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RI Gen L § 23-18.9-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-11 - Prosecution of violations - Relief in equity or by prerogative writ.

§ 23-18.9-11. Prosecution of violations — Relief in equity or by prerogative writ.(a) All prosecutions for the criminal violation of any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation made by the director in conformance with this chapter, shall be by indictment or information. The director, without being required to enter into any recognizance or to give surety for cost, or the attorney general of his or her own motion, may institute the proceedings in the name of the state. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to conduct the criminal prosecution of all the proceedings brought pursuant to this chapter.(b) The director may obtain relief in equity or by prerogative writ whenever relief shall be necessary for the proper performance of his or her duties under this chapter. The superior court for Providence County shall have concurrent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter. Proceedings for enforcement in superior court may be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the director, by either the director or by the attorney general, and in any proceeding in which the director or the attorney general seeks injunctive relief, it shall not be necessary to show that without this relief, the injury that will result will be irreparable or that the remedy at law is inadequate. Proceedings provided for in this section shall be in addition to other administrative or judicial proceedings authorized by this chapter or pursuant to any other provision of the general laws or common law.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 23-46-11; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-18.9-11; P.L. 1991, ch. 52, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 147, § 3, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 148, § 3, effective July 3, 2021.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-12 - Records required.

§ 23-18.9-12. Records required.(a) Every private landfill operator shall keep a written record of the vehicles which unload cargo at the landfill. The record shall contain the date, the time, and the registration of the vehicle. The landfill operator shall upon request make the written record available for inspection by the department of environmental management.(b) The director of the department of environmental management shall promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of enforcing and complying with the provisions of this section.(c) Every person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 293, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-13 - Notice of solid waste disposal.

§ 23-18.9-13. Notice of solid waste disposal.Whenever the director issues a notice of violation and order pursuant to this chapter that disposal of solid 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 filed in the land evidence records of the city or town wherein 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, within twenty (20) days, 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. 1988, ch. 226, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-15 - Town of Richmond - Refuse disposal.

§ 23-18.9-15. Town of Richmond — Refuse disposal.The town of Richmond shall be empowered to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations governing tree stump disposal in the town of Richmond.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 242, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-16 - Beneficial reuse of solid waste.

§ 23-18.9-16. Beneficial reuse of solid waste.(a) The director may approve proposals for the environmentally beneficial reuse of solid waste in a municipality in order to save natural resources by providing alternative materials for projects that would otherwise use new materials and preserve landfill space by removing materials from the waste stream that would otherwise be landfilled. In determining whether a solid waste can be safely used as a beneficial reuse material, the director may consider factors such as the physical and chemical characteristics of the solid waste in question, the proposed use of the waste, and the location where the waste is proposed to be used according to criteria established by rule or policy as the director deems appropriate. All proposals to use a solid waste as a beneficial reuse material shall be made in writing to the director in the form of an application for a beneficial use determination or BUD. No person may process, store, transport, dispose or otherwise use any solid waste for beneficial reuse unless they have first obtained the written approval of the director in the form of a BUD, unless specifically provided for elsewhere in this chapter.All beneficial reuse material proposals approved by the director shall include the following:(1) Public notice in a newspaper of general circulation;(2) A notice to the manager or mayor and council of the municipality in question;(3) A hearing to be held in the municipality affected.(b) All persons applying for a BUD that proposes the reuse of more than three (3) cubic yards of solid waste in one location shall forward a copy of their application to the municipality where the beneficial reuse material will be used.(c) The director may require any person involved in the storage, handling, processing or use of solid waste for beneficial reuse to provide financial assurance that:(1) The project approved in the BUD will be completed; and/or(2) Any unused solid waste/beneficial reuse material will be properly removed and disposed of either upon completion of the project or if project operations cease for any reason.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 258, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 263, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 229, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-17 - Food waste ban.

