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RI Gen L § 23-19.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-3 - Declaration of purpose.

§ 23-19.1-3. Declaration of purpose.The purposes of this chapter shall be:(1) To protect the environment and the public health and safety from the effects of the improper, inadequate, or unsound management of hazardous wastes;(2) To establish a program of regulation over the storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes, without interrupting current regulation of industrial waste disposal;(3) To encourage the development and utilization of industrial processes which generate smaller amounts of hazardous wastes and to encourage recovery and recycling of wastes; and(4) To assure the safe and adequate management of hazardous wastes within Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-3.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-5 - Applicability of chapter.

§ 23-19.1-5. Applicability of chapter.(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to any discharge which is authorized by a NPDES (national pollutant discharge elimination system) permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., or which is authorized under chapter 12 of title 46.(b) This chapter shall not apply to any activity or substance which is subject to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq., except to the extent that the application or regulation is consistent with and does not exceed the requirements of the Atomic Energy Act or other federal laws or regulations relating to radioactive materials or substance.(c) With respect to the appropriate provisions of pertinent federal and state statutes regarding air, land, and water resources, the director shall integrate all provisions of this chapter for purposes of administration and enforcement and shall avoid duplication to the maximum extent practicable. The integration shall be effected only to the extent that it can be done in a manner consistent with the goals and policies expressed in this chapter and in other acts pertaining to air, land, and water resources.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-5.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-6 - Powers and duties of the director.

§ 23-19.1-6. Powers and duties of the director.(a) The director shall adopt any plans, rules, regulations, procedures, and standards as may be necessary to ensure proper, adequate, and sound hazardous waste management and to protect the health and safety of the public, and the environment from the effects of improper hazardous waste management. The plans, rules, regulations, procedures, and standards shall be developed by the director with input and review by the affected persons and agencies including the statewide planning program, the health department, and representative of the generator, transport, and disposal industry as well as an environmental representative. The rules, regulations, procedures, and standards as adopted by the director shall, to the maximum extent practical, be compatible with the rules, regulations, procedures, and standards promulgated by the U.S. environmental protection agency pursuant to §§ 3001-3006 of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.(b) The director is authorized to exercise all powers, direct and incidental, necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, assure that the state complies with any federal hazardous waste management act and retains maximum control under it, and receives all desired federal grants, aid, and other benefits.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-6; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-6; P.L. 1979, ch. 265, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-7 - Manifest required.

§ 23-19.1-7. Manifest required.It shall be unlawful for any person to transport hazardous wastes or to receive hazardous wastes from any person within the state without a manifest prepared and maintained in conformity with any requirements that the director by regulation may adopt.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-7; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-7.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-8 - Records - Reports - Monitoring.

§ 23-19.1-8. Records — Reports — Monitoring.It shall be unlawful for any person to generate, store, transport, treat, or dispose of hazardous wastes within the state of without complying with any requirements that the director by regulation may prescribe for:(1) The establishment of records;(2) The making of reports, the taking of samples, and the performing of tests, or analyses;(3) The installing, calibrating, using, and maintaining of monitoring equipment, or methods; and(4) The providing of any other information that may be necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-8.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-9 - Generation of wastes.

§ 23-19.1-9. Generation of wastes.It shall be unlawful for any person to generate hazardous wastes within the state without complying with any requirements that the director by regulation may prescribe with respect to the manifest system, and for the containerization and labeling of the hazardous wastes.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-9; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-9.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-10.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-10.1 - Criteria for permits.

§ 23-19.1-10.1. Criteria for permits.The director shall only grant permits to hazardous waste management facilities upon a showing that the facilities are required to manage hazardous waste generated in the state.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-10.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-10.2 - Criteria for licenses.

§ 23-19.1-10.2. Criteria for licenses.The director shall only grant permits to hazardous waste management facilities upon a showing that the facilities are required to manage hazardous waste generated in the state.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-10.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-10.3 - Emergency and temporary permits.

§ 23-19.1-10.3. Emergency and temporary permits.(a) The director is authorized to issue emergency permits for the storage, transportation, treatment, or disposal of hazardous waste when the director finds that a situation, if not immediately remediated, presents an imminent hazard to the public health or safety, or to the environment.(b) The director is authorized to issue temporary permits for the storage, treatment, or disposal of hazardous wastes for the purpose of expeditiously remediating an existing site of hazardous waste contamination. Temporary permits shall explicitly prohibit the acceptance of hazardous waste from off-site for treatment or disposal and shall be valid only for the period specified by the director.(c) Permits issued under this section shall meet the substantive standards delineated in the rules and regulations promulgated under the authority of § 23-19.1-6 insofar as is practicable.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 443, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 81.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-11 - Permits - Variances.

