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RI Gen L § 23-19.7-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.7 - Hazardous Waste Management Facilities|Section 23-19.7-7 - Developer to compensate host community for reasonable costs.

§ 23-19.7-7. Developer to compensate host community for reasonable costs.(a) Reasonable costs incurred by the host community for the purpose of discharging its powers and duties under this chapter including, but not limited to, conducting studies or assessments, hiring expert witnesses, conducting negotiations, and participating in arbitration, shall be chargeable to the developer of a proposed hazardous waste management facility as follows:(1) An amount not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor more than one percent (1%) of the gross and inclusive development cost of the proposed facility up to a maximum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be paid to an account for disbursement by the local assessment committee within five (5) working days of its establishment.(2) In negotiating a siting agreement with the hazardous waste facility developer, the host community may request reimbursement for reasonable costs incurred by the local assessment committee in excess of those compensated for by the initial payment required in subsection (a)(1); provided, that the amount of the reimbursement shall be subject to binding arbitration under § 23-19.7-10(b)(7).(b) The host community shall return to the developer any unexpended funds plus interest earned received under subsection (a)(1) within a reasonable period of time after a siting agreement is concluded or binding arbitration completed.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 197, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.7-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.7 - Hazardous Waste Management Facilities|Section 23-19.7-8 - Siting agreements.

§ 23-19.7-8. Siting agreements.(a) The local siting agreement shall specify the terms, conditions, and provisions under which a hazardous waste management facility shall be sited, constructed, operated, maintained and/or altered, including, but not limited to, the following terms, conditions, and provisions:(1) Facility construction, maintenance, closure, and post-closure procedures;(2) Operating procedures and practices, the design of the facility and its associated activities;(3) Monitoring procedures and practices necessary to assure and continue to demonstrate that the facility will be operated safely;(4) The services to be provided the developer by the host community;(5) The compensation, services, and special benefits that will be provided to the host community by the developer, and the timing and conditions of their provision;(6) Any provisions for tax prepayments or accelerated payments, or for payments in lieu of taxes;(7) Provisions for renegotiation of any of the terms, conditions, or provisions of the siting agreement subject to the provisions of this chapter;(8) Provisions for resolving any disagreements in the construction and interpretation of the siting agreement that may arise between the parties;(9) Provisions for direct monetary payments from the developer to the host community in addition to payments for taxes and special services and compensation for demonstrable adverse impacts;(10) Provisions to assure the health, safety, comfort, convenience, and social and economic security of the host community and its citizens;(11) Provisions to assure the continuing economic viability of the project;(12) Provisions to assure the protection of the environment and natural resources including existing and potential drinking water sources; and(13) Provisions for reimbursement by the developer to the host community of reasonable costs associated with assessment, negotiation, and arbitration of a siting agreement.(b) The local siting agreement shall specify the terms, conditions, and provisions, if any, under which it may be assigned to a party other than the signatory developer.(c) The duration of a siting agreement shall be negotiable, but in no case may it exceed twenty (20) years, at which time it shall be open to renegotiation at the initiative of either party.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 197, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.7-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.7 - Hazardous Waste Management Facilities|Section 23-19.7-11 - Provisions of Hazardous Waste Management Act applicable.

§ 23-19.7-11. Provisions of Hazardous Waste Management Act applicable.Insofar as the terms and conditions of a siting or impact agreement address mitigation of impacts also subject to the provisions of the Hazardous Waste Management Act, chapter 19.1 of this title, these terms and conditions shall become attached to and enforceable as conditions of any state permit issued pursuant to that chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 197, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.7-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.7 - Hazardous Waste Management Facilities|Section 23-19.7-12 - Public access to records.

§ 23-19.7-12. Public access to records.Siting and impact agreements in their entirety and all documents and records related to these agreements shall be open to public inspection at a convenient location during normal business hours, and shall be subject to other provisions of chapter 2 of title 38.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 197, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.7-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.7 - Hazardous Waste Management Facilities|Section 23-19.7-13 - Relation of compensation under siting and impact agreements to state aid.

§ 23-19.7-13. Relation of compensation under siting and impact agreements to state aid.No compensation or financial benefits, other than taxes on real or personal property, received by a host or neighboring community under a siting or impact agreement, shall be included in the calculation of any state aid or assistance to the community.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 197, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.7-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.7 - Hazardous Waste Management Facilities|Section 23-19.7-14 - Inconsistent provisions.

§ 23-19.7-14. Inconsistent provisions.If the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law or ordinance, general, special or local, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 197, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.7-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.7 - Hazardous Waste Management Facilities|Section 23-19.7-15 - Liberal construction - Severability.

