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RI Gen L § 23-19.1-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-20 - Liberal construction - Severability.

§ 23-19.1-20. Liberal construction — Severability.The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted and construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose. If any provision 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 shall not be affected by the invalidity. 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. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-20; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-20.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-21 - Applicability of chapter - No effect on public utilities and carriers.

§ 23-19.1-21. Applicability of chapter — No effect on public utilities and carriers.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting or in any way invalidating any existing regulatory jurisdiction and authority pursuant to title 39, as amended, of the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers over motor vehicles, railroads, or other modes of transportation, or over the use, storage, and transportation of liquefied natural gas, as the term is defined in § 39-1-2, or any other existing regulatory jurisdiction and authority as set forth in any other statute of the general laws of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-21; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-21; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 57.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-22 - Liability for unauthorized transportation, storage, or disposal.

§ 23-19.1-22. Liability for unauthorized transportation, storage, or disposal.(a) Any person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter through the transportation, storage, or disposal of hazardous wastes in a manner or location not authorized by this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, or who shall have caused the unauthorized transportation, storage, or disposal of hazardous wastes shall be absolutely liable for the cost of containment, cleanup, restoration, and removal of the hazardous wastes, and for all damages, losses, or injuries, including environmental, which result directly or indirectly from the discharge.(b) Proceedings brought pursuant to this section shall be instituted by filing a complaint in the superior court.(c) The state, by and through the department of environmental management, is the trustee of the air, water, fish, and wildlife of the state. An action brought pursuant to the provisions of this chapter with respect to environmental damage may be brought by the attorney general or the director of the department of environmental management in the name of the state as trustee for those natural resources.(d) The court may award treble the amount of the costs, damages, losses, or injuries whenever it finds that a person has stored, disposed, or transported hazardous wastes in violation of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter in a willful and knowing manner.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 265, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-23 - Environmental response fund.

§ 23-19.1-23. Environmental response fund.There is established a separate fund within the general fund to be called the environmental response fund which shall be administered by the general treasurer in accordance with the same laws and fiscal procedures as the general funds of the state. The fund shall consist of any sums as the state may appropriate, or sums recovered by any action brought under the authority of this chapter or chapter 18.9 and are appropriated to the director for the following purposes:(1) Initial response activities. These activities shall include, but not be limited to, record analysis, site visits, and producing remedial and investigatory reports.(2) Site evaluation activities. These activities shall include, but not be limited to, site mapping, installation of wells and equipment, collection, monitoring, and analysis of samples of air, soil, and/or water, production of reports and implementation and maintenance of necessary technology, and equipment for complete remedial action.(3) Emergency response action. These activities shall include, but not be limited to, waste disposal or spill response, analysis, containment, and cleanup, temporary resident relocation during the emergency response activities.(4) State remedial response action. These activities shall include, but not be limited to, removal of contamination or waste installation of a temporary water supply ground water treatment and site closure.(5) Additional activities. These activities shall include, but not be limited to, professional training for employees, public information, and education.(6) Enforcement and personnel activities. These funds may also be used to support activities related to enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, legal activities to enforce the provisions of this chapter and secure contributions from culpable parties, and ancillary services, personnel, or equipment to support the activities enumerated in this section.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 298, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 148, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-24 - Administration of the fund.

§ 23-19.1-24. Administration of the fund.The department of environmental management shall prepare and adopt rules and regulations and establish procedures consistent with the purposes of § 23-19.1-23.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-25 - Bonds authorized - Maturity - Certification and execution.

§ 23-19.1-25. Bonds authorized — Maturity — Certification and execution.(a) The general treasurer is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the governor and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, to issue bonds in the name and behalf of the state and in any amounts as may be specified in an amount not to exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) by the governor to be designated as "environmental response fund of 1984." The bonds shall be in denominations of one thousand dollars ($1,000) each or multiples of this amount, and shall be payable in any coin or currency of the United States which, at the time of payment, shall be legal tender for public or private debts. The bonds shall bear any date or dates, mature at any time or times not exceeding twenty (20) years from their respective date of issue, bear interest payable semiannually at any rate or different varying rates, be payable at any time or times, at any place or places, be subject to any terms of recall or redemption, with or without premium, be in any form with or without interest coupons attached carrying any registration, conversion, reconversion, transfer, debt requirement, acceleration, and other provisions as may be fixed by the general treasurer, with the approval of the governor, upon each issue of these bonds at the time of each issue.(b) Whenever the governor shall approve the issuance of the bonds, the governor shall certify his or her approval to the secretary of state; the general treasurer shall countersign the bonds and affix the seal of the state. The approval of the governor shall be endorsed on each bond approved with a facsimile of the governor's signature.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-26 - Depositing bond proceeds in environmental response fund.

