Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 3746-1-01 | Definitions: General.

                                                
As used in Chapter 3746 of the Administrative Code,
		except otherwise provided:
(A) "Action" or "Act"
		  includes: the adoption, modification, or repeal of a rule or standard; the
		  issuance, modification, or revocation of any lawful order other than an
		  emergency order; the issuance, denial, modification, or revocation of a
		  license, permit, lease, variance, or certificate; or the approval or
		  disapproval of plans and specifications pursuant to law or rules adopted
		  thereunder.
(B) "Agency" means the Ohio
		  environmental protection agency or the Ohio department of agriculture, except
		  as used in rules 3746-3-15 to 3746-3-19 of the Administrative
		  Code.
(C) "Commission" means the
		  environmental review appeals commission.
(D) "Day" means a calendar
		  day.
(E) "Director" means the
		  director of environmental protection or the director of the department of
		  agriculture, except as used in rules 3746-3-15 to 3746-3-19 of the
		  Administrative Code.
(F) "Intervenor" means any person admitted as a party
		  pursuant to a motion to intervene as a participant to a proceeding before the
		  commission.
(G) "Statutory agency" means any state or local
		  governmental unit whose action is subject to review by the commission pursuant
		  to the Revised Code.
(H) "Party" means any person who participated in a
		  proceeding before the director of environmental protection, the director of the
		  department of agriculture or a statutory agency and includes, but is not
		  limited to: (1) the director of environmental protection; (2) any branch of the
		  state government or local governmental unit, acting under delegated authority
		  of the director, or under its own direct statutory authority, or having been
		  affected by the action of the director or one acting under his proper
		  delegation; (3) any person appealing an action of the director or one acting
		  under the delegated authority of the director, or any person against whom an
		  action has been taken or initiated by the director or one acting under the
		  director's proper delegation, whether designated as an applicant,
		  permittee, licensee, respondent, or otherwise; (4) any person filing a verified
		  complaint with the director pursuant to section 3745.08 of the Revised Code;
		  (5) any person who has been involved in any proceeding before the director or
		  one acting under the delegated authority of the director; and (6) any person
		  permitted by the commission to intervene.
(I) "Person" means any individual, any partnership,
		  corporation, association, or other legal entity, or any political subdivision,
		  instrumentality, or agency of a state whether or not the individual or legal
		  entity is an applicant for or holder of a license, permit, or variance from the
		  environmental protection agency, department of agriculture, or statutory
		  agency, and includes any department, agency, or instrumentality of the federal
		  government that is an applicant for or holder of a license, permit, or variance
		  from the environmental protection agency.
(J) "Stay" means a suspension of the effect of an
		  action of the director or statutory agency pending proceedings before the
		  commission.