OH HB72

Requires the Director of Environmental Protection to consider financial limitations, cost-effectiveness, and economic impacts when issuing NPDES permits for sewerage systems and approving long-term control plans for wet weather discharges.

Mandates consideration of effectiveness and cost of wet weather flow control technologies and alternative control options that minimize environmental impact.

Requires evaluation of flexibility in implementing long-term control plans when they would impose disproportionate financial hardship compared to environmental benefits.

Directs the Director to consider factors from federal combined sewer overflow control policy, including small sewerage system considerations, water quality standards attainment, and wet weather standards development.

Applies considerations to all NPDES permit issuance, long-term control plan approval, and enforcement of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as it applies to sewerage systems, to the extent federal law allows.