§ 23-19.1-26. Depositing bond proceeds in environmental response fund.The general treasurer is directed to deposit the proceeds of the sale of the bonds, including any premium or premiums and any accrued interest which may be received from the sale of these, in one or more of the depositories in which the funds of the state may be lawfully kept, in the account to be known as "environmental response fund" to be used for the purposes of § 23-19.1-23.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-27 - Temporary notes.

§ 23-19.1-27. Temporary notes.(a) The general treasurer is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the governor, and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, to borrow upon temporary notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds in the name and behalf of the state, sums of money for the purposes set forth in § 23-19.1-23.(b) The notes shall be signed by the general treasurer and countersigned by the secretary of state and shall be issued at any time or times, in any amounts, at any rates of interest, with any provisions of repayment, with or without premium, acceleration, and other terms as may be fixed by the general treasurer, with the approval of the governor.(c) The notes may be issued for periods not exceeding two (2) years and may be refunded or renewed by the issue of other notes for periods not exceeding two (2) years, but the notes, including all refundings and renewals of these, shall bear maturity dates not later than five (5) years from the date of each original issue. The total sum of the terms of the notes plus the term of the bonds, which the issuance of the notes anticipate, shall not exceed twenty-five (25) years in duration.(d) The proceeds of the sale of the notes, inclusive of any premiums and any accrued interest which may be received from the sale of these, shall be applied to the purposes for which the notes are issued, and shall be deposited by the general treasurer in the account described in § 23-19.1-26.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-28 - Advances from general fund in anticipation of the issue of notes or bonds.

§ 23-19.1-28. Advances from general fund in anticipation of the issue of notes or bonds.The general treasurer is authorized, with the approval of the governor, in the anticipation of the issue of notes or bonds under the authority of this chapter, to advance to the fund, to be used for the purposes specified in § 23-19.1-23, any funds of the state not specifically held for any purpose; provided, that all the advances shall be returned to the general fund forthwith upon the receipt by the fund of proceeds from the issue of notes or bonds.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-29 - Bonds and notes tax exempt general obligation of state.

§ 23-19.1-29. Bonds and notes tax exempt general obligation of state.All bonds and notes issued under the authority of this chapter shall be exempt from taxation in the state and shall be general obligations of the state, and the full faith and credit of the state is pledged for the due payment of the principal and the interest on the bonds and notes as the bonds and notes become due.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-30 - Terms and conditions of sales - Applications of premiums and accrued interest - Validity not affected by change in office.

§ 23-19.1-30. Terms and conditions of sales — Applications of premiums and accrued interest — Validity not affected by change in office.(a) Any bond or note issued under the authority of this chapter shall be sold at not less than the principal amount of these bonds on any terms and conditions as the general treasurer, with the approval of the governor, shall be deemed to be for the best interest of the state. The purchaser of the bonds or notes shall pay accrued interest to the date of delivery of the bonds or notes.(b) These premiums or accrued interest which may be received as the result of the sale of the bonds or notes shall be applied to the payment of debt service costs.(c) Any bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this chapter and coupons on any bonds, if properly executed by the manual or facsimile signature of officers of the state in office on the date of execution, shall be valid and binding according to their tenor, notwithstanding that before their delivery and payment for them, any or all the officers shall for any reason have ceased to hold office.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-31 - Investment of receipts pending expenditures.

§ 23-19.1-31. Investment of receipts pending expenditures.All moneys in the fund not immediately required for payment pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be invested by the state investment commission, as established by chapter 10 of title 35, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 10 of title 35; provided, that the securities in which the fund is invested shall remain a part of the funds as shall other securities for which these may from time to time, pursuant to the chapter, be exchanged and; provided, that the income from the investment shall become part of the fund, and shall be used to the extent possible to pay debt service costs.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-32 - Amortization.

§ 23-19.1-32. Amortization.For the purpose of paying any expenses incurred by the general treasurer in the issuance of the bonds or notes under the authority of this chapter and any interest and any principal becoming payable on the bonds or notes issued under the authority of this chapter and then outstanding, the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the expenses, interest, and principal out of the fund. In the event that the amount available in the fund is not sufficient for this purpose, a sum sufficient is annually appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the payment of the expenses, interest, and principal.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-33 - Notice of hazardous waste disposal violation.

