As used in this chapter:

(A) "Asbestos" has the same meaning as in section 3710.01 of the Revised Code.

(B) "Asbestos-containing material" means any material that contains more than one per cent by weight of asbestos.

(C) "Cessation of regulated operations" means the discontinuation or termination of regulated operations or the finalizing of any transaction or proceeding through which those operations are discontinued.

(D) "Disposal," "storage," and "treatment" have the same meanings as in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code.

(E) "Emergency planning district," "fire department," and "local emergency planning committee" have the same meanings as in section 3750.01 of the Revised Code.

(F) "Establishment" means an economic unit generally at a single physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed.

(G) "Extremely hazardous substance" means a substance identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code.

(H) "Facility" means all buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items that are located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites and that are owned or operated by the same person. However, in the case of a site or contiguous or adjacent sites that are owned by the same person and on which two or more establishments are located, each portion of the site or contiguous or adjacent sites and the buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items located thereon that is occupied by an establishment that is not owned or operated by the same parent corporation as, or does not have common corporate or business interests in or with, another establishment located thereon is a separate facility; and, in the case of a building or structure that is so located and that is occupied by two or more establishments, each portion of the building or structure and the equipment and other stationary items located therein that is occupied by an establishment that is not owned or operated by the same parent corporation as, or does not have common corporate or business interests in or with, another establishment that is located therein is a separate facility.

For the purpose of Division (C) of section 3752.06 of the Revised Code, when used in connection with the storage, treatment, or disposal of hazardous waste, "facility" has the same meaning as in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code.

(I) "Flammable substance" means any material or substance defined as "flammable" or as a "combustible fiber," "combustible liquid," "flammable liquid," or "flammable solid" by the fire code adopted under section 3737.82 of the Revised Code.

(J) "Hazardous chemical" means a substance identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(b) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code.

(K) "Hazardous substance" means a substance identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(c) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code regardless of whether the substance is an unused product or a waste. "Hazardous substance" does not include any asbestos-containing material applied to or incorporated into a building or structure; any component or structural member of a building or structure; or any equipment, piping, or vessel located at a facility.

(L) "Hazardous waste" means a substance identified or listed in rules adopted under division (A) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code.

(M) "Issue," when used in connection with any order that the director of environmental protection is authorized to issue under this chapter, includes modify, suspend, or vacate.

(N) "Motor vehicles and rolling stock" means cargo-carrying vehicles that are used or originally designed to be used for the transportation of cargo by any mode, including, without limitation, automobiles, vans, tractors, trucks, semitrailers, tank cars, or rail cars that are so used or designed to be so used.

(O) "Operator" means the person responsible for the overall operation of a reporting facility.

(P) "Outdoor location of operation" means an outdoor location at a reporting facility upon which is situated any stationary tank, vat, electrical transformer, vessel, piping, or nonstationary container that contains a regulated substance or upon which is situated any motor vehicle or rolling stock that is used for the storage or other handling of a regulated substance and that contains a regulated substance in a quantity or manner other than that necessary for the operation of the motor vehicle or rolling stock in transporting cargo.

(Q) "Owner" means the person who owns a reporting facility or part of a reporting facility.

(R) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and also includes the state, any political subdivision, any other state or local body, and the United States and any agency or instrumentality thereof.

(S) "Petroleum" and "underground storage tank system" have the same meanings as in section 3737.87 of the Revised Code.

(T) "Regulated operations" means the production, use, storage, or other handling of regulated substances.

(U) "Regulated substances" includes extremely hazardous substances, hazardous substances, flammable substances, and petroleum.

(V) "Reporting facility" means a facility where regulated operations occur in connection with which the owner or operator of the facility is required to submit a list of hazardous chemicals or one or more material safety data sheets under section 3750.07 of the Revised Code and is required to submit annual emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms under section 3750.08 of the Revised Code.

(W) "Tank" has the same meaning as in section 3737.87 of the Revised Code. "Tank" also includes any stationary device that is designed to contain or contains an accumulation of a regulated substance and that is constructed of man-made materials.

Effective Date: 03-30-1995.