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Ohio EPA’s In Your Community webinar series focuses on environmental issues at the local level – covering a wide range

• f topics from how Ohio EPA regulates pollution sources to

ways on improving the environment in your local area. https://epa.ohio.gov/community_webinar

Air Pollution Basics

June 30, 2020 Jim Kavalec, DAPC

Overview

❑Open burning ❑Asbestos ❑Nuisance - odors ❑Dust ❑Who to contact

Open Burning

❑What you can and cannot burn depends on where you live (restricted vs unrestricted areas) ❑You are never allowed to burn anything which contains rubber, grease, asphalt, liquid petroleum products, plastics or building materials

❑No garbage ❑No barns, sheds, houses ❑No tires, wiring, furniture

Open Burning

Allowed burning:

❑ Bonfires, campfires and outdoor fireplace equipment ❑Only clean seasoned firewood ❑No larger than 3 ft. diameter and 2 ft. high ❑If larger you need to notify Ohio EPA ❑ Landscape waste outside of city limits ❑ Land clearing waste generated on the site- with permission and

• utside of city limits

❑ Agricultural waste – if >1,000 ft. from inhabited bldg. & other requirements (inside city limits need to notify Ohio EPA)

Open Burning

• Allowed Burning

– Recognized horticultural, silvicultural (forestry), range management, prairie and grassland management, invasive species management, or wildlife management practices - with notification – Firefighter training – with permission – In emergency or other extraordinary circumstances for any purpose determined to be necessary by the director – with permission

Open Burning

The two most common open burning violations are:

• Burning inappropriate wastes
• Burning for disposal within 1,000 feet of

“inhabited structures” epa.ohio.gov/dapc/general/openburning

Asbestos Regulations

❑A couple years ago ODH asbestos licensing and regulatory program was transferred to Ohio EPA ❑Need to determine if demo/reno happening at a regulated facility ❑Demolition – remove or wreck any load- supporting structure or related operation; also burning ❑Renovation – alter the facility in any other way including removing asbestos

Asbestos Regulations

Obligations include:

❑Asbestos Building Inspection ❑Notification (!!) ❑Follow work practices ❑Proper disposal ❑Training, certification and licensing

Asbestos Notifications

❑All demolitions require a notification ❑Renovations…above thresholds need notifications

• >50 square feet or 50 linear feet;
• > 260 linear feet on pipes;
• > 160 ft2 on other facility components; or
• > 35 ft3 of other facility components (debris/pile)

❑Notifications need:

• 10 working days (Mon-Fri)
• Start and end dates
• Asbestos contractor and removal methods

Asbestos Regulations

• Residential Structures – 4 or fewer dwelling units

– Exempt from OAC Ch. 3745-20, unless part of an installation

• Installations -group of buildings or structures

– Residential house as part of city or landbank project

• Emergency Demolitions

– Need a written Order from local or state government explaining structure is structurally unsound and in danger of collapsing

Common Asbestos Mistakes

❑Not getting a thorough survey done - always more $$$$ to clean up ❑Waiting to send in notification ❑Not defining contractor responsibilities ❑Check contractor references/certifications ❑Not updating original notification when project changes ❑Demolition of structure prior to abatement

WHO WE ARE

Our mission is to improve air quality by supporting businesses, creating jobs and improving communities while enhancing the health and safety of all Ohioans.

• The Ohio Air Quality Development Authority (OAQDA) is a

resource for businesses of any size working to comply with and exceed the Clean Air Act and in need of financial support.

• We are a non-partisan, independent public partner, not a

regulatory agency.

• OAQDA is committed to serving the economic and

environmental needs of Ohio businesses and communities as they strive to reduce air emissions and achieve greater sustainability goals that protects the air.

LARGE BUSINESS FINANCING

OAQDA provides a variety of flexible financing tools for businesses of all

• sizes. Our large business financing program, which applies to businesses

with more than 100 employees that are investing in energy efficiency and/or conservation efforts, offers:

• A variety of tax incentives that can help businesses working to improve

air quality recover a portion of their investment on a project.

• 100 percent tax exemption from real property taxes, sales and use taxes

and/or interest income on bonds and notes issued by OAQDA.

Bond Financing Process

Air Pollution Nuisances

❑The emission or escape into the open air from any source or sources whatsoever, of smoke, ashes, dust, dirt, grime, acids, fumes, gases, vapors, or any other substances or combinations of substances, in such manner or in such amounts as to endanger the health, safety or welfare of the public, or cause unreasonable injury or damage to property

Nuisances (Odors)

• Source has to be subject to regulation under

Ohio’s particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, photochemically reactive material, hydrocarbon, or permitting rules.

• Operated in such a manner to emit such

amounts of odor as to endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the public, or cause unreasonable injury or damage to property.

Dust

❑Ohio EPA regulates sources (permits and 3745-17 – Particulate Emission Rules) ❑Fugitive dust sources regulated in certain areas of the state (more populated counties, cities, and townships) ❑epa.ohio.gov/portals/27/regs/3745-17/3745- 17-08AppA_Final.pdf

Dust

❑Minimize fugitive dust

• There are visible emission limits on the amount of

visible dust that can be emitted

• Minimize or eliminate dust
• Use water or other suitable chemicals to suppress

dust

• Common sense standards (i.e. water lance not air

lance)

• Covers for trucks
• Hoods and other capture systems

Things to Remember

• All cities have odors and dust and the expectation
• f zero dust/odor is not a realistic expectation
• Ohio EPA should get involved when you observe a

business that has excessive dust generated on their property or a strong odor

• Just because there is an odor does not always

mean harm – for example mulching and wastewater facilities may smell bad but aren’t harmful

Who Should I Contact?

❑Each office has a contact for:

• Open burning
• Asbestos
• Complaints

❑Use map for correct district office epa.ohio.gov/dapc/general/dolaa ❑Lots of resources available online ❑If in doubt, call us!

Office of Compliance Assistance and Pollution Prevention

Toll Free hotline: (800) 329- 7518 Chat live with an environmental specialist Contact an environmental specialist in your area directly by email or phone

Contact us Directly: OCAPP District Contacts

Central

Jessica Cáceres · 614) 644-2130 · Jessica.Caceres@epa.ohio.gov

Northeast

Tamara Girard · (330) 963-1282 · Tamara.Girard@epa.ohio.gov Miranda Stockton · (330) 963-1250 · Miranda.Stockton@epa.ohio.gov

Northwest

Tom Cikotte · (419) 373-3020 · Tom.Cikotte@epa.ohio.gov Jeremy Scoles · (419) 373-3095 · Jeremy.Scoles@epa.ohio.gov

Southwest

Maddie Adams· (937) 285-6456 · Madelyn.Adams@epa.ohio.gov Amber Hicks · (937) 285-6439 · Amber.Hicks@epa.ohio.gov

Southeast

Ralph Witte · (740) 380-5241 · Ralph.Witte@epa.ohio.gov

Ohio io Air ir Quality Development Authority

Brooke Grant

• (Brooke.Grant@aqda.state.oh.us)
• 614-387-3064