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RI Gen L § 23-22.5-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-22.5 - Drowning Prevention and Lifesaving|Section 23-22.5-11 - City and town responsibility for bathing areas.

§ 23-22.5-11. City and town responsibility for bathing areas.All cities and towns that own or maintain public beaches and swimming areas shall be fully responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of that beach or swimming area, and for the upkeep and maintenance of all toilet facilities at these areas, and are required to furnish qualified personnel to serve as lifeguards during the swimming season. The department of environmental management shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this section and to order those cities and towns to comply with any department directive regarding those facilities.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 178, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-23-11; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-22.5-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-22.5 - Drowning Prevention and Lifesaving|Section 23-22.5-12 - Lifesaving buoy required in police vehicles.

§ 23-22.5-12. Lifesaving buoy required in police vehicles.All state and local police vehicles at all times shall maintain in the trunk area of those vehicles a lifesaving buoy and a minimum of one hundred fifty feet (150′) of rope.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 53, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-23-12; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-22.5-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-22.5 - Drowning Prevention and Lifesaving|Section 23-22.5-13 - Lifeguards - Sun protection.

§ 23-22.5-13. Lifeguards — Sun protection.Any facility subject to the provisions of this chapter which employs a lifeguard shall maintain and provide an area which is not exposed to sunlight and shall provide sunscreen or other physical protection to insure against overexposure to the sun.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 495, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-22.5-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-22.5 - Drowning Prevention and Lifesaving|Section 23-22.5-14 - Lifesaving equipment required at all lakes and ponds.

§ 23-22.5-14. Lifesaving equipment required at all lakes and ponds.(1) All cities and towns shall supply and maintain one hundred and fifty feet (150′) of rope and a lifesaving buoy at ponds and lakes located within their respective boundaries during the designated periods of time which swimming, boating or other recreational activities are authorized by the city or town to take place.(2) The chief of the municipal fire department or his or her designee of the city or town where the lake or pond is located shall be responsible for determining the sites where the safety equipment is needed.(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any public beaches or swimming areas owned and/or maintained by the state.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 259, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-1 - Short title.

§ 23-23-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Clean Air Act".History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-2 - Declaration of policy.

§ 23-23-2. Declaration of policy.It is declared to be the public policy in the state of Rhode Island to preserve, protect, and improve the air resources of the state to promote the public health, welfare, and safety, to prevent injury or detriment to human, plant, and animal life, physical property and other resources, and to foster the comfort and convenience of the state's inhabitants. The director is authorized to exercise all powers, direct or incidental, necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter to assure that the state of Rhode Island complies with the federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq., and retains maximum control under this chapter, and receives all desired federal grants, aid, and other benefits.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-2; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 361, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-4 - Administration - Agency for federal acts.

§ 23-23-4. Administration — Agency for federal acts.(a) It shall be the responsibility of the director of environmental management to administer this chapter. Within the department of environmental management, the director may employ personnel who shall come within the classified service in accordance with the laws of this state for the purposes of this chapter, and may delegate to a subordinate or subordinates any or all the powers and duties vested in him or her under this chapter. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums that it may deem necessary for the expenses of administering this chapter.(b) The department of environmental management is designated as the state air pollution control agency for this state for all purposes of any federal air pollution control laws, acts, or programs, and is authorized to take all action necessary or appropriate to secure to this state the benefit of those laws, acts, or programs.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 103, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-23-4; P.L. 1992, ch. 361, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-5.1 - Funds created.

§ 23-23-5.1. Funds created.(a) There is established a general revenue reserve account within the general fund to finance the state clean air program. The sums the director collects pursuant to the civil penalties, administrative penalties, criminal penalties, and all sums and fees collected pursuant to all aspects of the air pollution program except operating fees collected pursuant to § 23-23-5(18) shall be deposited as general revenue. The money appropriated to the program shall be used to cover all direct and indirect costs associated with administering the air pollution program under the provisions of this chapter.(b) There is established a general revenue account within the general fund to fund the clean air operating permit fee program. The operating fees the director collects pursuant to § 23-23-5(18) of this chapter shall be deposited as general revenues. The money appropriated to the program shall be used to cover all reasonable (direct and indirect) costs required to develop and administer an operating permit program pursuant to the requirements of title V, of the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 7661 et seq.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 361, § 3; P.L. 1994, ch. 395, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 69.
RI Gen L § 23-23-5.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-5.2 - Mandamus.

§ 23-23-5.2. Mandamus.In the event that the director shall fail to issue the permit or deny the license then the applicant or other interested person may petition the superior court to issue its writ of mandamus ordering the director or some suitable person to immediately issue the license or denial.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 361, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-23-5.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-5.3 - Advisory commission created.

