Section 3734.56. Submission of amended plan and certification

(A) Each county and joint solid waste management district having a solid waste management plan approved under section 3734.521 or 3734.55 of the Revised Code with a planning period of less than fifteen years shall submit triennially, on or before the anniversary date of the approval of the initial plan, to the director of environmental protection an amended plan and certification for the subsequent ten-year period or longer period on which the district's initial plan was based. If the district's initial plan as approved by the director contained a planning period of fifteen or more years, the district shall submit such an amended plan and certification to the director every five years on or before the anniversary date of the approval of the initial plan of the district.

The amended plan and certification shall comply with divisions (A), (B), (D), and (E)(1) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code. An amended plan may incorporate any of the elements under division (C) of that section that are not included in the district's initial plan or previous amended plans and may delete any of those elements that were contained in the initial plan or previous amended plans. An amended plan shall incorporate all of the elements required under section 3734.53 of the Revised Code, and may incorporate any of the elements authorized under that section, for the purpose of managing solid wastes that consist of scrap tires and solid waste facilities that are scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facilities.

Not later than fifteen months before the required date for submission of the amended plan for the district under this section, the solid waste management policy committee of the county or joint district established under section 3734.54 of the Revised Code shall begin preparation of the draft amended plan for the district. The committee shall proceed to adopt and obtain approval of the amended plan of the district in accordance with divisions (A) to (C) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code.

If a county or joint district fails to submit an amended plan in accordance with this division or fails to obtain approval of the amended plan within eighteen months after the required date for its submission under this division, the director shall proceed in accordance with division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code. An amended plan prepared by the director under this division or division (B) of this section shall incorporate all of the elements required under section 3734.53 of the Revised Code for the purpose of managing solid wastes that consist of scrap tires and solid waste facilities that are scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facilities, except that for that purpose the amended plan shall not incorporate any of the elements required or authorized under division (B) or (C) of that section.

(B) If the solid waste management plan of a county or joint district was initially prepared and ordered to be implemented by the director under division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or division (D) or (F) of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code, the director shall review the plan triennially and prepare for the district an amended plan that complies with divisions (A) and (D) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code and is applicable to the subsequent ten-year period. An amended plan prepared by the director shall not contain any provisions required or authorized to be included in plans submitted by districts under divisions (B), (C), or (E) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code. Upon completion of the amended plan, the director shall issue an order in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code directing the board of county commissioners or board of directors of the district to implement the amended plan in compliance with the implementation schedule contained in it.

(C) A county or joint district that is operating under a solid waste management plan prepared and ordered to be implemented by the director under division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or division (D) or (F) of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code may establish, under division (B) of section 3734.54 of the Revised Code, a solid waste management policy committee and prepare, adopt, and submit its own solid waste management plan to replace the initial or an amended plan prepared by the director. Any such district may submit its plan to the director only within the one hundred eighty days immediately preceding a triennial anniversary of the date on which the director issued the initial order under division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or division (D) or (F) of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code requiring the district to implement the plan prepared by the director.

Upon approval of the solid waste management plan of the county or joint district under division (C) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue an order in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code revoking the earlier orders issued to the district under division (D) of that section or division (D) or (F)(1) or (2) of section 3734.521 of Revised Code, as appropriate.

(D) When the board of county commissioners of a county district or the board of directors of a joint district determines that circumstances materially changed from those addressed in the approved initial or amended plan of the district require submission of an amended plan prior to the time required under division (A) of this section, the board shall request the solid waste management policy committee of the district to prepare a draft amended plan. Upon receipt of the board's request, the committee shall begin preparing a draft amended plan for the district and shall proceed to adopt and obtain approval of the amended plan in accordance with divisions (A) to (C) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code.

(E) The board of county commissioners of a county district or board of directors of a joint district may request the solid waste management policy committee of the district to prepare and adopt amendments to any provisions of the district's plan or amended plan required to be included under division (B) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code at any time and without obtaining approval of the amendments from the director. The committee shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendments to the plan and shall proceed in accordance with division (B) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code to conduct a public hearing on the proposed amendments and obtain their approval and ratification.

(F) The board of county commissioners of a county district or board of directors of a joint district may request the solid waste management policy committee of the district to prepare and adopt an amendment to the provision required to be included in the district's plan or amended plan under division (E) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code at any time and without the necessity of obtaining approval of the amendment from the director. The policy committee shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment to the plan. Upon adopting the resolution, it shall proceed in accordance with divisions (A) and (B) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code to adopt and obtain ratification of the proposed amendment in the same manner as a plan, except that the board need not submit a copy of the resolution to the director for review and comment under division (A) of that section. An amendment to a plan or amended plan that is proposed and ratified in accordance with this division shall take effect when the policy committee declares the amendment to be ratified pursuant to division (B) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 10-29-1993