Stormwater: desk report

This chapter authorizes the state to participate in any national sludge management program and the national pollutant discharge elimination system, to administer and enforce the publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program, and to issue permits for the discharge of dredged or fill materials, in accordance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

Construction activities disturbing one or more acres of total land or will disturb less than one acre of land but are part of a larger common plan of development or sale that will ultimately disturb one or more acres of land are eligible for coverage under this permit.

If more than one operator, as defined in Part VII of this general permit, will be engaged at a site, each operator shall seek coverage under this general permit prior to engaging in construction activities. Coverage under this permit is not effective until an approval letter granting coverage from the director of Ohio EPA is received by the applicant.

develop a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWP3) and submit a complete Notice of Intent (NOI) form and appropriate application fee prior to the commencement of construction activity. These shall occur at least 45 days prior for sites within the Big Darby Creek and portions of the Olentangy River watersheds (including attaching SWP3 to NOI); and at least 21 days elsewhere.

For all construction activities that will disturb two or more acres of land or will disturb less than two acres that are part of a larger common plan of development or sale which will disturb two or more acres of land, the post construction BMP(s) chosen shall be able to manage stormwater runoff

The BMP(s) chosen must be sized to treat the water quality volume (WQv) and ensure compliance with Ohio’s Water Quality Standards in OAC Chapter 3745-1. The WQv shall be equivalent to the volume of runoff from a 0.90-inch rainfall

Large arrays of ground-mounted, elevated solar or photovoltaic (PV) panels are often installed with vegetated pervious ground around, between, and under them. In this case, impervious surface disconnection may be an effective approach to managing post-construction stormwater runoff shed from the PV panels.

Impervious surface disconnection cannot be used to manage the WQv for PV panels installed over gravel or other hard surfaces, where structural support (piling) will disrupt sheet flow, or where stormwater is to be collected in swales, ditches, or storm sewers.

No dam may be constructed for the purpose of storing, conserving, or retarding water, or for any other purpose, nor shall any levee be constructed for the purpose of diverting or retaining flood water, unless the person or governmental agency desiring the construction has a construction permit for the dam or levee

(1) A dam that is or will be less than ten feet in height and that has or will have a storage capacity of not more than fifty acre-feet at the elevation of the top of the dam, as determined by the chief.

(2) A dam, regardless of height, that has or will have a storage capacity of not more than fifteen acre- feet at the elevation of the top of the dam, as determined by the chief; (3) A dam, regardless of storage capacity, that is or will be six feet or less in height, as determined by the chief;

including a detailed cost estimate, for the proposed construction, prepared by a registered professional engineer, together with any filing fee specified by rules adopted by the chief in accordance with division (I) of this section and the bond or other security required by section 1521.061 of the Revised Code, shall be filed with the chief.

The chief shall, within thirty days from the date of the receipt of the application, fee, and bond or other security, issue or deny a construction permit for the construction or may issue a construction permit conditioned upon the making of such changes in the plans and specifications for the construction as the chief considers advisable

(E) A registered professional engineer shall inspect the construction for which the permit was issued during all phases of construction and shall furnish to the chief such regular reports of the engineer's inspections as the chief may require.

(C) Intervals between periodic inspections shall be determined by the chief, but shall not exceed five years.

Ponds with dams are regulated under the Ohio Revised Code 1501: 21 Dam Safety Administrative Rules. A dam is exempt from the state’s authority (ORC Section 1521.062) if it is 6 feet or less in height regardless of total storage; less than 10 feet in height with not more than 50 acre-feet of storage,

"Improvement" includes: (1) The location, construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, widening, deepening, straightening, altering, boxing, tiling, filling, walling, arching, or any change in the course, location, or terminus of any ditch, drain, watercourse, or floodway;

Any owner may file a petition for the construction of a drainage improvement with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in which is located a part of the land proposed to benefit from the improvement.

which shall be between thirty and one hundred twenty days after the date on which the petition was filed with the clerk; (2) Establish a date and hour between thirty and ninety days after the date set for the view, when it will hold its first hearing on the petition.

When an improvement is proposed to be located in or benefits or damages land in two or more counties, the proceeding shall be conducted by a joint board of county commissioners consisting of the members of the boards of county commissioners of the several counties in which land may be benefited or damaged by the proposed improvement.

With regard to a single county improvement, the county engineer has general charge and supervision of the repair and maintenance of all county drainage improvements constructed under Chapters 940., 6131., 6133., and 6135. of the Revised Code.

In the case of open ditches, the permanent easement so used shall be not more than twenty- five feet from the top of the bank, measured at right angles thereto, and wherever practical the area so used shall be on one side of the ditch only.

The maximum width of permanent easement for closed ditches shall not exceed eighty feet centered on the centerline of the improvement.

Avoidance or minimization to the maximum extent practicable of any damage to field tile drainage systems and soils in agricultural areas. (ii) Timely repair of damaged field tile systems to at least original conditions, at the applicant's expense.

Bridges are identified as any structure of ten feet (10) or more clear span or ten feet (10) or more in diameter on, above, or below a highway. The County Engineer has the responsibility to construct and maintain all highway bridges on County and Township roads in Carroll County.

Culverts are identified as any structure less than ten feet (10’) clear span/diameter on or below a highway. The responsibility to construct and maintain highway culverts on roads within Carroll County lies with the respective road maintenance jurisdiction of the highway (i.e. Township, County, and State).

Townships are responsible for construction and maintenance of all culverts on township roads less than ten foot (10’) clear span/diameter.

Based on a formal request from the township for assistance, the County may participate in township culvert replacement projects at its discretion and within the limits of available resources.

The board of township trustees, by resolution, may require any person to obtain a permit before installing a driveway culvert or making any excavation in a township highway

(F) The owner or a lessee pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction of a qualified energy project shall do each of the following:

(4) For energy projects with a nameplate capacity of twenty megawatts or greater, repair all roads, bridges, and culverts affected by construction as reasonably required to restore them to their preconstruction condition, as determined by the county engineer in consultation with the local jurisdiction responsible for the roads, bridges, and culverts.

No public agency or political subdivision of this state may require any approval, consent, permit, certificate, or other condition for the construction or operation of a major utility facility or economically significant wind farm authorized by a certificate issued pursuant to Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code.