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Last Updated: Tuesday, 02-Sep-2008 16:32:42 EDT

OAC Chapter 3745-5
Water Quality Trading

The following is a complete list of the rules in Chapter 3745-5 of the Ohio Administrative Code. The documents are available in the Adobe Acrobat™, PDF format. Download an Adobe Acrobat™ reader for your operating system from Adobe.

More information about Ohio's water quality trading program is available here.

Download the entire Chapter 3745-5 here (114k), or download individual rules below.

  • Table of Contents (8k)
  • 3745-5-01 Definitions: as used in this chapter (17k)
  • 3745-5-02 Purpose and applicability (11k)
  • 3745-5-03 Prohibitions and restrictions (10k)
  • 3745-5-04 Water quality trading: general requirements (13k)
  • 3745-5-05 Water quality trading: general requirements for a water quality trading management plan application (9k)
  • 3745-5-06 Water quality trading: requirements for a water quality trading management plan application (13k)
  • 3745-5-07 Requirements for water quality credits (8k)
  • 3745-5-08 Water quality credits and pollutant loading calculations (8k)
  • 3745-5-09 Determining water quality baselines (10k)
  • 3745-5-10 Water quality trading: trading ratios (8k)
  • 3745-5-11 Water quality trading: incorporating trades into individual NPDES permits and general permits (10k)
  • 3745-5-12 Record keeping, reporting requirements, compliance, enforcement, and oversight (11k)
  • 3745-5-13 Public participation requirements (9k)
  • 3745-5-14 Ambient water quality monitoring requirements (8k)

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