Ohio Code 3734.72 – Scrap tire monocell and monofill facilities rules
The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code, shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules having uniform application throughout the state governing scrap tire monocell and monofill facilities and the inspection of and issuance of permits and licenses for those facilities in order to ensure that they are located, maintained, operated, and closed in a manner that does not create a nuisance or a hazard to public health or safety or the environment. The rules shall do all of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3734.72
- Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Closure: includes measures performed to protect public health or safety, to prevent air or water pollution, or to make the facility suitable for other uses, if any, including, but not limited to, the removal of processing residues resulting from solid wastes that consist of scrap tires; the establishment and maintenance of a suitable cover of soil and vegetation over cells in which hazardous waste or solid wastes are buried; minimization of erosion, the infiltration of surface water into such cells, the production of leachate, and the accumulation and runoff of contaminated surface water; the final construction of facilities for the collection and treatment of leachate and contaminated surface water runoff, except as otherwise provided in this division; the final construction of air and water quality monitoring facilities, except as otherwise provided in this division; the final construction of methane gas extraction and treatment systems; or the removal and proper disposal of hazardous waste or solid wastes from a facility when necessary to protect public health or safety or to abate or prevent air or water pollution. See Ohio Code 3734.01
- Director: means the director of environmental protection. See Ohio Code 3734.01
- Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, emitting, or placing of any solid wastes or hazardous waste into or on any land or ground or surface water or into the air. See Ohio Code 3734.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) Establish standards governing the location, design, construction, operation, closure, and post-closure care of scrap tire monocell and monofill facilities, including, without limitation, standards governing facilities for the storage or disposal of whole scrap tires by submergence in a body of water;
(B) Require submission to the director of a surety bond, a letter of credit, or other acceptable financial assurance, as specified by the director in the rules, in an amount established by the director as necessary for the closure and post-closure care of such a facility, fire suppression, or other measures to abate hazards to public health or safety or the environment occurring at such a facility;
(C) Require the development and maintenance of contingency plans to minimize unanticipated damage to public health or safety or the environment from fire or other sudden accidental occurrences at scrap tire monocell and monofill facilities;
(D) Require the maintenance of records and submission to the director of periodic reports regarding the number or quantity in weight or volume of scrap tires received at and shipped from scrap tire monocell and monofill facilities, the disposition of scrap tires received at the facilities, and the number or quantity in weight or volume of scrap tires present at the facilities.