Environment And Natural Resources : Waste Disposal
Ohio 136th General Assembly
Revise solid waste and construction and demolition debris laws [HB-222]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
To amend sections 343.01, 343.011, 343.012, 343.022, 343.08, 3714.07, 3714.073, 3734.521, 3734.53, 3734.56, 3734.57, and 3734.574 and to enact section 3734.522 of the Revised Code to make changes to the laws governing the transfer and disposal of solid waste and construction and demolition debris and to provide for new procedures governing a county's withdrawal from a joint solid waste management district.
HB-222: Revise solid waste and construction and demolition debris laws
Sponsored by: Rep. Riordan McClain
Referred To Committee: Community Revitalization on 04/09/2025
Revise solid waste and construction and demolition debris laws [SB-147]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
To amend sections 343.01, 343.011, 343.012, 343.022, 343.08, 3714.07, 3714.073, 3734.521, 3734.53, 3734.56, 3734.57, 3734.574, and 3745.015 and to enact section 3734.522 of the Revised Code to make changes to the laws governing the transfer and disposal of solid waste and construction and demolition debris and to provide for new procedures governing a county's withdrawal from a joint solid waste management district.
SB-147: Revise solid waste and construction and demolition debris laws
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan Manning
Signed By The Governor on 07/01/2025
Re-establish Water and Sewer Commission and Water and Sewer Fund [HB-635]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
To amend sections 929.03, 6103.052, and 6117.062 and to enact sections 6121.30, 6121.31, 6121.32, and 6121.33 of the Revised Code to re-establish the Water and Sewer Commission and the Water and Sewer Fund.
HB-635: Re-establish Water and Sewer Commission and Water and Sewer Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Douglas Swearingen
Referred To Committee: State And Local Government on 06/25/2024
Include energy generated by nuclear reaction as green energy [HB-308]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Construction ]
To amend sections 155.34, 191.17, 191.21, 3714.07, and 4928.01 of the Revised Code to increase the term of the standard oil and gas lease for state land, to make changes to the Ohio Broadband Pole Replacement and Undergrounding Program, to expand the purposes for which money derived from certain disposal fees on construction and demolition debris may be used by a board of health, and to include energy generated by nuclear reaction as green energy.
HB-308: Include energy generated by nuclear reaction as green energy
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Effective on 03/20/2025
Regards biosolid lagoons and biodigestion facilities [HB-193]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
[Property Tax ]
To amend sections 303.21, 303.211, 519.21, 519.211, and 5713.30 and to enact sections 303.215, 519.215, 6111.0311, 6111.452, 6111.453, and 6111.454 of the Revised Code to establish procedures and requirements governing biosolid lagoons and biodigestion facilities, including granting county and township zoning authority over those lagoons and facilities, and to modify the CAUV eligibility requirements for certain land used to produce biofuels.
HB-193: Regards biosolid lagoons and biodigestion facilities
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Lampton
Referred To Committee: Agriculture on 06/07/2023
Regards solid waste and construction and demolition debris [SB-119]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Construction ]
To amend sections 343.01, 343.011, 343.012, 343.022, 343.08, 3714.07, 3714.073, 3734.521, 3734.53, 3734.57, and 3734.574 and to enact section 3734.579 of the Revised Code to make changes to the laws governing the transfer and disposal of solid waste and construction and demolition debris, including the revision and establishment of certain fees.
SB-119: Regards solid waste and construction and demolition debris
Sponsored by: Sen. Timothy Schaffer
Referred To Committee: Health on 09/12/2023
Regards biosolid lagoons and biodigestion facilities [HB-734]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Health ]
To amend sections 303.21, 303.211, 519.21, 519.211, and 5713.30 and to enact sections 303.215, 519.215, 6111.0311, 6111.452, 6111.453, and 6111.454 of the Revised Code to establish procedures and requirements governing biosolid lagoons and biodigestion facilities, including granting county and township zoning authority over those lagoons and facilities, and to modify the CAUV eligibility requirements for certain land used to produce biofuels.
HB-734: Regards biosolid lagoons and biodigestion facilities
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Lampton
Refer To Committee: Agriculture And Conservation on 11/15/2022
Prohibits municipal waste discharge into certain Ohio waters [HB-385]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
To amend sections 6111.04 and 6111.99 and to enact section 6111.61 of the Revised Code to prohibit a municipal corporation located within the Western Basin of Lake Erie from discharging any amount of waste into Ohio waters.
