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V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1557 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management|§ 1557. Resource recovery

 (a) It is the intent of the Government to encourage, wherever practicable, the salvage, reuse, recovery or recycling of wastes; provided, that such activities, or the operation of facilities for such purposes, including junkyards and storage facilities, shall only be allowed under joint permit from the Department of Planning and Natural Resources and the Waste Management Authority, which permit shall be granted only to persons able to demonstrate the ability to conduct such activities within the provisions and restrictions of this chapter. The Waste Management Authority shall promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct of such operations or facilities. Salvage of waste at any storage or disposal site shall be allowed only with the permission of the owner or operator of such site. (b) Other provisions of this Code notwithstanding, no agency or department of the Government nor any provision of the Code shall prohibit long-term contracts for the supply of solid waste to resource recovery facilities. Agencies or departments shall, where necessary, implement policy revisions to conform to the requirements of this subsection. (c)  (1) Effective October 21, 1978, procuring agencies of the Virgin Islands Government shall, with respect to any purchase or acquisition of a procurement item where the purchase price of the item exceeds $10,000 or where the quantity of such items or functionally equivalent items purchased or acquired in the course of the preceding fiscal year was $10,000 or more, procure items composed of the highest percentage of recovered materials practicable, consistent with maintaining a satisfactory level of competition, unless such items— (A) are not reasonably available within a reasonable period of time; (B) fail to meet reasonable performance standards, determined, where covered, on the basis of guidelines of the Federal Bureau of Standards; or (C) are only available at an unreasonable price, as determined by the procurement officer. (2) All agencies having responsibilities for drafting or reviewing procurement specifications shall, not later than June 21, 1978, insure that— (A) procurement specifications do not violate provisions of this section; (B) any exclusion of recovered materials is eliminated; (C) specifications do not require an item to be manufactured of virgin materials; and (D) specifications require reclaimed materials to the maximum extent possible without jeopardizing the intended end use of the item. (3) Procuring agencies shall, to the maximum extent practicable, manage or arrange for the procurement of solid waste management services in a manner which maximizes energy and resource recovery. (4) Agencies that generate heat, mechanical or electrical energy from fossil fuels in systems that have the technical capability of using recovered material or fuel derived from recovered material as a primary or supplementary fuel shall use such capability to the maximum extent practicable.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1557a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management|§ 1557a. Redemption of recyclable materials; redemption centers

 (a) There is hereby established, under the direction and control of the Waste Management Authority, a program to reduce litter by encouraging the collection for recycling of certain containers and other recyclable materials in the Territory through a mechanism that would financially compensate persons for redeeming such materials and foster the establishment of redemption centers for the collection of such material to be in turn delivered to resource recovery facilities. (b) Every beverage container, paper product or other material which is offered for sale in the Territory and which is designated by the Waste Management Authority as recyclable and for which redemption centers have been established in the Territory shall have a minimum redemption value as set by the Waste Management Authority. (c) The public may return such recyclable materials to appropriate redemption centers and receive therefor, a payment of not less than the minimum redemption value, as set by the Waste Management Authority, from the redemption center. (d) No more than monthly, or at such times determined by rule of the Waste Management Authority, the operators of redemption centers may certify to the Waste Management Authority for the district in which the redemption center is located, on forms provided by the Waste Management Authority, the amount of redemption payments made to the public for recyclable materials and shall receive a reimbursement from the Antilitter and Beautification Fund in an amount established by rule of the Waste Management Authority. Reimbursements for properly documented claims of redemption centers shall be paid within two weeks of receipt of such claim by the Waste Management Authority. (e) Any person who satisfies the licensing and operation requirements of the Waste Management Authority and has complied with all other applicable laws of the Territory may establish a redemption center and shall have the right to determine the type of containers or other recyclable material that shall be accepted at that center. Redemption centers shall accept all such containers or recyclable material of the type redeemed by that center which are in reasonably clean and usable condition. (f) The Waste Management Authority shall develop rules and regulations for the operation of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1558 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management|§ 1558. Hazardous wastes

 It shall be the duty and responsibility of all persons to provide for proper storage, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste materials. The management of such materials shall be subject to rules and regulations to be developed by the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, including criteria for, and listing of, hazardous wastes, standards and permits for storage, transportation and disposal and for the operation of hazardous waste management facilities, whether on or off the site of generation of such wastes.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1559 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management|§ 1559. Motor vehicles and boats

