Section 343.014. Designating solid waste facilities and recycling activities where no outstanding public debt

(A) If the provision authorized under division (E)(2)(b) or (c) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code to be included in the initial solid waste management plan of a county or joint solid waste management district approved under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code, the provision required under division (E)(1) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code to be included in the initial or an amended solid waste management plan of a county or joint solid waste management district approved under section 3734.521 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code, or an amendment to the plan or amended plan adopted and ratified under division (F) of section 3734.56 of the Revised Code, explicitly authorizes the board of county commissioners or directors of the district to designate solid waste facilities and recycling activities pursuant to this section, the board of county commissioners or board of directors of the district, at any time after the approval of the initial or amended plan or the amendment to the plan and in accordance with this section, may designate solid waste disposal, transfer, or resource recovery facilities or recycling activities that are owned by persons, or that are owned by a municipal corporation, county, county or joint solid waste management district, township, or township waste disposal district created under section 505.28 of the Revised Code for which no debt has been issued or is outstanding under Chapter 133., 343., or 6123. of the Revised Code, where solid wastes generated within or transported into the district shall be taken for disposal, transfer, resource recovery, or recycling.

(B) The board of county commissioners or directors of a district that wishes to designate solid waste disposal, transfer, or resource recovery facilities or recycling activities, as described in division (A) of this section, where wastes generated within or transported into the district shall be taken for disposal, transfer, resource recovery, or recycling shall initiate the proceedings to do so by adopting a resolution expressing the intent of the board to so designate any such facilities and activities for the receipt of wastes generated within and transported into the district.

(C) After adopting a resolution of intent to designate under division (B) of this section, the board of county commissioners or directors shall do all of the following:

(1) Hold a public hearing on the proposed designation;

(2) Publish notice of the adoption of the resolution and of the date, time, and location of the public hearing, and a description of the types and scope of the services subject to the proposed designation, in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the district;

(3) Mail notice of the adoption of the resolution and of the date, time, and location of the public hearing, and a description of the types and scope of the services subject to the proposed designation, to the fifty industrial, commercial, and institutional generators of solid wastes within the district that generate the largest quantities of solid wastes, as determined by the board, and to their local trade associations. The board shall make good faith efforts to identify those generators within the district and their local trade associations, but the nonprovision of notice under division (C)(3) of this section to a particular generator or local trade association does not invalidate the proceedings under this section.

(4) Mail notice of the adoption of the resolution and of the date, time, and location of the public hearing, and a description of the types and scope of the services subject to the proposed designation, to the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, county, and township located in the district;

(5) Mail notice of the adoption of the resolution and of the date, time, and location of the public hearing, and a description of the types and scope of the services subject to the proposed designation, to the director of environmental protection.

(D) After holding the public hearing required under division (C) of this section and considering the comments received at the hearing, the board shall decide whether to proceed with the proposed designation. If the board decides to proceed, it shall adopt a resolution of preliminary designation. The resolution of preliminary designation may include criteria or procedures for selecting the solid waste disposal, transfer, or resource recovery facilities or recycling activities, as described in division (A) of this section, that are to receive wastes generated within and transported into the district.

(E) If, after compiling a list of the solid waste disposal, transfer, or resource recovery facilities or recycling facilities, as described in division (A) of this section, that the board proposes to so designate, the board wishes to proceed with the designation, it shall adopt a resolution declaring its intent to establish designation. The resolution shall contain the list of the facilities and activities that the board proposes to so designate.

(F) After adopting the resolution of intent to establish designation under division (E) of this section, the board shall do all of the following:

(1) Establish a reasonable period for receiving comments from the public concerning the proposed designation;

(2) Publish in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the district notice of the adoption of the resolution, the location where it is available for review, and the dates when the comment period begins and ends;

(3) Mail notice of the adoption of the resolution and the dates when the comment period begins and ends, and the list of the facilities and activities contained in the resolution, to the fifty industrial, commercial, and institutional generators of solid wastes within the district that generate the largest quantities of solid wastes, as determined by the board, and to their local trade associations. The board shall make good faith efforts to identify those generators and their local trade associations, but the nonprovision of notice under division (F)(3) of this section to a particular generator or local trade association does not invalidate the proceedings under this section.

(4) Mail notice of the adoption of the resolution and the dates when the comment period begins and ends, and the list of facilities and activities contained in the resolution, to the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, county, and township located in the district;

(5) Mail notice of the adoption of the resolution and the list of facilities and activities contained in the resolution to the director.

(G) After considering the comments submitted by the public during the comment period provided under division (F) of this section, the board may revise the list of solid waste disposal, transfer, or resource recovery facilities or recycling activities to be so designated. After considering the comments received by the public during the comment period and making any revisions to the list of proposed facilities and activities, the board may adopt a resolution of final designation. The resolution shall contain a list of the designated solid waste disposal, transfer, or resource recovery facilities or recycling activities, as described in division (A) of this section, where wastes generated within or transported into the district shall be taken for disposal, transfer, resource recovery, or recycling. The designations contained in the resolution become effective for the purposes of division (I)(2) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code sixty days after the adoption of the resolution of final designation.

(H) The board of county commissioners or directors of a district, in accordance with divisions (D) to (G) of this section, may alter the list of designated facilities contained in a resolution of final designation adopted under division (G) of this section or an amended resolution of final designation adopted pursuant to this division. The designations contained in an amended resolution of final designation become effective for the purposes of division (I)(2) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code sixty days after the adoption of the amended resolution.

(I) If designations or amended designations of solid waste facilities or recycling activities are in effect under this section or section 343.015 of the Revised Code when an approved amended plan of the county or joint district takes effect pursuant to sections 343.012 and 3734.521, or section 3734.56, of the Revised Code, or an amendment to the initial or an amended plan of the district approved under section 3734.521, 3734.55, or 3734.56 of the Revised Code takes effect under division (F) of section 3734.56 of the Revised Code, and if the provision included in the approved amended plan pursuant to division (E)(1) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code precludes, or the amendment to the plan alters the provision of the approved initial or amended plan to preclude, the board of county commissioners or directors from designating solid waste facilities or recycling activities, the existing designations shall cease to be effective for the purposes of division (I)(2) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code sixty days after the amended plan takes effect under sections 343.012 and 3734.521, or section 3734.56, of the Revised Code or the amendment to the plan adopted and ratified under division (F) of section 3734.56 of the Revised Code, takes effect, as appropriate.

(J) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 343. or 3734. of the Revised Code or a resolution or amended resolution adopted under this section or section 343.013 of the Revised Code, if a county or joint solid waste management district, prior to October 29, 1993, has entered into a contract or agreement to designate a solid waste disposal, transfer, or resource recovery facility or recycling activity owned by a person, or by a municipal corporation, county, county or joint solid waste management district, township, or township waste disposal district created under section 505.28 of the Revised Code, where solid wastes generated within or transported into the district shall be taken for disposal, transfer, resource recovery, or recycling, that designation shall be effective for the purposes of division (I)(2) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code and shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms of the contract or agreement.

Effective Date: 03-30-1995