§ 23-19.1-33. Notice of hazardous waste disposal violation.Whenever the director issues a notice of violation and order pursuant to this chapter that disposal of hazardous waste has occurred onto or into real property or in any landfill not permitted under the provisions of this chapter, the director shall cause the notice or a summary of the substance of the notice to be sent to the chief executive officer of the city or town and president of the city or town council and to be filed in the land evidence records of the city or town where the real property or landfill is located with respect to the real property or landfill, stating the substance and findings of the director's determination. When the notice of violation and order has been complied with or vacated, the director shall file a notice rescinding the notice of violation and order in the land evidence records with respect to the real property or landfill.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 165, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 215, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-34 - Hazardous waste haulers - Drivers license and certificate required.

§ 23-19.1-34. Hazardous waste haulers — Drivers license and certificate required.No driver shall operate a vehicle hauling hazardous waste as defined in this chapter, unless the driver possesses a valid license of the appropriate class and a hazardous waste driver's certificate issued by the department of environmental management. Applicants for the certificate shall present evidence to the department of environmental management that they have successfully completed the hazardous waste material hauler driver training course developed by the department of environmental management and conducted by the employer, holder of the transporter's permit pursuant to § 23-19.1-10. The course shall specifically include training in transfer, handling, and spillage of hazardous waste materials, before a certificate may be issued. Certificates shall be issued only to applicants qualified by examinations prescribed and conducted by the employer or holders of the transporter's permits. The employer or holder of the transporter's permit shall certify to the director of the department of environmental management that the driver/applicant has successfully completed the course and test.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 602, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-35 - Denial or revocation of hazardous waste material driver's certificate.

§ 23-19.1-35. Denial or revocation of hazardous waste material driver's certificate.(a) The department of environmental management shall deny any application for the issuance of a hazardous waste materials driver's certificate made by an applicant who has been convicted, within the last three (3) years preceding the applicant's application for the certificate, of any violation involving driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, or both, or reckless driving, or the applicant's driving privilege is, or has been, under suspension, revocation, or probation by the division for a cause involving unsafe operation of a motor vehicle.(b) The department of environmental management shall revoke the hazardous waste materials drivers' certificate of any holder, who, after issuance of the certificate, is convicted of any violation of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or drugs, or both, or reckless driving, or who has had the driving privilege suspended or revoked by the division of motor vehicles for a cause involving the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle, or is found by the division to be a negligent operator.(c) The department of environmental management may revoke the hazardous waste materials driver's certificate of any holder for any cause, whether existing before or after the issuance of the certificate, which would either authorize or require the department of environmental management to refuse to issue a certificate.(d) The division of motor vehicles shall provide records to the department of environmental management pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 602, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-36 - Suspension of transporters permit upon violation of § 23-19.1-33.

§ 23-19.1-36. Suspension of transporters permit upon violation of § 23-19.1-33.Violation of § 23-19.1-33 shall cause the suspension of the transporters permit issued pursuant to § 23-19.1-10, until the time as the employer or holder of the transporters permit shall provide the department of environmental management with evidence of certification of the driver/applicant.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 602, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.2 - Local Health Regulations|Section 23-19.2-1 - General regulations of cities and towns.

§ 23-19.2-1. General regulations of cities and towns.The councils of the several cities and towns may make any rules and regulations that they shall deem necessary to regulate and control the construction, location, and maintenance of all places for keeping animals, may provide for the summary removal or reconstruction of these places that shall be deemed by them detrimental to the public convenience and welfare, and may make rules and regulations prescribing the time and manner of removing manure from them and for the driving of animals through the highways; and every person violating any ordinance, rule, or regulation made pursuant to this section, shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00), to be recovered upon complaint and warrant before any district court to the use of the city or town where the violation shall occur.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-1; P.L. 1967, ch. 116, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.2-1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.2 - Local Health Regulations|Section 23-19.2-2 - Regulation of removal of night soil and cleaning of cesspools and septic tanks.

§ 23-19.2-2. Regulation of removal of night soil and cleaning of cesspools and septic tanks.The council of any city or town is authorized and empowered to make regulations for the removal and disposal of night soil and the contents of cesspools and septic tanks and the storing of stable manure in the city or town, may issue licenses to any person or persons for conducting the business of removing night soil and the contents of cesspools and septic tanks, may revoke or suspend the licenses issued for this purpose, and may fix the fee for these licenses; provided, that no license shall be issued by any city or town until the proposed location and means of disposal of these materials shall first have been approved in writing by the state director of health.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-2; P.L. 1966, ch. 51, § 1; P.L. 1967, ch. 116, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.2-2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.2 - Local Health Regulations|Section 23-19.2-3 - Violation of regulations.

§ 23-19.2-3. Violation of regulations.Any person violating any of the regulations or orders made by any city or town council under the provisions of § 23-19.2-2 shall be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed thirty (30) days, to be enforced on complaint and warrant in the district court.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 22; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-3; P.L. 1967, ch. 116, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.2-3.