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RI Gen L § 23-23.6-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.6 - Air Quality in Ice Arenas|Section 23-23.6-4 - Air quality standard for ice arenas.

§ 23-23.6-4. Air quality standard for ice arenas.(a) The owner/operator of an ice arena must maintain acceptable air quality conditions. These conditions shall include, as a minimum, a one hour average air concentration of not more than thirty-five (35) parts of carbon monoxide per one million (1,000,000) parts of air by volume (PPM).(b) A single reading greater than or equal to two hundred (200) PPM of carbon monoxide or a one hour average that is greater than or equal to one hundred (100) PPM of carbon monoxide in the ice arena constitutes a substantial risk to health and shall require the immediate evacuation of all persons from the ice rink surface and adjacent areas. The director shall be immediately notified by telephone of this action and the ice arena may not reopen until authorized by the director.(c) A one hour average in excess of thirty-five (35) PPM of carbon monoxide and less than one hundred (100) PPM of carbon monoxide in the ice arena shall require immediate corrective action. Corrective action shall not be deemed adequate until subsequent measurements of air quality conditions confirm that carbon monoxide levels in the ice arena are below thirty-five (35) PPM.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 312, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.6-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.6 - Air Quality in Ice Arenas|Section 23-23.6-5 - Certificate of acceptable air quality required.

§ 23-23.6-5. Certificate of acceptable air quality required.(a) No person shall own or operate an ice arena in which a resurfacing machine is used without a certificate of acceptable air quality issued by the director. The certificate must be displayed in a conspicuous place in the ice arena.(b) For cause, and for violation of the provisions of this chapter, or regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter, the director may suspend, modify, or revoke a certificate of acceptable air quality.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 312, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.6-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.6 - Air Quality in Ice Arenas|Section 23-23.6-6 - Air quality inspections.

§ 23-23.6-6. Air quality inspections.The director is authorized to inspect, at a reasonable time and without prior notice, ice arena air quality and/or to respond to a complaint of an elevated level of carbon monoxide or other harmful gas in an ice arena. Any person refusing entry to a designated inspector or obstructing an inspection ordered by the director shall immediately have his or her certificate of acceptable air quality revoked by the director. The ice arena shall remain closed until any time that the director has determined that the facility is in compliance with the provisions of both this chapter and any regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 312, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.6-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.6 - Air Quality in Ice Arenas|Section 23-23.6-7 - Compliance procedure.

§ 23-23.6-7. Compliance procedure.Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the inspection, enforcement, and penalties for violations of the provisions of this chapter, or regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter, shall be in accordance with the provisions and procedures set forth in §§ 23-1-19 — 23-1-25.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 312, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.6-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.6 - Air Quality in Ice Arenas|Section 23-23.6-8 - Variances.

§ 23-23.6-8. Variances.The director may grant any variances from the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter as he or she may deem appropriate or necessary provided that he or she determines that the granting of the variances will not result in a reduction in the public health or safety.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 312, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.6-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.6 - Air Quality in Ice Arenas|Section 23-23.6-9 - Establishment of restricted receipt account.

§ 23-23.6-9. Establishment of restricted receipt account.All fees collected by the director in accordance with this chapter, or in accordance with regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter, shall be placed into a restricted receipt account to support the personnel costs, operating costs and capital expenditure necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that any fees charged shall be in addition to and not substituted for funds appropriated for the department by the state or federal government.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 312, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.6-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.6 - Air Quality in Ice Arenas|Section 23-23.6-10 - Interpretation and severability.

§ 23-23.6-10. Interpretation and severability.The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed and shall be held to be in addition to, and not in substitution for or a limitation of, the provisions of any other law. If any provisions or part of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of its provisions to any other persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected by the invalidity.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 312, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.6-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.6 - Air Quality in Ice Arenas|Section 23-23.6-11 - Exemptions.

§ 23-23.6-11. Exemptions.Any and all fees charged and costs incurred pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not be subject to reimbursement to any municipality by operation of any mandate of this chapter and the provisions of §§ 45-13-7 — 45-13-10 shall not apply to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 312, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.7-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.7 - Biodiesel Heating Oil Act of 2013|Section 23-23.7-1 - Short title.

§ 23-23.7-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Biodiesel Heating Oil Act of 2013."History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 221, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.7-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.7 - Biodiesel Heating Oil Act of 2013|Section 23-23.7-2 - Statement of intent and purpose.

§ 23-23.7-2. Statement of intent and purpose.The intent and purpose of this chapter is to encourage the production of biofuels in the state of Rhode Island, to help create jobs in the emerging biofuel industry, to improve air quality, to reduce Rhode Island greenhouse gas emissions, to promote the installation and use of more efficient heating equipment and to promote more energy independence by requiring heating oil sold in the state of Rhode Island to contain biodiesel-blended heating oil.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 221, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.7-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.7 - Biodiesel Heating Oil Act of 2013|Section 23-23.7-3 - Definitions.

