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RI Gen L § 23-19.10-7 (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 23-19.10-7 - Criteria for demonstration projects.

§ 23-19.10-7. Criteria for demonstration projects.The department shall do all of the following:(1) Implement a program to research, develop, and demonstrate hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies at appropriate locations throughout the state.(2) In consultation with industry and interested parties, adopt criteria for selecting projects that would receive grants to pay for the construction of equipment which would be used to demonstrate hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or treatment technologies. The criteria shall include provisions which require that, in assessing each project, the department consider the feasibility of the project's particular technology, the research and technical spin-offs likely to be generated by the project, the degree to which the findings of the projects can be disseminated and evaluated for replication elsewhere, and the consistency of, and contributions of, the project to the state's hazardous waste management program.(3) Using the criteria adopted pursuant to subsection (b), select projects to receive grants to construct equipment that would be used to demonstrate hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or treatment technologies. The department shall select projects that also meet at least one of the following requirements:(i) The project has on-site, as well as off-site potential, for the reduction, recycling, or treatment of hazardous waste.(ii) The project has the potential to benefit, or be utilized by, small businesses.(iii) The project is applicable to a range of industries.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.10-8 (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 23-19.10-8 - Department contracts for services - Construction grant program.

§ 23-19.10-8. Department contracts for services — Construction grant program.The department may:(1) Contract for services to be performed to carry out this chapter, including, but not limited to, environmental control assessment, feasibility analysis, the review of project design, field management responsibilities, and project scheduling and control.(2) Grant funding for equipment construction needed for demonstration of hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies shall be provided to projects selected pursuant to § 23-19.10-7 in four (4) consecutive steps:(i) Step I grants shall be made to study the feasibility of a proposed project. Ninety percent (90%) of the costs of the feasibility study shall be eligible for grant funding up to a maximum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) per grant. In activities funded by a Step I grant, the applicant shall develop information needed to select the waste reduction, recycling, or treatment alternative, which would be most cost effective.(ii) Step II grants shall be made for project design. Seventy percent (70%) of the costs of the design of the project shall be eligible for grant funding, except that a small business may be eligible for ninety percent (90%) of those costs up to a maximum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per grant. In activities funded by a Step II grant, the applicant shall prepare detailed plans and specifications for the selected facilities, establish schedules for implementation, and obtain necessary permits.(iii) Step III grants shall be made for the construction of the facilities. Fifty percent (50%) of the costs of constructing the project shall be eligible for grant funding, except that a small business may be eligible for ninety percent (90%) of those costs, up to a maximum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per grant. As a condition of receiving a Step III grant, the grantee shall allow the results of the project to be evaluated and the information disseminated to other parties. In activities funded by a Step III grant, the applicant shall construct the facilities as designed under a Step II grant, procure needed equipment, and obtain necessary permits to operate the facility.(iv) Step IV grants shall be made to evaluate the effectiveness of grant-funded facilities, develop information on compliance with regulatory permits, and assess applicability of the selected approach to other generators of similar hazardous wastes. Ninety percent (90%) of the costs of those activities shall be eligible for grant funding, except that a small business may be eligible for one hundred percent (100%) of those costs, up to a maximum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per grant.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.10-9 (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 23-19.10-9 - Evaluation of projects.

§ 23-19.10-9. Evaluation of projects.The department shall compile the results of all evaluations of projects funded by Step IV grants, or the evaluations of any other projects which are available to the department, and shall make them available to interested parties as expeditiously as possible. The department shall notify any interested party of the availability of project evaluations.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.10-10 (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 23-19.10-10 - Research grants.

§ 23-19.10-10. Research grants.(a) The department may issue grants to, and enter into contracts with, universities, governmental agencies, and private organizations to research and develop hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or treatment technology.(b) These grants may be applied to personnel, equipment, and administrative costs and shall, to the extent possible, be used to augment other sources of research and development funding, including federal and private funds.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.10-11 (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 23-19.10-11 - Report to the governor and the general assembly.

§ 23-19.10-11. Report to the governor and the general assembly.(a) The department shall annually report to the governor and the general assembly on the status, funding, and results of all demonstration and research projects awarded grants.(b) This report shall include recommendations for legislation and shall identify those state and federal economic and financial incentives which can best accelerate and maximize the research, development, and demonstration of hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.11-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.11 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal|Section 23-19.11-1 - Policy and purpose.

