Water pollution control.
The 99th General Assembly's Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 62, commonly called the "Deddens' Act", represents the first attempt to establish a comprehensive state program of water pollution control in Ohio.
Abstract
The 99th General Assembly's Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 62, commonly called the "Deddens' Act", represents the first attempt to establish a comprehensive state program of water pollution control in Ohio.' The new law is patterned in some respects after a rigorous water control law in Pennsylvania, 2 and must be considered an off-spring, as well as an implementation of, the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact. It is interesting that Ohio, the primary mover in interstate control of water pollution, has waited twelve years after the Compact to achieve intrastate control. Analysis of the Act is simplified by grouping the provisions under five headings.