(A) The owner or operator of a scrap tire monocell or monofill facility that is in operation on the effective date of this section, within four months after that date, shall submit written notice to the director of environmental protection of the location of the facility, the land area occupied by the facility, and the approximate number or quantity in weight or volume of scrap tires present at the facility.

No person shall fail to comply with this division.

(B) The owner or operator of a scrap tire monocell or monofill facility that is in operation on the effective date of the rules adopted under section 3734.72 of the Revised Code, in accordance with a schedule established in rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall submit to the director an application for a scrap tire monocell or monofill facility permit with accompanying engineering detail plans, specifications, and information regarding the facility and its method of operation for approval under the rules adopted under section 3734.72 of the Revised Code. The director shall act on an application within one hundred eighty days after receiving the application and the accompanying engineering detail plans, specifications, and information. The applicant for such a permit concurrently shall submit an application for a license under section 3734.81 of the Revised Code to the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located. If the director denies such a permit application, he shall include in the order denying it the requirement that the owner or operator cease accepting scrap tires at the facility on the effective date of the order.

No person shall fail to comply with this division or an order issued under it.

(C) On and after the effective date of the rules adopted under section 3734.72 of the Revised Code, no person shall establish a new, or modify an existing, scrap tire monocell or monofill facility without first submitting to the director an application for a scrap tire monocell or monofill facility permit with accompanying engineering detail plans, specifications, and information regarding the facility and its method of operation for approval under those rules and receiving a permit issued by the director under this division. The director shall act on an application within one hundred eighty days after receiving the application and the accompanying engineering detail plans, specifications, and information. The applicant for such a permit concurrently shall submit an application for a license under section 3734.81 of the Revised Code to the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located or proposed.

(D) Each permit issued under this section shall set forth in tons the authorized maximum daily waste receipt of scrap tires of the facility for which the permit was issued as that tonnage is contained in the engineering detail plans, specifications, and information regarding the facility and its method of operation approved by the director under this section.

Effective Date: 10-29-1993.