§ 23-19.1-11. Permits — Variances.(a) Where the application for or compliance with any permit required under this chapter would, in the judgment of the director, and upon presentation by the applicant of adequate proof, cause undue or unreasonable hardship to any person, and that a variance would not be contrary to the public health and safety, or to the environment, the director may issue a variance from the requirements of § 23-19.1-10. The issuance or denial of a variance shall be preceded by public notice and notice to the applicant and to property owners of record within five hundred feet (500′) of the perimeter of the site of the facility and hearing. In no case shall the duration of the variance exceed one year. Renewals or extensions may be given only after opportunity for public comment on the renewal or extension.(b) The director may require the filing of a bond as a condition for the issuance of a variance in an amount determined by the director to be sufficient to insure compliance with the terms and conditions of variance. The director may require that the bond shall remain in effect until the terms and conditions of the variance are met and the provisions of this chapter and rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter are complied with.(c) Upon failure to comply with the terms and conditions of any bond or of any variance as specified by the director, the variance may be revoked or modified or the bond may be revoked or both, by the director after a hearing held upon not less than thirty (30) days written notice. The notice shall be served upon all persons who will be subjected to greater restrictions if the variance is revoked or modified or who have filed with the director a written request for notification.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-11; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-11.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-11.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-11.1 - Ground water resources.

§ 23-19.1-11.1. Ground water resources.No hazardous waste, including septic waste, shall be disposed of in an area overlying an actual, planned, or potential underground drinking water source as described on the ground water maps of the U.S. geological survey and the Rhode Island water resources board, providing the underground drinking water source has been designated, on the basis of hydrogeologic data, as a future or potential municipal water source by the city or town in which the underground water source is located and, furthermore, providing there is a local ordinance relating to groundwater aquifer zones.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 237, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-12 - Inspections - Penalty for hindering entry.

§ 23-19.1-12. Inspections — Penalty for hindering entry.(a) For the purposes of enforcing this chapter or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to this chapter, the director may:(1) Enter any hazardous waste management facility or any place that the director has reason to believe hazardous wastes are generated, stored, treated, or disposed of;(2) Inspect vehicles which the director has reasonable ground to believe are being used for the transportation of hazardous wastes;(3) Inspect and obtain samples of any waste or other substance, labels, containers of waste or other substance, or samples from any vehicle in which hazardous wastes are transported or in which the director has reason to believe hazardous wastes are transported; and(4) Inspect and copy records, reports, information, or test results kept or maintained at a hazardous waste management facility.(b) Any person obstructing or hindering, or in any way causing to be obstructed or hindered, the director from the performance of his or her duties, or who shall refuse to permit the director entrance to any premises, building, vehicle, plant, or equipment, in the performance of the director's duties, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-12; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-12.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-13 - Employment of experts and consultants to investigate permit applications.

§ 23-19.1-13. Employment of experts and consultants to investigate permit applications.For the purpose of investigating and hearing any application for a permit or renewal of a permit required under this chapter, or in connection with proceedings under § 23-19.1-10(e), the director may employ official stenographers, engineers, chemists, accountants, legal counsel, or experts, and may designate persons free from bias, prejudice and pecuniary interest in the matter concerned, to examine and testify regarding the matters involved and all collateral issues at all hearings and in any appeal procedures until a final determination in law has been effected.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-13; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-13.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-14 - Permit fees - Expenses of investigation and hearing.

