Ohio § 6111.032

§ 6111.032.

(A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the governing board of a

county or special district owning or operating a publicly owned treatment works or

sewerage system, subject to compliance with the exercise of lawful authority granted

to or rules adopted by the director of environmental protection pursuant to section 6111.03 of the Revised Code , shall exercise primary authority to adopt, amend, rescind, administer, and enforce

rules with respect to all of the following: (1) The establishment, construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, operation,

and maintenance of its sewerage systems, treatment works, and disposal systems; (2) The establishment and modification of rates or charges to be made of users of its

sewerage systems, treatment works, and disposal systems, which need not be uniform

throughout the territory served by the systems or works, to assure that the systems

and works will be properly and efficiently operated and maintained;  that the principal

of and interest on bonds, notes, and certificates of indebtedness will be timely paid;

 and that reserves and other terms and conditions required by any ordinance, resolution,

mortgage, or trust agreement with respect to debt obligations will be met; (3) Industrial water pollution control facilities discharging into its sewerage systems,

treatment works, and disposal systems; (4) The establishment, operation, administration, and enforcement of its publicly owned

treatment works pretreatment program, including inspection, monitoring, and reporting

programs and activities. (B) The rules adopted by the legislative authority or governing board pursuant to division

(A) of this section shall be applicable, and enforceable by civil or other actions,

within any territory served by its sewerage systems, treatment works, or disposal

systems regardless of whether the territory served is within the territorial boundaries

of the municipal corporation, county, or special district, provided that the rules

are consistent with the provisions of any contracts or agreements in effect with other

municipal corporations, counties, or special districts served by or on whose behalf

the publicly owned treatment works or sewerage systems are owned or operated, in whole

or in part. (C) The director, by rule or through contracts or other means, may authorize a municipal

corporation, county, or special district that owns or operates a publicly owned treatment

works or sewerage system and that has an approved program under this section to operate,

administer, and enforce an industrial pretreatment program, to review and approve

industrial permits to install in connection with indirect discharges by industrial

users of its treatment works or sewerage system. (D) The authority granted to municipal corporations, counties, and special districts

by this section is in addition to and not in derogation of any other authority granted

pursuant to the Constitution and laws of this state, the “Federal Water Pollution

Control Act,” or the rules of any agency of federal or state governments.