§ 23-23.7-3. Definitions. [Effective until January 1, 2022.]As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:(1) The term "ASTM" means American Society for Testing and Materials.(2) "Biobased product" shall include the following;(i) "Biobased liquid fuel" means a liquid fuel that is derived principally from renewable biomass and meets the specifications or quality certification standards for use in residential, commercial, or industrial heating applications established by ASTM International—ASTM D396, or the appropriate successor standard, as the case may be.(ii) "Biodiesel fuel" means the monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from plant or animal matters which meet the registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the United States environmental protection agency under section 211 of the clean air act, 42 U.S.C. § 7545, and the requirements of ASTM International—ASTM D6751.(iii) "Renewable biomass" means a material, including crops and crop residues, trees and tree residues, organic portions of municipal solid waste, organic portions of construction and demolition debris, grease trap waste, and algae, that can be used for fuel but does not have a petroleum or other fossil fuel base.(3) "Director" means the director of the department of environmental management.(4) "Heating oil" means fuel or fuel oil used for heating residential, commercial, or industrial properties, including No. 1 distillate, No. 2 distillate, a liquid blended with No. 1 distillate, No. 2 distillate, or a five percent (5%) biobased liquid fuel that meets the specifications or quality certification standards for use in residential, commercial, or industrial heating applications established by ASTM International.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 221, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.7-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.7 - Biodiesel Heating Oil Act of 2013|Section 23-23.7-4 - Heating oil biobased products.

§ 23-23.7-4. Heating oil biobased products. [Effective until January 1, 2022.]Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, and in accordance with the compliance schedule established in this chapter, all No. 2 distillate heating oil sold in the state for residential, commercial, or industrial uses within the state, shall contain, at a minimum, the specified percentage of biobased product, unless such requirement has been suspended pursuant to § 23-23.7-6. The compliance schedule shall be as follows:(1) Not later than July 1, 2014, all No. 2 distillate heating oil sold in the state shall contain not less than two percent (2%) of a biobased product.(2) Not later than July 1, 2015, all No. 2 distillate heating oil sold in the state shall contain not less than three percent (3%) of a biobased product.(3) Not later than July 1, 2016, all No. 2 distillate heating oil sold in the state shall contain not less than four percent (4%) of a biobased product.(4) Not later than July 1, 2017, all No. 2 distillate heating oil sold in the state shall contain not less than five percent (5%) of a biobased product.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 221, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.7-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.7 - Biodiesel Heating Oil Act of 2013|Section 23-23.7-5 - Certification.

§ 23-23.7-5. Certification. [Effective until January 1, 2022.](a) The blender of the biobased product at the time of sale to a distributor of heating fuel shall provide certification stating:(1) That the No. 2 distillate heating fuel meets ASTM International—ASTM D396 and/or the successor standard as the case may be; and(2) That the biobased product used for blending meets the definition of biobased product in § 23-23.7-3(2); and(3) The percentage of the biobased product contained in the fuel.(b) The director shall create and provide to blenders a quarterly report form to be filed by the blender with the department of environmental management stating the number of gallons of biobased fuel sold and certification that said gallons meet the standards set forth in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 221, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.7-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.7 - Biodiesel Heating Oil Act of 2013|Section 23-23.7-6 - Enforcement.

§ 23-23.7-6. Enforcement.It shall be the responsibility of the director of the department of environmental management to administer and enforce this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 221, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.7-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.7 - Biodiesel Heating Oil Act of 2013|Section 23-23.7-7 - Suspension.

§ 23-23.7-7. Suspension. [Effective until January 1, 2022.]The governor of the state of Rhode Island may temporarily suspend the requirements imposed by § 23-23.7-4 if it is determined that the physical availability of biobased product heating oil which complies with these requirements is inadequate at commercially reasonable prices to meet the needs of the residential, commercial, or industrial uses in this state and the inadequate availability constitutes an emergency, provided that the governor, shall specify in writing, the period of time the suspension shall be in effect.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 221, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-24-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-24 - Hazardous Substances|Section 23-24-1 - Short title.

§ 23-24-1. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Hazardous Substances Act".History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-38.1-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-24-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-24 - Hazardous Substances|Section 23-24-4 - Prohibited acts.

§ 23-24-4. Prohibited acts.The following acts and the causing of the acts are prohibited:(1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into intrastate commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance;(2) The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the label of, or the doing of any other act with respect to, a hazardous substance, if that act is done while the substance is in intrastate commerce or while the substance is held for sale (whether or not the first sale) in the state, and results in the hazardous substance being a misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance;(3) The receipt in intrastate commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance and the delivery or proffered delivery of them for pay or otherwise;(4) The giving of a guarantee or undertaking referred to in § 23-24-5(b)(2) which guarantee or undertaking is false, except by a person who relied upon a guarantee or undertaking to the same effect signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the state from whom he or she received in good faith the hazardous substance;(5) The failure to permit entry or inspection as authorized by § 23-24-11(b) or to permit access to and copying of any record as authorized by § 23-24-12;(6) The introduction or delivery for introduction into intrastate commerce, or the receipt in intrastate commerce and subsequent delivery or proffered delivery for pay or otherwise, of a hazardous substance in a reused food, drug, or cosmetic container, or in a container which, though not a reused container, is identifiable as a food, drug, or cosmetic container by its labeling or by other identification. The reuse of a food, drug, or cosmetic container as a container for a hazardous substance shall be deemed to be an act which results in the hazardous substance being a misbranded hazardous substance. As used in this subdivision, the terms "food", "drug", and "cosmetic", shall have the same meaning as in the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, chapter 31 of title 21;(7) The use by any person to his or her own advantage, or revealing other than to the consumer protection unit or employees of the consumer protection unit or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding under this chapter of any information acquired under authority of § 23-24-11 concerning any method or process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2: G.L. 1956, § 23-38.1-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-24-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-24 - Hazardous Substances|Section 23-24-5 - Penalties.

