Ohio Code § 5709.20

§ 5709.20.

As used in sections 5709.20 to 5709.27 of the Revised Code : (A) “ Air contaminant ” means particulate matter, dust, fumes, gas, mist, smoke, vapor, or odorous substances,

or any combination thereof. (B) “ Air pollution control facility ” means any property designed, constructed, or installed for the primary purpose of

eliminating or reducing the emission of, or ground level concentration of, air contaminants

generated at an industrial or commercial plant or site that renders air harmful or

inimical to the public health or to property within this state, or such property installed

on or after November 1, 1993, at a petroleum refinery for the primary purpose of eliminating

or reducing substances within fuel that otherwise would create the emission of air

contaminants upon the combustion of fuel. (C) “ Energy conversion ” means the conversion of fuel or power usage and consumption from natural gas to

an alternate fuel or power source other than propane, butane, naphtha, or fuel oil;

 or the conversion of fuel or power usage and consumption from fuel oil to an alternate

fuel or power source other than natural gas, propane, butane, or naphtha. (D) “ Energy conversion facility ” means any additional property or equipment designed, constructed, or installed after

December 31, 1974, for use at an industrial or commercial plant or site for the primary

purpose of energy conversion. (E) “ Exempt facility ” means any of the facilities defined in division (B), (D), (F), (I), (K), or (L)

of this section for which an exempt facility certificate is issued pursuant to section

5709.21 or for which a certificate remains valid under section 5709.201 of the Revised Code .  ” Exempt facility ” includes both property that is owned and property that is leased by the holder of

the exempt facility certificate or the person to which the certificate is issued. (F) “ Noise pollution control facility ” means any property designed, constructed, or installed for use at an industrial

or commercial plant or site for the primary purpose of eliminating or reducing, at

that plant or site, the emission of sound which is harmful or inimical to persons

or property, or materially reduces the quality of the environment, as shall be determined

by the director of environmental protection within such standards for noise pollution

control facilities and standards for environmental noise necessary to protect public

health and welfare as may be promulgated by the United States environmental protection

agency.  In the absence of such United States environmental protection agency standards,

the determination shall be made in accordance with generally accepted current standards

of good engineering practice in environmental noise control. (G) “ Solid waste ” means such unwanted residual solid or semi-solid material as results from industrial

operations, including those of public utility companies, and commercial, distribution,

research, agricultural, and community operations, including garbage, combustible or

noncombustible, street dirt, and debris. (H) “ Solid waste energy conversion ” means the conversion of solid waste into energy and the utilization of such energy

for some useful purpose. (I) “ Solid waste energy conversion facility ” means any property or equipment designed, constructed, or installed after December

31, 1974, for use at an industrial or a commercial plant or site for the primary purpose

of solid waste energy conversion. (J) “ Thermal efficiency improvement ” means the recovery and use of waste heat or waste steam produced incidental to electric

power generation, industrial process heat generation, lighting, refrigeration, or

space heating. (K) “ Thermal efficiency improvement facility ” means any property or equipment designed, constructed, or installed after December

31, 1974, for use at an industrial or a commercial plant or site for the primary purpose

of thermal efficiency improvement. (L) “ Industrial water pollution control facility ” means any property designed, constructed, or installed for the primary purpose of

collecting, hauling, or conducting industrial waste to a point of disposal or treatment;

 storing, filtering, processing, or disposing of industrial waste;  reducing, controlling,

or eliminating water pollution caused by industrial waste;  or reducing, controlling,

or eliminating the discharge into a disposal system of industrial waste or what would

be industrial waste if discharged into the waters of this state.  This division applies only to property related to an industrial water pollution

control facility placed into operation or initially capable of operation after December

31, 1965, and installed pursuant to the approval of the environmental protection agency,

department of natural resources, or any other governmental agency having authority

to approve the installation of industrial water pollution control facilities.  The definitions in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code , as applicable, apply to the terms used in this division. (M) Property designed, constructed, installed, used, or placed in operation primarily

for the safety, health, protection, or benefit, or any combination thereof, of personnel

of a business, or primarily for a business purpose other than a purpose described

in division (B), (D), (F), (I), (K), or (L) of this section, as applicable, is not

an “exempt facility.”