§ 23-23-5.3. Advisory commission created.(a) There is created an operating permits advisory commission. The advisory commission shall consist of the director of the department of environmental management, or his or her designee, and six (6) additional members who shall be appointed as follows: three (3) members by the governor, two (2) of whom shall be members of the regulated community, and one of whom shall be a member of an environmental citizens group registered as a nonbusiness corporation in the state; one by the speaker of the house; one by the president of the senate; and one jointly by the house minority leader and the senate minority leader, who shall be a member of the minority party. A chairperson and vice chairperson shall be elected by the members of the commission. The director of the department of environmental management shall be the secretary of the advisory commission.(b) The duties of the operating permits advisory commission shall be to review, advise, and evaluate the collection of operating fees pursuant to § 23-23-5(18) and the development and administration of the operating permit program. The commission shall conduct or commission an annual program review. The annual program review shall, at a minimum, examine staffing and resource needs, permit program efficiency, and cost requirements. The cost of conducting the activities of the advisory commission, including the cost of the annual program review, shall be paid from the clean air operating permit fee fund. The commission shall meet quarterly. The advisory commission shall have the authority to request and obtain all information from the department necessary to perform its responsibilities.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 395, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 49.
RI Gen L § 23-23-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-6 - Investigation and hearing of complaint of pollution - Public disclosure.

§ 23-23-6. Investigation and hearing of complaint of pollution — Public disclosure.(a) If the director shall have cause to believe that any person is violating any provision of this chapter or rule or regulation or any order made under this chapter, it shall be the duty of the director to cause the matter to be investigated. Except as provided in § 23-23-16, the director shall follow the procedures provided in § 42-17.1-2(21) in issuing any notice of violation or compliance order authorized pursuant to this chapter or any rules, regulations, or permits promulgated thereunder.(b) The director shall maintain records concerning all investigations undertaken and findings made pursuant to this section. Those records shall be made available for public inspection and shall include the following information:(1) The names and addresses of persons investigated;(2) The date or dates of any hearing or hearings conducted with respect to those persons and the time and place of the hearings;(3) Any findings made by the director after the conclusion of the hearings.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 289, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-6; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 147, § 8, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 148, § 8, effective July 3, 2021.
RI Gen L § 23-23-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-7 - Subpoena of witnesses - Enforcement.

§ 23-23-7. Subpoena of witnesses — Enforcement.All subpoenas shall be served as subpoenas in civil cases in the superior court, and witnesses subpoenaed shall be entitled to the same fees for attendance and travel as are provided witnesses in civil cases in the superior court. In cases of contumacy or refusal to obey the command of the subpoena issued, the superior court shall have jurisdiction upon application of the director, with proof by affidavit of the fact, to issue a rule or order returnable in not less than two (2) nor more than five (5) days, directing this person to show cause why he or she should not be adjudged in contempt. Upon return of the order, the justice, before whom the matter is brought for hearing, shall examine under oath that person and that person shall be given an opportunity to be heard, and if the justice shall determine that the person has refused without reasonable cause or legal excuse, to be examined or to answer a legal or pertinent question, the justice may impose a fine upon the offender or immediately commit the offender to the adult correctional institutions to remain there until he or she submits to do the act which he or she was required to do, or is discharged according to law.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-7; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-8 - Investigations - Orders.

§ 23-23-8. Investigations — Orders.(a) If any person is causing air pollution and if after investigation and hearing the director shall so find, he or she may enter an order directing that person to adopt or to use, or to operate properly, some practicable and reasonably available control system or device or means to prevent the pollution, having due regard for the rights and interests of all persons concerned. The order may specify the particular control systems, device, or means to be adopted, used, or operated; provided, that where there is more than one practical and reasonably available system or means, the order shall give to the person complained of the right to adopt or use one of the systems or means as he or she may choose. The order shall specify the time within which the system or means shall be adopted or used or the operation of the system shall be commenced. The time may be extended by the director in his or her discretion upon application being made by the person, and the order may, upon application be modified in any other particular. No order or modification of the order may be entered by the director deferring compliance with a requirement of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter, unless the deferral is consistent with provisions and procedures of the federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.(b) Where any order of the director does not specify the system or means to be adopted, the person against whom the order is entered shall, before proceeding to install any system, submit to the director a plan or statement describing the system or means which he or she proposes to adopt. In the case where the person subsequently desires to make any substantial change in the system or means adopted, he or she shall, before proceeding to do so, file with the director a plan or statement describing the change. The director may upon the application of any person at any time enter an order approving the system or means which he or she has adopted or may desire to adopt. A copy of each order entered by the director shall be sent to the person or persons affected by either certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 24, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-9 - Operation of approved system as sufficient compliance.

§ 23-23-9. Operation of approved system as sufficient compliance.Any person who shall adopt or use and who shall properly operate a system or means to prevent air pollution in compliance with an order of the director shall, as long as the approval or order remains unrevoked or unmodified, be deemed to have complied with all orders and determinations of the director issued during that period under the authority conferred upon him or her by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-9; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-10 - Prosecution of violations - Relief in equity or by prerogative writ.

