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RI Gen L § 1-7-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 1 - Aeronautics|Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act|Section 1-7-3 - Definitions.

§ 1-7-3. Definitions.The following words and phrases, for the purposes of this chapter, have the following meanings:(1) "Corporation" means the Rhode Island airport corporation as established in § 1-2-1.1.(2) "Monitoring program" means the long-term, air-quality monitoring program as established by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2.
RI Gen L § 1-7-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 1 - Aeronautics|Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act|Section 1-7-4 - Air quality monitoring public advisory committee.

§ 1-7-4. Air quality monitoring public advisory committee.An "air quality monitoring public advisory committee" shall be established to advise the corporation on the development and implementation of the long-term, air-quality monitoring program, and the preparation of annual work plans. The public advisory committee shall be made up of at least nine (9) public members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. In making those appointments, the governor shall give due consideration to include representatives from environmental advocacy organizations, health advocacy organizations, economic advocacy organizations, neighborhood organizations, academic institutions, and the city of Warwick. Members of the public advisory committee shall serve for terms of two (2) years. The governor shall convene the public advisory committee with sufficient time to enable it to perform its responsibilities under this chapter. The members of the public advisory committee shall receive no compensation for their services to the committee. The public advisory committee shall elect annually from among their members a chair, a vice chair, and any other officers it deems appropriate.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2.
RI Gen L § 1-7-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 1 - Aeronautics|Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act|Section 1-7-5 - Health study.

§ 1-7-5. Health study.(a) The corporation shall provide the department of health with funding in an amount not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), half to be paid in fiscal year 2008 and the other half to be paid in fiscal year 2009, which funds the department of health will use for an independent health study (the "study" or the "health study") developed in consultation with the department of environmental management and the air-quality monitoring public advisory committee. The purpose of the study will be to determine whether and to what extent, air pollution generated by airport activities affects the health of area residents based, to the extent feasible, on established health benchmarks.(b) The study shall use the data collected from the first year of long-term, air-quality monitoring at the airport described in the previous sections to evaluate potential public health implications of emissions based, to the extent feasible, on established health benchmarks, and shall be completed and submitted to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate no later than May 30, 2009.(c) The corporation, the department of health, and the city of Warwick shall publish technical reports and scientific publications that resulted from this health study on their respective websites no later than July 31, 2019, and shall maintain them on their respective websites for at least five (5) years thereafter.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 187, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 249, § 1.
RI Gen L § 1-7-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 1 - Aeronautics|Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act|Section 1-7-6 - Reporting.

§ 1-7-6. Reporting.(a) The corporation shall provide the department of environmental management with an inventory of greenhouse gas pollutants, including, but not limited to, carbon dioxide and methane, and an annual inventory of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide. The inventories of data generated in the prior calendar year shall be reported to the department of environmental management on or before March 30, 2009, and every March 30 thereafter.(b) Data generated from the permanent air-quality monitors shall be reported to the department of environmental management, the department of health, and to the city of Warwick on at least a quarterly basis and shall be used by the departments to continuously augment and update air-quality-monitoring studies conducted by the departments. The corporation shall publish the data on its website within thirty (30) calendar days of the end of the quarter.(c) The department of health shall prepare an annual report that shall contain the department's findings, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations resulting from the data generated by and from the permanent air-quality monitors (the "monitors"), as well as a summary of the data collected from the monitors. The first such report shall be due on or before July 31, 2017, and on or before July 31 in 2018, 2019, and for any further year thereafter during which data is collected and reported pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b). Copies of these reports shall be provided by the required dates to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, the office of the governor, the office of the attorney general, the airport corporation, and the offices of the mayor and the city council of the city of Warwick. The department of health, the airport corporation, and the city of Warwick shall publish these reports on their respective websites within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the reports.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 220, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 320, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 187, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 249, § 1.
RI Gen L § 1-7-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 1 - Aeronautics|Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act|Section 1-7-7 - Regulation and enforcement - Powers of the department of health and the department of environmental management.

§ 1-7-7. Regulation and enforcement — Powers of the department of health and the department of environmental management.(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall diminish or abrogate the powers granted to the department of environmental management and the department of health pursuant to chapters 23 and 1 of title 23 as amended, respectively.(b) Any facilities under the jurisdiction of the corporation shall be subject, as otherwise provided in law, to the regulatory and enforcement requirements of the department of environmental management.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2.
RI Gen L § 1-7-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 1 - Aeronautics|Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act|Section 1-7-8 - Violations - Sanctions - Injunctive relief.

§ 1-7-8. Violations — Sanctions — Injunctive relief.(a) (1) Willful noncompliance of this chapter that impairs the monitoring program herein established shall be considered a violation of a program requirement as described in § 23-23-14.(2) The attorney general of the state shall have the power to bring an action in the name of the state, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for restraining orders and injunctive relief to restrain and enjoin willful noncompliance of this chapter or for specific performance of the obligations of the corporation under this chapter.(3) Such willful noncompliance shall be punishable by a penalty as provided for in § 23-23-14(a).(b) Proceedings under this chapter shall be instituted and prosecuted by the attorney general. The superior court shall have the jurisdiction in equity to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rules or regulations of the corporation under the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2.
RI Gen L § 1-7-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 1 - Aeronautics|Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act|Section 1-7-9 - Monitoring actions required and compliance - Sunset provision.