§ 23-18.9-17. Food waste ban.(a) On and after January 1, 2016, each covered entity and each covered educational institution shall ensure that the organic-waste materials that are generated by the covered entity or at the covered educational facility are recycled at an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility or by another authorized recycling method if:(1) The covered entity or covered educational facility generates not less than one hundred four (104) tons per year of organic-waste material; and(2) The covered entity or covered educational facility is located not more than fifteen (15) miles from an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility with available capacity to accept such material.(b) On and after January 1, 2018, each covered educational institution shall ensure that the organic-waste materials that are generated at the covered educational facility are recycled at an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility or by another authorized recycling method if:(1) The covered educational facility generates not less than fifty-two (52) tons per year of organic-waste material; and(2) The covered entity or covered educational facility is located not more than fifteen (15) miles from an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility with available capacity to accept such material.(c) The director shall grant a waiver of the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) upon a showing that the tipping fee charged by the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation for non-contract commercial sector waste is less than the fee charged for organic-waste material by each composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility located within fifteen (15) miles of the covered entity's location.(d) On and after January 1, 2023, each educational entity (as defined in § 16-110-1) shall ensure that the organic-waste materials that are generated by the educational entity are recycled at an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility or by another authorized recycling method if:(1) The educational entity generates not less than thirty (30) tons per year of organic-waste material; and(2) The educational entity is located not more than fifteen (15) miles from an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility with available capacity to accept such material.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 184, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 210, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 481, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 498, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 344, § 2, effective September 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 345, § 2, effective September 1, 2021.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-18 - Reporting requirements.

§ 23-18.9-18. Reporting requirements.Each covered entity or covered educational institution shall keep a written record of the amount of solid waste it generates and the amount of organic waste material it recycles at composting or anaerobic digestion facilities. The covered entity or covered educational institution, upon request, shall make the written records available for inspection to the department.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 184, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 210, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-18.10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.10 - Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products|Section 23-18.10-1 - Findings.

§ 23-18.10-1. Findings.The general assembly has found and declares that:(1) Available scientific evidence indicates a strong probability that the family of substances known as chlorofluorocarbons, when discharged into the atmosphere, degrade the earth's protective layer of ozone, allowing increased amounts of ultraviolet radiation to penetrate the atmosphere, posing an acute and immediate danger to human health, life, and the environment. Available scientific evidence indicates the strong possibility that the resulting increase in human exposure to ultraviolet radiation may already have caused an increase in the incidence of skin cancers and other serious illnesses.(2) There are substitutes for products containing chlorofluorocarbons currently available which do not use chlorofluorocarbons in their manufacture.(3) The people of the state support international, federal, and state bans on all uses of chlorofluorocarbons not deemed absolutely essential.(4) It is the intent of the general assembly to reduce the amount of CFC-processed products purchased and used by the people of Rhode Island, and thereby to reduce the health hazards created by the manufacture of these products.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 365, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.10 - Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products|Section 23-18.10-2 - Definitions.

§ 23-18.10-2. Definitions.(a) "CFC 11 and CFC 12" are two (2) members of fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, which are substances containing carbon, fluorine, and chlorine, having no hydrogen atoms and no double bonds.(b) "Director" means the director of the department of environmental management.(c) "Person" or "anyone" means any natural person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other organization or group however organized.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 365, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.10 - Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products|Section 23-18.10-3 - Prohibited use.

§ 23-18.10-3. Prohibited use.No person shall purchase, obtain, or manufacture any CFC-11 and/or CFC-12 processed product, except as provided in §§ 23-18.10-4 and 23-18.10-5.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 365, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 81, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.10-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.10 - Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products|Section 23-18.10-4 - Exemptions.

§ 23-18.10-4. Exemptions.The director shall exempt an item or product from the requirements of this chapter, upon a showing that the item or product has no acceptable non-CFC-processed equivalent and that imposing the requirements on that time or product would cause undue hardship.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 365, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.10-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.10 - Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products|Section 23-18.10-5 - Existing contracts exempted.

§ 23-18.10-5. Existing contracts exempted.Any product required to be purchased under a contract entered into prior to April 30, 1988 shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 365, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.10-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.10 - Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products|Section 23-18.10-6 - Penalties and enforcement.

§ 23-18.10-6. Penalties and enforcement.(a) Anyone violating or failing to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).(b) The director may seek legal, injunctive, or other equitable relief to enforce this chapter.(c) The remedies and penalties provided in this section are cumulative and not exclusive.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 365, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.10-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.10 - Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products|Section 23-18.10-7 - Repealed.

§ 23-18.10-7. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-18.10-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.10 - Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products|Section 23-18.10-8 - Severability.

§ 23-18.10-8. Severability.If any part or provision of this chapter or the application of any part or provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, including the application of that part or provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, provisions of this chapter are severable.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 365, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.11-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.11 - Promotion of Paper Bag Usage|Section 23-18.11-1 - Paper bag incentive.