HB-385: Prohibits municipal waste discharge into certain Ohio waters
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cross
Refer To Committee: Agriculture And Conservation on 09/16/2021
Regards waterworks infrastructure improvement surcharge [HB-364]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
To amend sections 3734.123, 4909.172, 5721.10, 6109.01, 6109.072, and 6109.24 and to enact section 5301.93 of the Revised Code to make changes to the application process for the waterworks infrastructure improvement surcharge and to residential PACE lien priority, to create exceptions to the moratorium on modifications to hazardous waste incinerator installation and operation permits, and to eliminate public water system asset management program requirements for transient noncommmunity water systems.
Exempts connection to sewerage system if household system exists [SB-58]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Housing ]
To amend sections 317.08, 6112.01, 6112.03, and 6117.51 and to enact sections 6112.06, 6117.52, and 6119.60 of the Revised Code to authorize a property owner whose property is served by a household sewage treatment system to elect not to connect to a private sewerage system, a county sewer, or a regional sewerage system under specified conditions.
SB-58: Exempts connection to sewerage system if household system exists
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Peterson
Refer To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 03/04/2015
Allows entities to withdraw from household sewage system rules [SB-118]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
To enact section 3718.026 of the Revised Code to authorize a board of county commissioners or municipal legislative authority to elect to withdraw the county or municipal corporation from the application of any rule adopted after January 1, 2014, by the Department of Health governing the design of household sewage treatment systems.
SB-118: Allows entities to withdraw from household sewage system rules
Sponsored by: Sen. John Eklund
Refer To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 03/10/2015
Addresses agricultural regulations and application of fertilizer [SB-1]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
To amend sections 6109.10 and to enact sections 903.40, 905.326, 905.327, 1511.10, 1511.11, 3745.50, and 6111.32 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 333.30 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly to require applicators of fertilizer or manure to comply with specified requirements, to establish requirements governing dredged material and phosphorous testing by publicly owned treatment works.
SB-1: Addresses agricultural regulations and application of fertilizer
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Peterson
Effective 7/3/15 on 07/03/2015
Establishes Lake Erie water quality protections [HB-61]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Health ]
To amend section 6111.03, to enact sections 905.326, 905.327, 1511.10, 1511.11, 1511.12, 6111.0310, and 6111.32, and to repeal section 6111.039 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit the application of fertilizer and manure in Lake Erie's western basin on frozen ground or saturated soil and during certain weather conditions, to generally prohibit the surface application of sewage sludge, and to establish requirements governing dredged material and phosphorous monitoring.
HB-61: Establishes Lake Erie water quality protections
Sponsored by: Rep. David Hall
Refer To Committee: Agriculture on 03/17/2015
Addresses oil and gas well regulation and permitting [HB-522]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Taxes ]
[Mining ]
To amend sections 1509.01, 1509.02, 1509.05, 1509.06, 1509.072, 1509.074, 1509.08, 1509.21, 1509.22, 1509.227, 6111.043, and 6111.046 and to enact section 1509.051 of the Revised Code to prohibit injection of brine and other waste substances except in class I injection wells, to prohibit the conversion of oil and gas wells, to require municipal or township approval prior to the issuance of an oil or gas well permit, and to levy a fee on the injection of brine and other waste substances into a class I injection well.
HB-522: Addresses oil and gas well regulation and permitting
Sponsored by: Rep. Debbie Phillips
Refer To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 04/26/2016
Addressees injection wells [HB-422]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Real Estate ]
To amend sections 317.08, 1509.02, 1509.021, 1509.22, 1509.222, 1509.223, 1509.33, and 1509.99, to enact sections 1509.023, 1509.228, 1509.229, and 5301.091, and to repeal section 1509.227 of the Revised Code to require recording and notification of assignments of leases for real property for the placing of an injection well, to revise the procedures and requirements governing the application for and issuance of a permit for a well to inject brine and other waste substances from oil and gas operations, to establish an additional fee on the injection
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HB-422: Addressees injection wells
Sponsored by: Sen. Sean O'Brien
Refer To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 01/20/2016