(A)Each facility that has an extremely hazardous substance present in an amount that exceeds the threshold planning quantity for the substance established by rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) or (C)(5) of section3750.02of the Revised Code is subject to this section and section3750.04of the Revised Code. Upon the written request of the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which a facility is located, the emergency response commission may, by issuance of an order in accordance with section3750.18of the Revised Code, designate an additional facility as being subject to the requirements of this section and section3750.04of the Revised Code if the commission determines from the request that, due to the size of the facility, the nature of its operations,
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(A) Each facility that has an extremely hazardous substance present in an amount that exceeds the threshold planning quantity for the substance established by rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) or (C)(5) of section3750.02of the Revised Code is subject to this section and section3750.04of the Revised Code. Upon the written request of the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which a facility is located, the emergency response commission may, by issuance of an order in accordance with section3750.18of the Revised Code, designate an additional facility as being subject to the requirements of this section and section3750.04of the Revised Code if the commission determines from the request that, due to the size of the facility, the nature of its operations, or its proximity to a residential area or an area where significant numbers of people work or congregate, participation in the emergency planning process under this section and section3750.04of the Revised Code is necessary or appropriate to protect the public health or safety or the environment. At least forty-five days before issuance of such an order the commission shall mail written notice to the owner or operator of the facility by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall notify the public, by the publication of notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the facility is located, of the commission's intention to approve the request and to issue the order and that the public may submit written comments to the commission regarding approval of the request during that time. The commission shall not issue any such order unless at least sixty per cent of the voting members of the commission vote to approve the request and issuance of the order. Designations under this division shall be made on the basis of individual facilities rather than on a categorical basis.
(B) Within thirty days after the committee of a district is appointed under section3750.03of the Revised Code, the owner or operator of any facility located in the district and identified under division (A) of this section shall select a facility representative and provide the name of the representative to the committee. The facility representative is the person who will participate in the district's emergency planning process as the facility emergency coordinator. If the owner or operator changes its facility emergency coordinator, the owner or operator shall promptly provide the name of the new facility emergency coordinator to the committee.
If an extremely hazardous substance first becomes present at a facility on or after the effective date of this section in an amount that exceeds the threshold planning quantity established for the substance in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) of section3750.02of the Revised Code, or if, after rules have been adopted under division (C)(5) of section3750.02of the Revised Code, an extremely hazardous substance becomes present at a facility in an amount that exceeds the threshold planning quantity for the extremely hazardous substance, the owner or operator of the facility shall notify the emergency response commission and the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which the facility is located that the facility is subject to this section and section3750.04of the Revised Code within sixty days after first acquiring the substance. If rules are adopted under division (C)(5) of section3750.02of the Revised Code, or if rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) or (C)(5) of that section are amended, and a facility has present an extremely hazardous substance in an amount exceeding the threshold planning quantity for the extremely hazardous substance established in those rules or amended rules, the owner or operator of the facility shall notify the commission and the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which the facility is located that the facility is subject to this section and section3750.04of the Revised Code within sixty days after adoption or amendment of the rules. If the owner or operator had not previously been required to select a facility emergency coordinator under this division, he shall select one and provide his name to the committee within sixty days after first acquiring the extremely hazardous substance or within sixty days after adoption or amendment of the rule, as appropriate.
(C) Upon the request of the committee having jurisdiction, the owner or operator of a facility identified in division (A) of this section shall promptly provide to the committee the information necessary for developing and implementing the chemical emergency response and preparedness plan for the district.
(D) An agricultural producer who has complied with section 302 of the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1730, 42 U.S.C.A. 11002, and divisions (B) and (C) of this section is not subject to the requirements of sections3750.07and3750.08of the Revised Code nor to the payment of filing fees under division (A) of section3750.13of the Revised Code with respect to his agricultural production activities.
(E) No owner or operator of a facility shall fail to comply with this section or an order issued under division (A) of this section.