3750-30-27 Threshold quantities for hazardous chemical reporting.

 

 

 

BEFORE THE

OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

 

Public Notice Proposed Rulemaking Governing

Ohio Administrative Code Rules 3750-30-27 and 3750-10-08

 

Notice is hereby given that the Director of Environmental Protection, under the authority of Sections 3750.02 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) and the director of the State Environmental Response Commission (SERC) and in accordance with ORC Chapter 119, proposes to propose the following rules of the Ohio Administrative Code to the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR):

 

3750-10-08     Issuance of orders to facilities

3750-30-27     Threshold quantities for hazardous chemical reporting

 

Amended rule 3750-30-27 addresses the minimum threshold quantity for reporting of hazardous chemicals under rules 3750-30-15 and 3750-30-20 of the Administrative Code. New rule 3750-10- 08 establishes a mechanism for a Local Emergency Planning Committees to get a designated facility to be subject to their local plan

 

Pursuant to Section 119.03 of the Ohio Revised Code, a public hearing on these rule changes will be conducted on Friday, August 19, 2016 at 10:30 AM at Ohio EPA Central office, 50 West Town Street, Suite 700, Columbus, Ohio 43215. All visitors to Ohio EPA must register at the Security desk in the lobby upon arrival. Please bring photo identification (such as a valid driver's license). For security reasons, visitors are required to wear their badge at all times while in the building. Please arrive early to complete these procedures.

 

All interested persons are entitled to attend or be represented at the hearing and give written or oral comments on these rule changes. All oral comments presented at the hearing, and all written statements submitted at the hearing or by the close of business on August 19, 2016 will be considered by Ohio EPA prior to final action on this rule. Written statements submitted after August 19, 2016 may be considered as time and circumstances permit, but will not be part of the official record of the hearing.

 

These rules are available on DAPC Regulations Web page for electronic downloading. See the infornation under the "Proposed Rules" tab at: http://epa.ohio.gov/dapc/DAPCrules.aspx. Questions regarding accessing the web site should be directed to Paul Braun at 614-644-3734; other questions or comments about these rules should also be directed to Paul Braun at Ohio EPA, [phone], [e-mail] or mailed to Paul Braun, Ohio EPA, Division Air Pollution Control, Lazarus Government Center, P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049. Persons submitting comments electronically are encouraged to follow-up with a hardcopy via regular mail.