Ohio § 1522.11 Permit for new or increased diversion of water out of Lake Erie Watershed

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§ 1522.11 — Permit for new or increased diversion of water out of Lake Erie Watershed

Ohio § 1522.11

Title 15Conservation of Natural Resources

Ch. 1522Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1522.11 (2026).

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(A)No person shall install or operate a facility or equipment that results in a new or increased diversion of any water out of the Lake Erie watershed to another watershed without first obtaining a permit to do so issued by the chief of the division of water resources. An application for such a permit shall be submitted to the chief on a form that the chief prescribes. An application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of one thousand dollars, which shall be credited to the water management fund created in section1521.22of the Revised Code.

(B)The chief shall approve a permit application submitted under this section only if the chief determines that it meets the criteria required to qualify as an exception to the prohibition against diversions established in Section4.9of the com

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(A) No person shall install or operate a facility or equipment that results in a new or increased diversion of any water out of the Lake Erie watershed to another watershed without first obtaining a permit to do so issued by the chief of the division of water resources. An application for such a permit shall be submitted to the chief on a form that the chief prescribes. An application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of one thousand dollars, which shall be credited to the water management fund created in section1521.22of the Revised Code.

(B) The chief shall approve a permit application submitted under this section only if the chief determines that it meets the criteria required to qualify as an exception to the prohibition against diversions established in Section4.9of the compact. The chief shall issue or deny a permit through issuance of an order.