§ 1-7-9. Monitoring actions required and compliance — Sunset provision.(a) On or before January 31, 2017, and on or before January 31, 2018, and January 31, 2019, thereafter, the department of environmental management, the department of health, and the attorney general shall submit to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate, recommendations as to the continuation of the air monitoring required in this act.(b) Unless extended by the general assembly, the corporation's obligation to operate and maintain the air monitoring system will cease on July 31, 2023; provided, this sunset date shall be dependent upon the corporation undertaking and completing the following actions prior to July 31, 2023:(1) As part of the long-term air-quality monitoring program, ambient air-quality monitors shall be set up in a network that shall include at least four (4) monitoring sites in the area of and surrounding Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. These monitors shall be designed, placed, and maintained so as to measure air-quality impacts from airport operations, including those impacts associated with planes operating on the extended runway and on neighborhoods adjacent to the airport facility, and at the Winslow Park playing fields. In addition to the quarterly summary reports prepared by the corporation based on this data, the corporation shall compile at least twenty (20) months of complete air quality monitoring data from these monitors and submit that data to the department of health prior to May 1, 2023, pursuant to § 1-7-6; and(2) The corporation shall comply with all other reporting and publishing requirements set forth in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 245, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 265, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 220, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 320, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 187, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 249, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 225, § 1, effective July 8, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 326, § 1, effective July 9, 2021.
RI Gen L § 1-8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 1 - Aeronautics|Chapter 1-8 - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicles|Section 1-8-1 - Exclusive aerial regulations.

§ 1-8-1. Exclusive aerial regulations.Subject to federal law, the state of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island airport corporation shall have exclusive legal authority to regulate any object capable of flying that is remotely controlled and flies autonomously through software-controlled flight plans embedded in the object's system by a global-position system, commonly known as unpiloted aerial vehicles, remotely piloted aircraft, drones, or unmanned aircraft systems.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 261, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-1-1 - 2-1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-1-1 - 2-1-4 - [Superseded.]

§ 2-1-1 — 2-1-4. [Superseded.]
RI Gen L § 2-1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-1-5 - Agricultural institutes - Local associations.

§ 2-1-5. Agricultural institutes — Local associations.The director of environmental management shall hold one agricultural institute in each county annually, either independently or in connection with any society, association, or other organization devoted to the same general objects, and may hold as many more as he or she deems expedient, and, as far as may be practicable, encourage state and local associations and societies in the interests of agriculture.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 201, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-5.
RI Gen L § 2-1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-1-6 - Annual report - Publications.

§ 2-1-6. Annual report — Publications.The director of environmental management shall report annually to the general assembly at its January session. Two thousand (2,000) copies of the report shall be printed under the direction of the department of administration. The director shall distribute one copy of the report to each member of the general assembly, one to the city or town clerk of each town in the state for the use of the city or town, one to each public library, and a proper number to the University of Rhode Island, agricultural societies, farmers' clubs and granges in the state, and shall make any exchanges with other like organizations as may be deemed expedient. The director may cause to be printed and distributed from time to time, in pamphlet form, an analysis of commercial fertilizers, and any other information that the interests of agriculture may require.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 201, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2686, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-6.
RI Gen L § 2-1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-1-7 - [Obsolete.]

§ 2-1-7. [Obsolete.]
RI Gen L § 2-1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-1-8 - Promotion of Rhode Island grown farm products and Rhode Island seafood.

§ 2-1-8. Promotion of Rhode Island grown farm products and Rhode Island seafood.The director of environmental management shall establish and administer a program to promote the marketing of Rhode Island seafood and farm products grown and produced in Rhode Island for the purpose of encouraging the development of the commercial fishing and agricultural sectors in the state. The director of environmental management shall:(1) Collect and diffuse timely information relative to the seasonal supply, demand and prevailing prices of seafood and farm products, both at wholesale and retail, the movement of seafood and farm products through commercial channels, and the quantities and conditions of seafood and farm products in dry and cold storage.(2) Assist and advise in the organization and maintenance of producers' and consumers' cooperative selling and buying associations.(3) Investigate the cost of distributing seafood and farm products, both at wholesale and retail, and to publish these findings that may be of practical interest to the public.(4) Furnish advice and assistance to the public with reference to buying of seafood and farm products and other matters relative to seafood and farm products.(5) Take those lawful measures that may be deemed advisable to prevent waste or uneconomical use of seafood and farm products.(6) Cooperate with various state and federal agencies having to do with seafood and farm products.(7) Conduct efforts to promote interaction and business relationships between farmers, fishermen and restaurants, grocery stores, institutional cafeterias and other potential institutional purchasers of Rhode Island seafood and Rhode Island grown farm products, including, but not limited to:(i) Organizing state-wide or regional events promoting Rhode Island grown or harvested seafood and farm products, where farmers, fishermen, and potential institutional customers are invited to participate. The director shall use his or her best efforts to solicit cooperation and participation from the farm, corporate, retail, wholesale and grocery communities in such advertising, internet-related and event planning efforts.(8) The director shall report annually to the general assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment on issues with respect to efforts undertaken pursuant to the requirements of this section. The director may adopt, in accordance with § 2-1-9, such regulations as deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 241, § 34; P.L. 1928, ch. 1181, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 209, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-8; P.L. 2012, ch. 37, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 38, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-1-9 - Enforcement of marketing laws.

