Ohio Admin. Code 3745-34-63 - [Effective 7/3/2025] Class I annual permit fee; fee per ton of waste injected
(A) The owner of a class I injection well for
which the director has issued a permit or renewal of a permit for the disposal
of any hazardous waste identified in or listed under section
3734.12 of the Revised Code or
the rules adopted thereunder, and that waste is generated on the premises where
the injection well is located shall pay an annual permit fee of thirty thousand
dollars. Said fee shall be payable by certified check drawn to the "Director of
Environmental Protection - Underground Injection Control Fund," within thirty
days of the issuance of a permit or renewal of a permit, and annually
thereafter during the term of the permit or renewal of the permit. Annual
payment shall be tendered within thirty days prior to the anniversary date of
the issuance of the permit or renewal of the permit. Failure to timely remit
the annual permit fee is a violation of the
permit or renewal of the permit, this rule, and section
6111.046 of the Revised
Code.
(B) The owner of a class I
injection well for which the director has issued a permit or renewal of a
permit for the injection of any waste other than that identified in paragraph
(A) of this rule, shall pay an annual permit fee of twelve thousand five
hundred dollars. Said fee shall be payable by certified check drawn to the
"Director of Environmental Protection - Underground Injection Control Fund,"
within thirty days of the issuance of a permit or renewal of a permit, and
annually thereafter during the term of the permit or renewal of the permit.
Annual payment shall be tendered within thirty days prior to the anniversary
date of the issuance of the permit or renewal of the permit. Failure to timely
remit the annual permit fee is a violation of the
permit or renewal of the permit, this rule and section
6111.046 of the Revised
Code.
(C) The owner of each class I
injection facility shall act as trustee for the state of Ohio and collect a fee
of one dollar per ton of industrial waste or other waste, to a maximum of
twenty-five thousand dollars per year, irrespective of the number of wells at
that facility. The owner or operator shall maintain appropriate records of the
amount of waste injected at the facility. The owner or operator shall remit
said fees payable by certified check drawn to the "Director of Environmental
Protection - Underground Injection Control Fund" within thirty days prior to
the anniversary date of the permit or renewal of the permit. For facilities
where multiple permits are held, for purposes of this fee, the anniversary date
shall be the date of issuance of the permit or the renewal of the permit
closest to January first of the year of issuance. A penalty of ten per cent of
the amount of the fee shall be assessed for each month of late payment. Failure
to remit the appropriate fee is a violation of
the permit or renewal of the permit, this rule and section
6111.047 of the Revised Code.
(1) This fee does not apply to the owner of
any well injecting hazardous waste as identified or listed under section
3734.12 of the Revised Code or
the rules adopted thereunder.
(2)
This fee does not apply to the owner of an existing well that disposes of
naturally occurring formation fluids extracted during salt mining processes by
injection into a zone consisting of the Oriskany sandstone at depths of not
more than one thousand five hundred feet.
(D) Pursuant to section
6111.046 of the Revised Code, on
or about July first of each year, the director shall request, in writing, that
the office of budget and management transfer fifteen per cent of the money in
the "Underground Injection Control Fund" to the "Geologic Mapping Fund" created
in section 1505.09 of the Revised
Code.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 6111.043, 6111.046, 6111.047
Rule Amplifies: 6111.043, 6111.046, 6111.047
Prior Effective Dates: 07/25/1984, 09/15/1992, 01/24/2000, 10/17/2003, 04/23/2009, 02/14/2021
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