Ohio EPA Land Related Programs

Division of Emergency & Remedial Response DERR consists of four programs: Site Assessment & Brownfield Revitalization Program (SABR) , Emergency Response Program, Remedial Response Program and Voluntary Action Program (VAP).       Division of Hazardous Waste Management DHWM implements Ohio’s delegated hazardous waste management program under the authority of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to RCRA of 1984, Chapter 3734 of the Ohio Revised Code, and Chapters 3745-50 thru 59 and 65 thru 69 of the Ohio Administrative Code. These laws and rules provide the authority to regulate facilities that generate, transport, treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste.       Division of Solid & Infectious Waste Management Administers rules and regulations relating to: municipal solid waste landfills; residual waste landfills; industrial waste landfills; construction & demolition debris landfills; solid waste transfer facilities; scrap tire storage, transportation, and disposal; composting facilities; and infectious waste generation, treatment, and transportation.       Office of Compliance Assistance and Pollution Prevention OCAPP works with companies and other Ohio EPA divisions on a voluntary, non-regulatory basis to help them modify their processes, materials and practices to generate less pollution in a cost-effective and technically feasible manner and to ensure compliance with all applicable environmental rules and regulations.