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Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.011 (2026)

Legislative intent

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Effective:
October 23, 1972
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly
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It is the intent of the general assembly that the environmental protection agency shall:

(A) Promulgate and put into execution a long term comprehensive plan and program to conserve, protect, and enhance the air, water, and other natural resources of the state;

(B) Prevent and abate pollution of the environment for the protection and preservation of the health, safety, welfare, and property of the people of the state;

(C) Administer the air, water, and other natural resources of the state for the use and benefit of the people of the state;

(D) Promote the development of technology for environmental protection and management;

(E) Operate the state government in ways designed to minimize environmental damage, and assist and cooperate with governmental agencies to restore, protect, and enhance the quality of the environment;

(F) Provide for enforcement of the right of the people to environmental quality consistent with human health and welfare.

The director of environmental protection may designate one of his staff to serve directly under the director as an ombudsman and expeditor between the citizens and the environmental protection agency in all matters of the environment.

Last updated April 22, 2023 at 7:43 AM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1984–2020 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Voleck v. Vill. of Powhatan Point, 2010-Ohio-5679, 127 Ohio St. 3d 299.
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State Ex Rel. Voleck v. Vill. of Powhatan Point, 2010-Ohio-5679, 127 Ohio St. 3d 299. “” R.C. 3745.011(F). The General Assembly enacted R.”
City of Indep. v. Maynard, 495 N.E.2d 444 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1985). · cites it 2× “In disposing of the second assignment of error, we observe first that R.C. 3745.011, by which the General Assembly enunciated the specific functions of the Environmental Protection Agency, says nothing with respect to the agency’s responsibility to defer to local zoning…”
Benton Twp. v. Rocky Ridge Dev., L.L.C., 2020-Ohio-4162. “” R.C. 3745.011(A) and (B). The General Assembly also created ERAC, which has exclusive jurisdiction over the orders of the director of the OEPA.”
Families Against Reily/Morgan Sites v. Butler Cnty. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 564 N.E.2d 1113 (Ohio Ct. App. 12th Dist. 1989). “See R.C. 3745.011. Clearly, the legislature intended for the state through the Ohio EPA to preempt and solely occupy the licensing and regulation of solid waste disposal and sanitary landfill facilities.”
Atwater Twp. Trs. v. B.F.I. Wlllowcreek Landfill, 67 Ohio St. 3d 293 (1993). “” The majority also neglects to cite R.C. 3745.011, which provides in pertinent part: “It is the intent of the general assembly that the environmental protection agency shall: “(A) Promulgate and put into execution a long term comprehensive plan and program to conserve, protect,…”
Atwater Twp. Trs. v. B.F.I. Willowcreek Landfill, 1993 Ohio 216 (Ohio 1993). “" The majority also neglects to cite R.C. 3745.011, which provides in pertinent part: "It is the intent of the general assembly that the environmental protection agency shall: "(A) Promulgate and put into execution a long term comprehensive plan and program to conserve, protect,…”
Harvard Refuse, Inc. v. City of Cleveland, 481 N.E.2d 656 (Ohio Ct. App. 1984). “See R.C. 3745.011(B). To carry out this legislative intent the above-described procedures were established.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.011(A): 1 case
Benton Twp. v. Rocky Ridge Dev., L.L.C., 2020-Ohio-4162. “” R.C. 3745.011(A) and (B). The General Assembly also created ERAC, which has exclusive jurisdiction over the orders of the director of the OEPA.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.011(B): 1 case
Harvard Refuse, Inc. v. City of Cleveland, 481 N.E.2d 656 (Ohio Ct. App. 1984). “See R.C. 3745.011(B). To carry out this legislative intent the above-described procedures were established.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.011(F): 1 case
State Ex Rel. Voleck v. Vill. of Powhatan Point, 2010-Ohio-5679, 127 Ohio St. 3d 299. “” R.C. 3745.011(F). The General Assembly enacted R.”
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