§ 23-19.7-15. Liberal construction — Severability.(a) The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted and construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose. If any provisions of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation issued under this chapter, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation issued under this chapter, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation shall not be affected by the invalidity.(b) The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections of this chapter shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 197, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.8 - Hazardous Waste Cleanup|Section 23-19.8-1 - Short title.

§ 23-19.8-1. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Hazardous Waste Cleanup Good Samaritan Act".History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.8 - Hazardous Waste Cleanup|Section 23-19.8-2 - Definitions.

§ 23-19.8-2. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Discharge" includes, but is not limited to, any emission, other than natural seepage, intentional or unintentional, and includes, but is not limited to, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping.(2) "Hazardous materials" include all materials and substances which are now or hereafter designated as hazardous by any state or federal law or by the regulations of any state or federal government agency.(3) "Person" includes an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, the federal government or any agency or subdivision thereof, a state, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state, or any interstate body.(4) "Oil" means oil of any kind and in any form, whether crude, refined, or a petroleum by product, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, gasoline, lubricating oils, oily sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with other wastes, crude oils, liquified natural gas, propane, butane, or other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 148, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 127, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.8 - Hazardous Waste Cleanup|Section 23-19.8-3 - Exemption from liability.

§ 23-19.8-3. Exemption from liability.(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no qualified or trained person who provides assistance or advice in mitigating the effects of an accidental or threatened discharge of hazardous materials, or in preventing, cleaning up, or disposing of the discharge, shall be subject to civil liabilities or penalties of any type when responding voluntarily and at the request of:(1) A governmental agency;(2) The person responsible for any discharge;(3) The person responsible for preventing, cleaning up, or disposing of any discharge; or(4) The agent or authorized representative of any federal and/or state agency or person.(b) The exemption set forth in this section shall apply to oil spill pollution prevention activities and/or activities dedicated to the containment, clean up or abatement of hazardous materials.(c) The exemptions to liabilities set forth in this section shall apply to any city or town fire department, fire district, volunteer fire association or their hazardous materials and/or decontamination teams or representatives from the Rhode Island department of environmental management.(d) The exemptions from liability provided by this subsection shall not apply if the person is grossly negligent or engages in willful misconduct as further defined in § 23-19.8-6.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 148, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 127, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.8 - Hazardous Waste Cleanup|Section 23-19.8-4 - Exemptions to immunities.

§ 23-19.8-4. Exemptions to immunities.The immunities provided in § 23-19.8-3 shall not apply to the responsible party or to any vendor of a responsible party. For the purpose of this section, "vendor" means any individual, trust, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that offers oil mitigation services, containment services, clean up activities or oil spill pollution prevention programs for sale to the public.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 148, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 127, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.8-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.8 - Hazardous Waste Cleanup|Section 23-19.8-5 - Common carriers.

§ 23-19.8-5. Common carriers.Nothing in § 23-19.8-3 shall affect the liability of any person who is legally obligated to render assistance. A common carrier shall not be deemed to be legally obligated under the meaning of the preceding sentence if prior to rendering assistance that carrier was under no legal duty with respect to the discharge.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.8-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.8 - Hazardous Waste Cleanup|Section 23-19.8-6 - Gross negligence and reckless misconduct.

§ 23-19.8-6. Gross negligence and reckless misconduct.Nothing in § 23-19.8-3 shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person for damages resulting from the person's gross negligence or from the person's reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.9 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact|Section 23-19.9-1 - Policy and purpose.

§ 23-19.9-1. Policy and purpose.There is created the Rhode Island-Massachusetts Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party states recognize that the Congress has declared that each state is responsible for providing for the availability of capacity, either within or outside its borders, for disposal of low-level waste generated within its borders, except for waste which remains a federal responsibility, including waste generated as a result of atomic energy defense activities of the federal government, as defined in the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2021b et seq., or federal research and development activities. The party states further recognize that the Congress of the United States has provided for, and encouraged the development of, regional low-level waste compacts to manage low-level waste. The party states recognize that the long-term, safe and efficient management of low-level waste generated within the region requires that sufficient capacity to manage low-level waste is properly provided.In order to promote public health and safety in the region, it is the policy of the party states to: enter into a regional low-level waste management compact as a means of facilitating an interstate cooperative effort; promote safe transportation of low-level waste generated in the region; minimize the number of facilities required to effectively and efficiently manage the low-level waste generated in the region; assist in the reduction of both the volume of low-level waste generated in the region and the volume of low-level waste that must be disposed in the region, to the extent consistent with protection of public health, safety, and the environment; distribute the costs, benefits, and obligations of proper low-level waste management equitably among the party states; and promote the environmentally sound and economical management of low-level waste throughout the packaging, transportation, storage, disposal, closure, post-closure observation and maintenance and institutional control periods of waste-related activity.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 300, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.9-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.9 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact|Section 23-19.9-7 - Other laws and regulations.

