NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUANCE BY THE OHIO AIR QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF ITS NOT TO EXCEED $40,000,000 STATE OF OHIO EXEMPT FACILITIES REVENUE BONDS (RUMPKE PROJECT), SERIES 2026A

The Ohio Air Quality Development Authority (the "Issuer") will hold a public hearing at 10:00 A.M. on October 28, 2026 at the public meeting room on the ground floor at 175 South Third Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), concerning the issuance by the Issuer of its State of Ohio Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds (Rumpke Project), Series 2026A (the "Bonds"), in a principal amount not to exceed $40,000,000, in one or more series, pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution and Chapter 3706 of the Ohio Revised Code.

The proceeds of the Bonds will be used for the purposes of (1) financing the acquisition, construction, installation and equipping of solid waste disposal facilities, as defined in Section 142(a)(6) of the Code and as further described herein, in the following amounts at the following locations (a) a stated principal amount not to exceed $27,000,000 for a wastewater treatment plant to treat and facilitate the disposal of leachate located at 3800 Struble Road, Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio 45251 (the "Hamilton County Project"), the initial legal owner of which will be Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, Inc., an Ohio corporation ("Rumpke Sanitary Landfill"), and (b) a stated principal amount not to exceed $13,000,000 for a wastewater treatment plant to treat and facilitate the disposal of leachate located at 170 Noble Road E, Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio 44878 (the "Richland County Project"), the initial legal owner of which will be Rumpke of Northern Ohio, Inc., an Ohio corporation ("Rumpke of Northern Ohio") and (2) paying certain costs of issuing the Bonds. Rumpke Sanitary Landfill and Rumpke of Northern Ohio are wholly owned subsidiaries of Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc., an Ohio corporation. The Hamilton County Project and the Richland County Project are together the "Project".

THE BONDS SHALL NOT REPRESENT OR CONSTITUTE A DEBT OR PLEDGE OF THE FAITH AND CREDIT OR THE TAXING POWER OF THE ISSUER, THE STATE OF OHIO, OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF OHIO. RATHER, THE BONDS SHALL CONSTITUTE A SPECIAL LIMITED OBLIGATION PAYABLE SOLELY FROM THE PLEDGED REVENUES DESCRIBED IN THE RELATED INDENTURE OF TRUST FOR THE BONDS.

Interested persons are invited to attend this public hearing and will be given an opportunity to express their views on the nature of the Project or the issuance of the Bonds or may submit their comments in writing. Any written submissions should be sent to the Issuer at 175 South Third Street, Suite 1050, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Attn: Christina O'Keeffe, Executive Director. Written submissions should be mailed in sufficient time to be received on or before the close of business at 5 P.M. local time on October 27, 2026.