§ 23-19.11-1. Policy and purpose.The state recognizes that the congress has declared that each state is responsible for providing for the availability of capacity either within or outside its borders, for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders, except for those wastes which remain a federal responsibility as defined in the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2021(b) et seq., or federal research and development activities. The state recognizes that the long term safe and effective management of low-level radioactive waste generated within the state requires that sufficient capacity to manage low-level radioactive waste be provided. In order to promote public health and safety in the state, it is the policy of the state to enter into a contract with a compact commission of a region in which a regional disposal facility is located to provide for the disposal of all low-level radioactive waste generated in the state, as provided under 42 U.S.C. § 2021(e)(1)(f). The state is required to compensate the compact commission of a region in which a regional disposal facility is located that will provide for the disposal of all low-level radioactive waste generated within the state. Therefore, Rhode Island as a service to its low-level radioactive waste generators, will provide access to a disposal facility with sufficient capacity for their needs and the generators of low-level radioactive waste will reimburse the state for providing this service as long as an agreement exists and is in compliance as defined by the Low-Level Radiation Waste Policy Act.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 453, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.11-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.11 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal|Section 23-19.11-2 - "Generators" defined.

§ 23-19.11-2. "Generators" defined."Generators" means persons who produce or treat low-level radioactive waste in the state, but do not include persons who only provide a service arranging for collection, transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated outside the region.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 453, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.11-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.11 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal|Section 23-19.11-3 - Repealed.

§ 23-19.11-3. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-19.11-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.11 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal|Section 23-19.11-4 - Fees.

§ 23-19.11-4. Fees.All generators of low level radioactive waste will deposit as general revenues a fee equivalent to that which has been stated in the compact agreement of the state of Rhode Island and a compact commission of a region in which a regional disposal facility is located to provide for Rhode Island's low-level radioactive waste generated. This fee will be no more than the penalty surcharge as specified in the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1988, 42 U.S.C. § 2021(b), and will be based on the cubic feet of low-level radioactive waste deposited in an approved low level radioactive waste disposal facility. Fees will be paid within thirty (30) days of shipment of any low level radioactive waste materials for disposal of in a low level radioactive waste disposal facility.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 453, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 66.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-1 - Legislative findings.

§ 23-19.12-1. Legislative findings.(a) The general assembly finds and declares that the health and welfare of the citizens of the state require regulation of persons and legal entities engaged in the generation, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of regulated medical waste.(b) The general assembly finds that the public is concerned over human health risks, environmental problems at Rhode Island shoreline areas, and economic losses caused by improper management and disposal of medical waste and that the public perceives these situations to be unacceptable. Therefore, the general assembly finds there is a need to more closely regulate medical waste and to provide additional enforcement vehicles as well as greater penalties for the improper handling of medical waste.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-2 - Declaration of purpose.

§ 23-19.12-2. Declaration of purpose.The purpose of this chapter is to ensure the public health and quality of the environment of the state by vesting in the department of environmental management the power necessary to regulate and license persons and other legal entities engaged in the generation, transportation, storage, treatment, management, and disposal of regulated medical waste.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-4 - Powers and duties of the director.

§ 23-19.12-4. Powers and duties of the director.The director shall under the provisions of this chapter have all powers necessary to promulgate any rules, regulations, procedures, and standards that may be necessary to ensure proper, adequate, and sound management of regulated medical waste and to protect the public health and the environment from the effects of improper management of regulated medical waste.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-7 - Inspections.

§ 23-19.12-7. Inspections.In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter the director is authorized to conduct any inspections of facilities that he or she deems necessary or desirable, where regulated medical waste is generated, stored, treated, destroyed, transferred, or otherwise managed. The director is also authorized to conduct inspections of any vehicles used to transport regulated medical waste and any records required pursuant to the authority granted through this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-8 - Permits.

§ 23-19.12-8. Permits.No person or legal entity shall engage in the transportation of regulated medical waste unless that person or legal entity has received a permit issued by the director of the department of environmental management. Exempt from this section are generators that transport regulated medical waste but are exempt under § 23-19.12-5 from the requirement of initiating a medical waste tracking form.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-9 - Application for permit.

§ 23-19.12-9. Application for permit.Application for a permit shall be made to the director of the department of environmental management upon a form prescribed by the director. Upon approval of the application by the director, a permit shall be issued. Permits shall expire three (3) years from the date of issue, unless sooner if suspended or revoked. The director of the department of environmental management is empowered to charge an annual application fee for a medical waste transporters permit.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-10 - License.

