Ohio § 3714.12 Orders to abate

Ohio Statutes

§ 3714.12 — Orders to abate

Ohio § 3714.12

Title 37Health-Safety-Morals

Ch. 3714Construction and Demolition Debris

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3714.12 (2026).

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(A)The board of health of a health district may make orders in accordance with section3709.20or3709.21of the Revised Code to a permit or license holder or other person to abate, within a specified, reasonable time, a violation of any section of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or a term or condition of a permit or license issued under it. The director of environmental protection may issue enforcement orders in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code to a permit or license holder or other person to abate, within a specified, reasonable time, a violation of any section of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or a term or condition of a permit or license issued under it.

(B)If the board of health or the director determines that conditions at a construction and demolition

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(A) The board of health of a health district may make orders in accordance with section3709.20or3709.21of the Revised Code to a permit or license holder or other person to abate, within a specified, reasonable time, a violation of any section of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or a term or condition of a permit or license issued under it. The director of environmental protection may issue enforcement orders in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code to a permit or license holder or other person to abate, within a specified, reasonable time, a violation of any section of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or a term or condition of a permit or license issued under it.

(B) If the board of health or the director determines that conditions at a construction and demolition debris facility or other location where construction and demolition debris is being disposed of are causing or threatening to cause an imminent and substantial threat to public health or safety or the environment or an imminent and substantial risk of fire and that, due to any of those conditions, an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or safety or the environment, the board or the director may, without notice or hearing, issue an order reciting the existence of the emergency and requiring that such action be taken as is necessary to meet the emergency. The order shall be effective immediately. Any person to whom such an order is directed shall comply immediately, but on application to the director or the board of health, as appropriate, shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible, but not later than thirty days after application. On the basis of the hearing, the director or the board of health shall continue the order in effect or revoke or modify it. No emergency order shall remain in effect for more than ninety days after its issuance.