that surrounds human, plant, or animal life or property. See Ohio Code 3704.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) Establish a process of consultation with general purpose local governments, designated organizations or elected officials of local governments, and the secretary of any department having authority over federal land located in the state with respect to requirements of the federal Clean Air Act pertaining to transportation controls, air quality maintenance plan requirements, preconstruction review of indirect sources of air pollution, nonattainment requirements, prevention of significant deterioration, or enforcement orders;
(B) Provide for measures by which to notify the public during any calendar year on a regular basis of instances or areas in which any national primary ambient air quality standard promulgated by the administrator under the federal Clean Air Act is or was exceeded during any portion of the preceding calendar year, to advise the public of the health hazards associated with such pollution, to enhance public awareness of the measures that can be taken to prevent such standards from being exceeded and the ways in which the public can participate in regulatory and other efforts to improve air quality, and to satisfy public notice requirements of the federal Clean Air Act.