Ohio Admin. Code 3745-91-12 - Certification by political subdivisions and investor-owned public utilities
(A) The director
may enter into an agreement with any political subdivision or investor-owned
public utility that owns or operates a public water system which proposes to
extend the distribution facilities of the system, increase the number of
service connections to the system, add distribution pump station, or add
storage tank in the distribution system.
(B) Such an agreement under this rule shall
authorize a qualified officer or representative of the political subdivision or
investor-owned public utility to review plans for the extension of the
distribution facilities, the increase in the number of service connections, the
addition of distribution system pump station, or the addition of storage tank
in the distribution system. At a minimum, said qualified person shall be a
professional engineer licensed by the state of Ohio.
(C) Agreements under this rule shall include,
but not be limited to, the following public water system requirements:
(1) Submission of a general plan within one
year of the effective date of the agreement.
(2) Submission of an annual report
summarizing all plans which were self-certified in the previous year. The
annual report shall be signed by the professional engineer identified in the
agreement, submitted on a form acceptable to the director and shall include at
least the following:
(a) Date of the
certification.
(b) Project
title.
(c) Summary sheet type
(i.e., waterline extension, storage tank).
(d) List of each set of plans
approved.
(e) Amendments to the
plan.
(f) Actual construction
costs.
(g) Construction start and
end dates.
(h) Date placed in
service.
(i) Numbers of actual and
potential service connections.
(j)
Increase in average and peak daily demand.
(k) Operating pressure range, each year
during the term of the agreement.
(3) Compliance with periodic audits by the
director.
(D) All plan
submissions under this rule shall include the following:
(1) Certification by said qualified person to
the director that said plans conform to all requirements of section
6109.07
of the Revised Code and the administrative rules adopted thereunder.
(2)
Three
copies
One electronic copy of the
plans.
(3) Appropriate project
summary sheets in a format acceptable to the director.
(4) An administrative service fee calculated
in accordance with division (N)(2) of section
3745.11 of the Revised Code
and paragraph (F) of this rule.
(E) Pursuant to an effective agreement under
this rule and compliance with all requirements of this rule, plans submitted
shall be approved without further review by the director. An order of approval
shall be issued by the director as a final action.
(F) The director annually shall calculate the
administrative fee that shall be paid for each plan submitted under this rule
and notify the political subdivision or investor-owned public utility of the
amount of the fee. The administrative service fee shall not exceed the minimum
amount necessary to pay administrative costs directly attributable to
processing plan approvals.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 6109.04
Rule Amplifies: 6109.04, 6109.07
Prior Effective Dates: 12/01/1993, 01/01/1999, 10/26/2015, 03/01/2022
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 6109.04
Rule Amplifies: 6109.04, 6109.07
Prior Effective Dates: 12/01/1993, 01/01/1999, 10/26/2015
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