§ 23-24-5. Penalties.(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 23-24-4 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or to imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both; but for offenses committed with intent to defraud or mislead, or for second and subsequent offenses, the penalty shall be imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or both.(b) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section:(1) For having violated § 23-24-4(3) if the receipt, delivery, or proffered delivery of the hazardous substance was made in good faith, unless he or she refuses to furnish on request of an officer or employee duly designated by the consumer protection unit, the name and address of the person from whom he or she purchased or received the hazardous substance, and copies of all documents, if there are any, pertaining to the delivery of the hazardous substance to him or her; or(2) For having violated § 23-24-4(2) if he or she establishes a guarantee or undertaking, signed by and containing the name and address of the person residing in the state of Rhode Island from whom he or she received in good faith the hazardous substance, to the effect that the hazardous substance is not a misbranded hazardous substance or a banned hazardous substance within the meaning of those terms in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-38.1-5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-24-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-24 - Hazardous Substances|Section 23-24-6 - Embargoed articles - Condemnation and destruction.

§ 23-24-6. Embargoed articles — Condemnation and destruction.(a) Whenever the director of the consumer protection unit of the department of attorney general finds or has probable cause to believe that any article is a misbranded hazardous substance or a banned hazardous substance or that it presents an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard within the meaning of this chapter, the director shall order to be affixed to the article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that the article is or is suspected of being misbranded or banned, or an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to remove or dispose of the article by sale or otherwise until permission for removal or disposal is given by the director or the court. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or dispose of any detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise without permission.(b) When an article detained or embargoed under subsection (a) has been found by the director to be misbranded or banned or an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard, the director shall petition the proper judge of the court in whose jurisdiction the article is detained or embargoed for a libel condemnation of the article; when the director has found that an article detained or embargoed is not misbranded, banned, or an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard, the director shall order the removal of the tag or other marking.(c) If the court finds that a detained or embargoed article is misbranded, banned, or an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard, the article shall, after entry of the decree, be destroyed at the expense of the claimant, under the supervision of the director or his or her designee, and all court costs, fees and storage and other proper expenses, shall be taxed against the claimant of the article or his or her agent; provided, that when the misbranding or the electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard can be corrected, the court, after entry of the decree and after any costs, fees, and expenses have been paid and a good and sufficient bond, conditioned that the article has been properly corrected, has been executed, may by order direct that the article be delivered to the claimant for the correction under the supervision of an agent of the director of the consumer protection unit or his or her designee. The expense of that supervision shall be paid by the claimant. The article shall be returned to the claimant of the article on representation to the court by the director of the consumer protection unit that the article is no longer in violation of this chapter and that the expenses of supervision have been paid.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-38.1-6; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-24-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-24 - Hazardous Substances|Section 23-24-7 - Hearing before report of criminal violation.

§ 23-24-7. Hearing before report of criminal violation.Before any violation of this chapter is reported by the consumer protection unit to the attorney general for institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his or her view either orally or in writing with regard to the contemplated proceeding.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-38.1-7; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-24-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-24 - Hazardous Substances|Section 23-24-8 - Injunctive relief.

§ 23-24-8. Injunctive relief.(a) The superior court shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown and subject to the provisions of rule 65(a) and (b) of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure, to restrain violations of this chapter.(b) In any proceeding for criminal contempt for violation of an injunction or restraining order issued under this section, which violation also constitutes a violation of this chapter, trial shall be by the court or, upon demand of the accused, by a jury. The trial shall be conducted in accordance with the practice and procedure applicable in the case of proceedings subject to the provisions of rule 42(b) of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-38.1-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-24-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-24 - Hazardous Substances|Section 23-24-9 - Style of enforcement procedures - Subpoenas.

§ 23-24-9. Style of enforcement procedures — Subpoenas.All criminal proceedings and all libel or injunction proceedings for the enforcement, or to restrain violations, of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the state. Subpoenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the state in any district or county may run into any other district or county in any proceeding.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-38.1-9; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-24-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-24 - Hazardous Substances|Section 23-24-10 - Regulations.

§ 23-24-10. Regulations.The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, is vested in the consumer protection unit.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-38.1-10; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.