OH SB313

Requires the Director of Environmental Protection to consider applicant's financial limitations when issuing NPDES permits for sewerage systems, approving long-term control plans, and enforcing the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

Mandates consideration of the effectiveness and cost of long-term control plans and specific wet weather flow control technologies.

Requires evaluation of environmental impacts and promotion of alternative control options that minimize environmental effects.

Directs consideration of economic impacts on permit applicants, permittees, other government entities, and state residents.

Allows flexibility in implementing long-term control plans when they impose disproportionate financial hardship, and requires consideration of federal combined sewer overflow control policy factors that ease financial burdens, including small system considerations and water quality standards attainability.