Section 3753.05 - Risk management plan reporting fund(A) Except as provided in division (G) of this section, an owner or operator who is required to submit a risk management plan under this chapter shall pay annually to the environmental protection agency a fee of fifty dollars together with any of the following applicable fees:(1) A fee of sixty-five dollars if a covered process in the stationary source includes propane and propane is the only regulated substance at the stationary source over the threshold quantity;(2) A fee of sixty-five dollars if a covered process in the stationary source includes anhydrous ammonia that is sold for use as an agricultural nutrient and is on-site over the threshold quantity;(3) A fee of two hundred dollars for each regulated substance over the threshold quantity. Propane shall be considered a regulated substance subject to the fee levied under division (A)(3) of this section only if it is not the only regulated substance over the threshold quantity. Anhydrous ammonia shall be considered a regulated substance subject to the fee levied under division (A)(3) of this section only if it is not sold for use as an agricultural nutrient.(B) In accordance with rules adopted under section 3753.02 of the Revised Code, the fees assessed under division (A) of this section shall be collected for the year 1999 no later than ten days after the notice of delegation of the risk management program to the state appears in the federal register, or ten days after the effective date of this amendment, whichever occurs later. Thereafter, the fees shall be collected no later than the first day of September of each year. The fees assessed under division (A) of this section for a stationary source shall be based upon the regulated substances present over the threshold quantity identified in the risk management plan on file for calendar year 1999 as of the twenty-first day of June and for each subsequent calendar year as of the first day of September.(C) An owner or operator who is required to submit a risk management plan under this chapter and who fails to submit such a plan within thirty days after the applicable filing date prescribed in section 3753.03 of the Revised Code shall submit with the risk management plan a late filing fee of three per cent of the total fees due under division (A) of this section.(D) The director of environmental protection may establish fees to be paid by persons, other than public officers or employees, to cover the costs of obtaining copies of documents or information submitted to the director under this chapter and rules adopted under it. The director shall not charge more than the actual cost of making and delivering such copies or of accessing any computerized data base established or used for the purposes of assisting in the administration of this chapter.(E) All moneys received by the agency under divisions (A), (C), and (D) of this section shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state to be credited to the risk management plan reporting fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the director and used exclusively for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it.(F) Beginning in fiscal year 2001, and every two years thereafter, the director shall review the total amount of moneys in the risk management plan reporting fund to determine if that amount exceeds seven hundred fifty thousand dollars in either of the two preceding fiscal years. If the total amount of moneys in the fund exceeded seven hundred fifty thousand dollars in either fiscal year, the director, after review of the fee structure and consultation with affected persons, shall issue an order reducing the amount of the fees levied under division (A) of this section so that the estimated amount of moneys resulting from the fees will not exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars in any fiscal year. If, upon review of the fees under this division and after the fees have been reduced, the director determines that the total amount of moneys collected and accumulated is less than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, the director, after review of the fee structure and consultation with affected persons, may issue an order increasing the amount of the fees levied under division (A) of this section so that the estimated amount of moneys resulting from the fees will be approximately seven hundred fifty thousand dollars. Fees shall never be increased to an amount exceeding the amount specified in division (A) of this section.
Notwithstanding section 119.06 of the Revised Code, the director may issue an order under this division without the necessity to hold an adjudicatory hearing in connection with the order. The issuance of an order under this division is not an act or action for purposes of section 3745.04 of the Revised Code.
(G) This section does not apply to the owner or operator of a business that employs one hundred or fewer individuals and is a small business concern as defined in the Small Business Act, 72 Stat. 384 (1958), 15 U.S.C.A. 632, as amended. Effective Date: 6/30/1999.