Private Sewer Systems (Ohio Revised Code: Title 61 Water Supply, Sanitation, And Ditches; Chapter 6112) Country/Territory United States of America Territorial subdivision Ohio Document type Legislation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Sewerage Pollution control Water quality standards Freshwater pollution Procedural matters Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Public health Policy/planning Waste disposal Local government Effluent waste water/discharge Certification Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This Chapter of the Ohio Revised Code concerns private sewer systems. It provides that, for the purpose of preventing, controlling, and abating new or existing pollution of the waters of the state, the director of environmental protection, upon application by any person and determination by the director that such action will be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare, may grant approval for general plans to such person for the construction and installation of a disposal system for the disposal of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes to serve any geographical area in one or more counties, whether or not said geographical area is part of one or more then existing sewer districts established under Chapter 6117. of the Revised Code, provided that said geographical area is not then being served by a disposal system for the disposal of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes. Upon receipt of any application, the director shall notify the board of county commissioners in any county in which any part of said geographical area is situated that such application has been filed. The board of county commissioners shall certify to the director, within thirty days after receipt of such notice, whether said geographical area is or is not then being served by a disposal system for the disposal of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes. Full text English Website codes.ohio.gov