§ 23-19.1-14. Permit fees — Expenses of investigation and hearing.(a) The director may establish reasonable application and renewal fees for permits issued under this chapter to be not less than one hundred dollars ($100) for any vehicle, or to be not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any hazardous waste management facility.(b) Any person who applies for a permit under this chapter, or who seeks renewal of a permit issued under this chapter, or whose permit is suspended or revoked under § 23-19.1-10(e), shall be charged with and shall pay the expenses reasonably incurred by the department for the purchase of materials, and for the employment of official stenographers, engineers, chemists, accountants, legal counsel, or experts, and for travel and other necessary outlays, in connection with its investigation, processing, hearing, and deciding the application for a permit or permit renewal, or the suspension or revocation of a permit. The director shall ascertain the amount of the expenses incurred and to be paid by the person applying for the permit or renewal, and shall render a bill for it to the person at the conclusion of the investigation and hearing, or during its progress. The amount of the bill rendered shall be paid by the person to the department within thirty (30) days of its rendition unless within this time period, the person billed shall request an opportunity to be heard by the director as to its amount. An application for a permit or a permit renewal shall not be granted until all charges are paid in full. The director shall comply with the request and issue a written determination on it. The burden of proving the unreasonableness of the amount billed shall be on the person billed. Any amount of the bill not paid within thirty (30) days from the date of rendition of the bill, shall draw interest at the rate of seven percent (7%) per annum; provided, that if, after a hearing, a portion of the amount of the bill shall be found to be unreasonable, no interest shall be computed on that portion of the bill. The total amount which may be assessed under this subsection against any person with respect to the renewal of a permit under this chapter in any calendar year shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000); the total amount which may be assessed against any person with respect to an application for a new permit under this chapter in any calendar year shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-14; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-14; P.L. 1988, ch. 625, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-15 - Proceedings for enforcement.

§ 23-19.1-15. Proceedings for enforcement.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 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. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-15; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-15; P.L. 2021, ch. 147, § 4, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 148, § 4, effective July 3, 2021.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-16 - Emergency powers.

§ 23-19.1-16. Emergency powers.Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the director, upon finding that the storage, transportation, treatment, or disposal of any hazardous waste, or any other activity with respect to the wastes, presents an imminent hazard to the public health and safety, or to the environment, may, without prior notice or hearing, take any action as the director deems necessary to protect the public health and safety, or the environment. The action may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:(1) Issuing orders directing the hazardous waste generator or transporter or operator of the hazardous waste management facility, or any other person who is the custodian of the waste, which constitutes the hazard, to take any steps as the director shall deem necessary to prevent the act or to eliminate the condition which constitutes the hazard. The action may include, with respect to a facility or site, temporary cessation of operation, and/or an order for the removal of the hazardous substance from the site. Any order issued under this section without notice and prior hearing shall be effective no longer than forty-five (45) days, provided, that for good cause shown the order may be extended one additional period of up to forty-five (45) days; and/or(2) Obtaining injunction relief or other order from superior court.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-16; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-16; P.L. 1979, ch. 265, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-17 - Civil penalty for violations.

§ 23-19.1-17. Civil penalty for violations.Any person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter, or of any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty, of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). In the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance of the violation shall be and be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-17; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-17; P.L. 1979, ch. 265, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 154, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 187, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 213, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-17.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-17.2 - Sampling and disposition of hazardous waste.

§ 23-19.1-17.2. Sampling and disposition of hazardous waste.Hazardous waste which has been seized or which is in the possession of law enforcement authorities and which may be used in a criminal prosecution may be destroyed or disposed of as provided in this section:(1) There shall be kept a full and complete record of all hazardous waste received or seized showing the exact kinds, quantities, and forms of the waste, the person(s) from whom received or seized and/or place(s) from which taken or seized, and the person(s) to whom delivered; pursuant to what authority received, seized, delivered, or disposed and the dates of all these occurrences; which record shall be open to inspection by all federal or state officers charged with enforcement of this title or with federal laws applicable to hazardous waste.(2) Prior to disposal or destruction of the hazardous waste, the department shall take and properly store representative samples of the waste, whenever practicable and safe, until the time as the criminal case is resolved.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 153, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 150, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-18.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-18.2 - Limitation of prosecutions.

§ 23-19.1-18.2. Limitation of prosecutions.No person shall be convicted of any offense for any violation of this chapter or any rule or regulation of the department, unless the complaint or warrant for the violation shall have been issued within seven (7) years from the time that the facts constituting the offense or violation shall have become known to the department or law enforcement authorities.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 153, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 535, § 4.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-18.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-18.3 - Prohibiting business due to conviction of certain acts.

§ 23-19.1-18.3. Prohibiting business due to conviction of certain acts.Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of collecting and/or disposing of hazardous waste, which has been convicted of violating any statute relating to bribery, fraud, or bid-rigging in this state or in any other state in this country, shall for a period of three (3) years from the date of conviction, be prohibited from doing business in this state.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 506, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-19.1-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management|Section 23-19.1-19 - Interstate cooperation.

§ 23-19.1-19. Interstate cooperation.The Rhode Island general assembly encourages cooperative activities by the department with other states for the improved management of hazardous wastes; for improved, and so far as is practicable, uniform state laws relating to hazardous waste management; and compacts between this and other states for the improved management of hazardous wastes.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-19; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-19.