§ 2-1-9. Enforcement of marketing laws.It is the duty of the director of environmental management to assist in the enforcement of the provisions of §§ 2-1-8 — 2-1-12, chapter 6 of this title and chapters 17 and 18 of title 21, and the provisions of any rule or regulations promulgated by the director of the department of environmental management to carry out those provisions. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum it may deem necessary to pay the salary and expenses of the director of environmental management.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 36, as enacted by P.L. 1926, ch. 789, § 1; P.L. 1927, ch. 1014, § 4; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 209, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-9.
RI Gen L § 2-1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-1-10 - Inspection powers.

§ 2-1-10. Inspection powers.(a) For the purpose of conducting inspections, the director of environmental management and the director of health, or any of his or her agents or deputies, have authority to enter, at any reasonable time, any building, storehouse, warehouse, cold-storage plant, packing house, stockyard, railroad yard, railroad car, or any other building or place where farm products are produced, kept, stored, or offered for sale, or to enter upon any farm land for the purpose of inspecting farm products.(b) The director of the department of environmental management, through the division of agriculture, shall continue to enforce the commercial growers of fruits and vegetables voluntary food safety program developed by the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture known as Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), and shall enforce the Food Safety Modernization Act as it pertains to commercial growers of fruits and vegetables.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 37, as enacted by P.L. 1928, ch. 1181, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 209, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-10; P.L. 2017, ch. 213, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 243, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-1-10.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-1-10.1 - Assent to food safety modernization act.

§ 2-1-10.1. Assent to food safety modernization act.The state of Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "FDA Food Safety Modernization Act," 21 U.S.C. § 2201 et seq., and the director of environmental management is authorized, empowered, and directed to perform those acts relating to produce on the farm that may be necessary for the modernization of the safety of the food supply, as defined in that act of Congress, in compliance with that act and with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration that are consistent with that act.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 122, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 134, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-1-11 - Administration of oaths - Subpoena of witnesses and papers.

§ 2-1-11. Administration of oaths — Subpoena of witnesses and papers.The director of environmental management and the director of health have the power to administer oaths, summon and examine witnesses and order the production and examination of books, accounts, papers, records and documents in any proceeding within the jurisdiction of these directors. All subpoenas, and orders for the production of books, accounts, papers, records and documents shall be signed and issued by the directors and served as subpoenas in civil cases in the superior court as now served, and witnesses so subpoenaed shall be entitled to the same fees for attendance and travel as provided for witnesses in civil cases in the superior court. If the person subpoenaed to attend before the directors fails to obey the command of the subpoena without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance before the directors, without reasonable cause, refuses to be sworn, or to be examined, or to answer a legal and pertinent question, or if any person refuses to produce the books, accounts, papers, records and documents material to the issue, set forth in an order duly served on the person, the directors, as the case may be, may apply to any justice of the superior court for any county, upon proof by affidavit of the fact, for a rule or order returnable in not less than two (2) nor more than five (5) days, directing the person to show cause before the justice who made the order or any other justice, why the person should not be adjudged in contempt. Upon the return of the order, the justice before whom the matter is brought for a hearing shall examine under oath the person, and the person shall be given an opportunity to be heard, and if the justice determines that the person has refused without reasonable cause or legal excuse to be examined or to answer a legal and pertinent question, or to produce books, accounts, papers, records and documents, material to the issue, which the person was ordered to bring or produce, the justice may forthwith commit the offender to jail, to remain until the person submits to do the act which the person was required to do, or is discharged according to law.History of Section.G.L.1923, ch. 241, § 38, as enacted by P.L. 1928, ch. 1181, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 209, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-11.
RI Gen L § 2-1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-1-12 - Enforcement of provisions - Prosecutions.

§ 2-1-12. Enforcement of provisions — Prosecutions.It is the duty of the director of environmental management and the director of health to enforce the provisions of §§ 2-1-8 — 2-1-12 and to prosecute every person, firm or corporation violating the provisions. If in the judgment of the directors any person, firm or corporation has deliberately violated the provisions of §§ 2-1-8 — 2-1-12 or of chapter 6 of this title or chapter 17 or 18 of title 21, the directors shall inform the attorney general who shall prosecute in the manner provided by law. Whenever any prosecution takes place, the director of environmental management and the director of health, or any of his or her agents or deputies, are not required to give surety for the payment of costs.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 39, as enacted by P.L. 1928, ch. 1181, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 209, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-12.
RI Gen L § 2-1-13 - 2-1-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-1-13 - 2-1-17 - Repealed.

§ 2-1-13 — 2-1-17. Repealed.