§ 23-19.12-10. License.(a) No person or legal entity shall engage in the storage, treatment and/or destruction of regulated medical waste unless that person or legal entity has received a license issued by the director of the department of environmental management. This license is a special category of license issued to solid waste management facilities.(b) However, storage by a generator before regulated medical waste is treated and/or destroyed on-site, or offered for transport does not constitute a practice requiring licensure under this section. Nor does the treatment and/or destruction of regulated medical waste by the generator of that waste constitute a practice requiring licensure under this section if the treatment and/or destruction is carried out at a generating facility owned and operated by the generator of the medical waste and if the treatment and/or destruction process does not include waste generated by any other person or legal entity.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-11 - Application for license.

§ 23-19.12-11. Application for license.Application for a license shall be made to the director of the department of environmental management upon a form prescribed by the director. Upon approval of the application by the director, a license shall be issued. Licenses shall expire three (3) years from the date of issue, unless sooner if suspended or revoked. The director of the department of environmental management is empowered to charge an annual application fee consistent with the fees charged for other solid waste licenses under the authority of § 23-18.9-9.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-12 - Registration for generators.

§ 23-19.12-12. Registration for generators.(a) No person or legal entity shall engage in the generation of regulated medical waste unless that person or legal entity has registered with the director of the department of environmental management upon a form prescribed by the director. The director of the department of environmental management is empowered to charge an annual registration fee according to the following fee schedule. For the purpose of these registration requirements, a person is considered to be a single generator, even if it utilizes more than one site in the course of its operation.  Generator Waste Generated  Annual Registration   Category Per Generator Per Year Fee   1 Less than 25 lbs.  $30 per generator   2 25 lbs. to 100 lbs.  $40 per generator   3 101 lbs. to 500 lbs.  $60 per generator   4 501 lbs. to 2,000 lbs.  $160 per generator   5 more than 2,000 lbs.  $200 per generator  (b) The director will provide generators with registration applications upon request.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-13 - Denial or revoking of licenses.

§ 23-19.12-13. Denial or revoking of licenses.The director of the department of environmental management may deny an application for a license, or suspend or revoke a license after it has been granted, or refuse to renew a license for any of the following reasons:(1) Proof of unfitness of the applicant or licensee to engage in the business;(2) A material misstatement by the applicant or licensee in his or her application for a license or renewal;(3) Failure of the applicant or licensee to comply with the provisions of this chapter or with any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter;(4) A history of noncompliance with environmental regulations or standards, or conviction of any environmental crime. This subdivision applies to: the applicant, and officers, major stock holders, or principals of the business for which the application is submitted or to which an existing license has been issued.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 400, § 22, effective July 13, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 401, § 22, effective July 13, 2021.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-14 - Funding of the medical waste management program.

§ 23-19.12-14. Funding of the medical waste management program.All money collected under §§ 23-19.12-12 and 23-19.12-15 shall be deposited as general revenues. The program will be funded by a general revenue appropriation. The director shall submit to the general assembly by January 15 of each year a detailed report of the amount of funds obtained from fines and fees and the uses made of the funds.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 67.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-15 - Civil or administrative penalties.

§ 23-19.12-15. Civil or administrative penalties.(a) Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the rules, regulations, standards and procedures promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall be punishable by a civil or administrative penalty for an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). In the event of a continuing violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules, regulations, procedures, or standards promulgated under the provisions of this chapter, each and every day of violation shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. Administrative penalties shall be assessed in conformance with and under the provisions of the administrative penalties for environmental violations § 42-17.6 et seq. Civil penalties may be sought in any court of competent jurisdiction.(b) Willful failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the rules, regulations, standards, and procedures promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall be punishable by a civil or administrative penalty for an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). In the event of a continuing violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules, regulations, procedures, or standards promulgated under the provisions of this chapter, each and every day of violation shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. Administrative penalties shall be assessed in conformance with and under the provisions of the administrative penalties for environmental violations § 42-17.6 et seq. Civil penalties may be sought in any court of competent jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.12-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.12 - Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste|Section 23-19.12-16 - Financial liability relating to the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal of regulated medical waste.

§ 23-19.12-16. Financial liability relating to the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal of regulated medical waste.As a result of a violation of the rules, regulations, standards, and procedures promulgated under the provisions of this chapter, the generator, transporter, treatment, storage, and disposal facility operator and owner shall be responsible for the disposal of regulated medical waste and any response costs incurred by the department in the investigation and/or remediation incurred, regardless of the provisions of this chapter or any other chapter relating to medical waste.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.