§ 23-19.9-7. Other laws and regulations.(a) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to abrogate or limit the regulatory responsibility or authority of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Energy, any other federal agency, or any Agreement State under Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2021.(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this compact, the laws or portions of those laws of party states shall remain in full force.(c) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to preempt, in whole or in part, any provision of the Constitution of any party state.(d) Nothing in this compact shall make unlawful the continued development or operation of any facility already licensed for development or operation on the date this compact becomes effective.(e) No judicial or administrative proceeding pending on the effective date of this compact shall be affected by it. Any legal right, obligation, violation, or penalty arising prior to the effective date of this compact, or not in conflict with it, shall not be affected by this compact.(f) Except as provided in § 23-19.9-3(d), no law or regulation of a party state or an agency or political subdivision of a party state may be applied so as to restrict or make more costly or inconvenient access to any regional facility by the generators of another party state than for the generators of the host state.(g) The generation, treatment, storage, transportation, or disposal of waste which remains a federal responsibility, including waste generated by the atomic energy defense activities of the federal government, as defined in the Policy Act or federal research and development activities are not affected by this compact.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 300, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.9-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.9 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact|Section 23-19.9-9 - Enforcement.

§ 23-19.9-9. Enforcement.Primary responsibility for enforcing the provisions of this compact shall rest with the affected state or states. Each party state, consistent with federal and host state regulations and laws, shall adopt and enforce laws imposing penalties on any person, not acting as an official of a party state, for violation of this compact. The Commission, upon a two-thirds (⅔) majority of the eligible votes of its members, may bring action to seek enforcement or appropriate remedies against party states which violate the laws or regulations adopted pursuant to this compact.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 300, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.9-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.9 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact|Section 23-19.9-11 - Severability and construction.

§ 23-19.9-11. Severability and construction.(a) The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the Constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any other government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If any provision of this compact shall be held contrary to the Constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the state affected as well as to all severable matters. The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to give effect to the purposes thereof.(b) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to authorize the Commission or any party state to waive the provisions of the compact or the requirements adopted pursuant to it.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 300, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.10 - Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 1986|Section 23-19.10-1 - Short title.

§ 23-19.10-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act".History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.10 - Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 1986|Section 23-19.10-2 - Legislative findings, policy, and intent.

§ 23-19.10-2. Legislative findings, policy, and intent.It is found and declared that:(1) Whenever possible, the generation of hazardous waste is to be reduced or eliminated as expeditiously as possible, and that waste that is generated should be recycled, treated, or disposed of in a manner that minimizes any present or future threats to human health or the environment;(2) There exist many promising, but as yet unproved, technologies for the reduced generation of hazardous waste and for recycling and treating hazardous waste;(3) Financial commitments by public agencies and private industry for the expeditious development and dispersion of hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies depends upon further research as well as credible and timely demonstrations of the feasibility, environmental acceptability, and reliability of this technology;(4) It is the intent of the general assembly, in enacting this chapter, to promote the research, development, and expeditious demonstration of technologies that have the potential to reduce, recycle, and treat hazardous waste. It is further the intent of the general assembly to encourage private sector participation in this program to the greatest extent possible.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.10 - Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 1986|Section 23-19.10-3 - Definitions.

§ 23-19.10-3. Definitions.For purposes of this chapter:(1) "Department" means the department of environmental management.(2) "Hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies" mean technologies and techniques that have, as their primary purpose, the reduced generation of hazardous waste, the recycling of hazardous waste, or the conversion of hazardous waste into a less hazardous form. "Hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies" do not include solidification or treatment occurring directly in, or on, the land, such as techniques using evaporation, surface impoundments, or land farming.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.10-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.10 - Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 1986|Section 23-19.10-4 - Repealed.

§ 23-19.10-4. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-19.10-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.10 - Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 1986|Section 23-19.10-5 - Reporting requirements.

§ 23-19.10-5. Reporting requirements.Every generator of hazardous waste shall submit a report to the department, at least once every two (2) years, reporting the changes in volume and toxicity of waste achieved through waste reduction during the period for which the report is issued.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.10-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.10 - Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 1986|Section 23-19.10-6 - Demonstration program.

§ 23-19.10-6. Demonstration program.The department shall establish a hazardous waste technology, research, development, and demonstration program, which would consist of both of the following elements:(1) Contracting with, and providing grants to, universities, governmental agencies, and private organizations for the research and development of hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or treatment technologies pursuant to § 23-19.10-8.(2) Providing grants, under specified conditions, to cities, towns, and private organizations for the commercial demonstration of hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or treatment technologies pursuant to § 23-19.10-7.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 399, § 1.