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Ohio solid waste post-closure bonds.
From $100.
Ohio EPA requires an owner or operator of a sanitary landfill to demonstrate post-closure financial assurance under OAC 3745-27-16 — and a surety bond is one accepted form. The penal sum equals your current post-closure care cost estimate. Pricing is 1.5% of your bond amount, with a $100 minimum.
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Enter your cost estimate, consent to a soft pull, and we issue. Here is the whole thing — no broker phone tag:
Apply online
Your entity details, the bond amount (your post-closure care cost estimate), and the effective date — that is the application, plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Larger environmental bonds get an underwriter's eye; if anything else is needed you hear from us within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & deliver to Ohio EPA
Pay online and receive the originally signed bond, ready to deliver to the director with your standby trust agreement. Wet-ink originals are standard for this filing.
What it is and who needs it.
What the post-closure bond actually covers
Ohio EPA regulates solid waste facilities under ORC Chapter 3734 and the rules in OAC Chapter 3745-27. An owner or operator of a sanitary landfill must demonstrate financial assurance both for closing the facility (OAC 3745-27-15) and for the long post-closure care period that follows (OAC 3745-27-16) — the decades of monitoring, leachate management, and cap maintenance after the landfill stops taking waste.
A surety bond is one of the accepted financial-assurance instruments. The penal sum must be at least equal to the current post-closure care cost estimate, and it is filed with a standby trust agreement: the bond guarantees that the surety becomes liable unless the owner funds the standby trust in the full penal sum before post-closure care begins.
The owner or operator must execute and fund the instrument before receiving solid waste at a new facility (or before a modification that raises the post-closure estimate), and adjust it as the cost estimate changes. We issue the originally signed bond at the amount your approved estimate requires, priced at 1.5% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. A quick soft credit check may apply — never a hard inquiry.
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One application, then a quick review.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit with your post-closure cost estimate and the originally signed bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Post-closure assurance, issued fast.
Pricing from $100, soft pull only. Enter your cost estimate and have the originally signed bond in 1–2 business days.