§ 23-23-10. Prosecution of violations — Relief in equity or by prerogative writ.(a) All prosecutions for criminal violations of any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the rules and regulations shall be by information or indictment and shall be commenced in the superior courts of the state. The director, without being required to enter into any recognizance or to give surety for cost, shall institute those proceedings in the name of the state. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to conduct the prosecution of all the proceedings brought by the director.(b) The director may obtain relief in equity or by prerogative writ whenever that relief shall be necessary for the proper performance of his or her duties under this chapter. The superior court shall have the jurisdiction in equity to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rule or regulation or order made by the director in conformity with this chapter. Proceedings under this section shall follow the course of equity and shall be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the director by the director or the attorney general, but only upon the request of the director.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 274, § 3; P.L. 1977, ch. 182, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-10; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 361, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-11 - Violation required for criminal conviction.

§ 23-23-11. Violation required for criminal conviction.No person shall be convicted or found liable in any criminal prosecution or at any other proceeding brought by or in behalf of the state, the director or the public to enjoin, suppress, prohibit, or punish air pollution unless he or she knowingly violated a rule or regulation or order of the director, issued under the authority conferred upon him or her by this chapter; provided, that nothing in this section shall be held to affect any civil right action or remedy of any person at law or in equity.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-11; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 361, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-12 - Tests.

§ 23-23-12. Tests.Whenever the director has reason to believe that emission is occurring in excess of that permitted under any rule, regulation, or order made under this chapter, the director may, without hearing, conduct tests to determine the emission of air contaminants from premises, buildings, or other places belonging to or controlled by any person, or to require the person to provide any information as he or she may request regarding this emission. The person owning or controlling the premises, building, or other place to be tested shall provide the director or his or her representatives or consultants access during working hours. The director, his or her representatives, or consultants shall be empowered to erect scaffolding and to provide necessary holes and stack or duct work or other sampling and test facilities. The director may specify the testing method to be used by qualified personnel in accordance with good professional practice, and should that test show that a violation of a rule or regulation made under this chapter any order of the director was occurring, the person shall pay in addition to any other regulatory, civil, and/or criminal penalties the entire cost of the test or tests and an additional administrative fine of up to one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the test or tests. Those costs and fines shall be deposited as general revenues.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-12; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 214, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23-12.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-12.1 - Repealed.

§ 23-23-12.1. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-23-12.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-12.2 - Repealed.

§ 23-23-12.2. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-23-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-13 - Plans and records.

§ 23-23-13. Plans and records.Upon request of the director, any person owning or operating a source of air pollution which has the potential to emit any air contaminant, or any person owning or operating a source of air pollution which the director has reason to believe is emitting any extremely toxic air contaminant, that meets the definition in § 23-23-3 but may not have been adopted by the director, or any person owning or operating any air pollution control system shall keep accurate records of operation as may be specified by the director and shall submit these records of operation and a plan and statement or true copies of them, describing all the systems or sources owned or controlled by him or her. Those statements, records, plans and descriptions shall be signed by the person or his or her agent and may be submitted to the department as trade secret or proprietary information to the extent that protection is available under the public records act of title 38.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-13; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 24, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 502, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 361, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23 - Air Pollution|Section 23-23-14 - Penalties.

§ 23-23-14. Penalties.(a) Any person who shall violate an order of the director or any rule, regulation, or other program requirement, or permit, or approval, or any of the prohibitions of this chapter shall be punished by an administrative or civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and every person shall be deemed guilty of a separate and distinct offense for each day during which the violation shall be repeated or continued.(b) The director or any agent or employee of the director or any person or his or her agent who shall, except in the enforcement of this chapter or in the performance of official duties under this chapter, disclose any information relating to secret processes or methods of manufacture or production obtained in the course of inspecting or investigating any source or alleged source of air pollution, or who shall violate § 23-23-13 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).(c) Any person obstructing, hindering, or in any way causing to be obstructed or hindered, the director or any agent or employee of the director in the performance of their duties or who shall refuse to permit the director or any of his or her agents entrance into any premises, buildings, or other places belonging to or controlled by that person in the performance of his or her duties, or who shall refuse to furnish the information requested or to make a test provided for in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).(d) Any person convicted under the provisions of § 23-23-11 shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment of one year, or both fine and imprisonment, and every person shall be deemed guilty of a separate and distinct offense for each day during which the violation shall be repeated or continued.(e) Any person who knowingly makes a false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, permit, or document filed, maintained and used for purposes under this chapter shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment of one year or both fine and imprisonment, and every person shall be guilty of a separate and distinct offense for each day during which the violation shall be repeated or continued.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-14; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 361, § 1.