§ 23-18.11-1. Paper bag incentive.(a) The general assembly finds that discarded packaging constitutes a significant category of waste within the state's waste system and is, therefore, a necessary focus of any effort to preserve the capacity of the central landfill, as well as to reduce economic and environmental costs of waste management for the citizens of this state.(b) In furtherance of state source reduction and recycling policies, it is the intent of this legislation to promote the use of paper bags as a preferred alternative to plastic bags. Paper bags are frequently made from recycled paper fiber, are recyclable and degradable, and minimize the use of non-renewable resources, including natural gas and petroleum.(c) The general assembly has determined that certain retail establishments within the state are points of origin for a substantial volume of plastic bags and, therefore, are particularly susceptible to actions which have significant potential for simplifying the chemical composition of this portion of the state's waste stream, thereby improving solid waste management within this state.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 424, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.11-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.11 - Promotion of Paper Bag Usage|Section 23-18.11-2 - Definitions.

§ 23-18.11-2. Definitions.(a) "Goods" means all personal chattels, other than things in action or money, sold by a retail establishment for other than a commercial or business use or for purposes of resale, including clothes that have been cleaned or pressed or otherwise serviced at a retailing laundry and cleaning establishment.(b) "Paper bags" means bags made from recycled paper fiber or from renewable resources, which bags are recyclable and biodegradable.(c) "Plastic bags" means bags or coverings made from plastic resins or derived from non-renewable, petroleum-based feedstocks, including coverings for clothes that have been cleaned or pressed or otherwise serviced at laundry and cleaning establishments.(d) "Retail establishments" means all sales outlets, stores, shops, or other places of business located within the state, which operate primarily to sell or convey goods, foods, or goods which have been the subject matter of the rendering of personal services thereon, directly to the ultimate consumer which are predominantly contained, wrapped, or held in or on packaging.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 424, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.11-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.11 - Promotion of Paper Bag Usage|Section 23-18.11-3 - Prohibited practices.

§ 23-18.11-3. Prohibited practices.No retail establishment located and doing business within the state shall sell or convey goods, food, or goods which have been the subject matter of the rendering of personal services thereon, directly to the ultimate consumers within the state in plastic bags, unless the retailer makes available to each consumer a paper bag as an option at no greater charge than the plastic bag. The retailer must advertise clearly the availability of this option. Any retailer who chooses to transfer purchases in paper bags only, need not make other optional bags available.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 424, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.11-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.11 - Promotion of Paper Bag Usage|Section 23-18.11-3.1 - Recycling containers for plastic bags.

§ 23-18.11-3.1. Recycling containers for plastic bags.Every retail establishment that sells or conveys goods or food directly to the ultimate consumer within the state, shall provide within the retail establishment, at a location convenient for its customers, receptacles in which customers may place any used clean and dry plastic film bags for recycling as defined in § 23-18.11-2, which includes, but shall not be limited to plastic film grocery sacks, plastic film shopping bags, dry cleaner film, fresh produce bags, and newspaper sleeves; provided that this provision shall apply only to those retail establishments where the aggregate conveyance of goods or food is in excess of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) annually at locations within Rhode Island, or where the retail establishment has over ten thousand (10,000 sq. ft.) square feet of retail or wholesale space at one location within Rhode Island. The retail establishment, at its own expense, shall be responsible for the cost, maintenance, and emptying of these receptacles and the delivery of the bags collected to a suitable recycling facility, or to an intermediary company or vendor whose business includes the recycling of plastics. Every retail establishment shall maintain records indicating where the plastic bags that are collected by such retail establishments are transported for recycling and report such information to the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation no later than January 31, 2009 and no later than every January 31 thereafter.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 223, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 314, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 444, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 214, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 239, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.11-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.11 - Promotion of Paper Bag Usage|Section 23-18.11-4 - Regulations.

§ 23-18.11-4. Regulations.The Rhode Island resource recovery corporation shall promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement and carry out the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 424, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.11-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.11 - Promotion of Paper Bag Usage|Section 23-18.11-5 - Penalties.

§ 23-18.11-5. Penalties.Willful failure to comply with § 23-18.11-3 shall constitute a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each occurrence.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 424, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.11-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.11 - Promotion of Paper Bag Usage|Section 23-18.11-6 - Severability.

§ 23-18.11-6. Severability.If any part or provision of this chapter, or the application of any part or provision to any person, entity, or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part of or provision of or application directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered, and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this law or the application to other persons, entities, or circumstances.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 424, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.12-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.12 - Beverage Container Recyclability|Section 23-18.12-1 - Legislative purpose.

§ 23-18.12-1. Legislative purpose.The general assembly has determined that the packaging of beverages in non-recyclable containers is a significant source of waste within the state and is, therefore, a necessary concern of the effort to reduce the filling of the state central landfill as well as to reduce the economic and environmental costs of waste management for the citizens of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 515, § 1.