 Any abandoned or junked automobile or other motor vehicle, the body, or wreckage or part thereof placed on a public place or on any private property in violation of paragraph (6) of section 1563 of this title may be removed from such place or property in accordance with the provisions of chapter 49 of Title 20 of this Code. Any abandoned boat, the wreckage or parts thereof, illegally placed or left on any shoreline or submerged land may be removed pursuant to the provisions of Title 12, section 715 of this Code.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1560 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management|§ 1560. Rules and regulations

 The Waste Management Authority shall promulgate such rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of Title 3, Chapter 35 of this Code, as are necessary for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. However, the Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources shall promulgate such rules and regulations in accordance with title 3, chapter 35, of this Code, relating to the environmental effects of Waste disposal, resource recovery, and the inspection and permitting of disposal sites.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1562 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management|§ 1562. Penalties

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person violating any provision of this chapter, or of any rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount of $1,000 for each offense, or be imprisoned for not less than one nor more than 180 days or both. The court, in lieu of or in addition to any other sentence imposed, may direct a substitution of litter-gathering labor including but not limited to the litter or waste connected with the particular violation, under the supervision of the court. In no case, however, shall the litter-gathering labor be not less than fifteen hours nor more than three hundred hours in length. In cases where a peace officer has issued a notice of non-compliance pursuant to section 1561(b)(2) hereof, each day the violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. (b) In the case of willful non-compliance with any notice or compliance order issued pursuant to section 1561(c) or (d) of this chapter the violating permittee of a waste collection, transportation, or disposal service or facility or of a resource recovery or hazardous waste management facility, or the violating licensee of a redemption center may, subject to the limits set forth hereinbelow, be fined for each day of non-compliance in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for the first offense and $10,000 for a second or subsequent offense. Upon conviction for a first offense under this subsection the penalty shall be not more than $25,000 or not more than one year imprisonment, or both. Upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense the penalty shall be not more than $50,000 or not more than two years imprisonment, or both. (c) Any person violating section 1563(23) of this chapter shall be fined for each day of violation not less than five thousand ($5,000) dollars and not in excess of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars, or one year imprisonment or both. A violator's waste collection permit may be subject to revocation for up to thirty (30) days per violation. No permit shall be revoked or suspended unless the permittee shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard at a full hearing by the Department of Planning and Natural Resources on such violation warranting revocation of the permit.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1564 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management|§ 1564. Injunctions

 In addition to any other penalties provided by law for violation of the provisions of this chapter, the Attorney General on behalf of the Government may bring actions in any court of the Virgin Islands to restrain such violations.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1565 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56A - Solid Waste Disposal, Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility Development|§ 1565. Short title

 This chapter may be referred to and cited as the “Solid Waste Disposal, Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility Development Act”.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1566 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56A - Solid Waste Disposal, Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility Development|§ 1566. Policy and legislative intent

 The processing of solid waste by resource recovery facilities provides a preferred method of disposing of solid waste. The recovery of resources contained in solid waste promotes commerce, industry and employment opportunities. The development of desalination facilities through a technology by which potable water can be recovered from seawater is necessary to aid in alleviating the fresh water shortage in the Virgin Islands, thus improving the health and well-being of its people. The establishment of Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery Facilities and Desalination Facilities by the Government of the Virgin Islands through the Waste Management Authority is hereby declared to be in the public interest and a public improvement vital to the welfare of the people of the Virgin Islands, and it is the purpose of this chapter to authorize the Government of the Virgin Islands through the Waste Management Authority to select and contract with appropriate persons for the development, design, financing, ownership, leasing, construction, operation, repair and/or maintenance of Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery Facilities and Desalination Facilities in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1567 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56A - Solid Waste Disposal, Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility Development|§ 1567. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: (a) “Bonds” shall mean the bonds authorized by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands and issued by the Government of the Virgin Islands pursuant to section 8(b)(i) of the Revised Organic Act of 1954, as amended, or issued by any Authority of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the financing of Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery Facilities and/or of Desalination Facilities. (b) “Authority” shall mean the Waste Management Authority as established at Title 29, Chapter 8, of this Code. (c) [Repealed.] (d) “Desalination Facilities” shall mean any area, site, structure, facility or equipment which are used for the processing of seawater to produce potable water and which are intended to be operated in conjunction with Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery Facilities, including potable water storage tanks, pumps, meters, valves, pipes and other appurtenances, that constitute the storage and distribution system for the potable water produced. (e) “Government” shall mean the Government of the Virgin Islands. (f) “Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, nonincorporated organization, or the Government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. (g) “Potable water” shall mean water processed by the Desalination Facilities which meets the applicable federal and local standards and which is acceptable to the Authority. (h) “Proposer” shall mean any person who submits proposals in response to requests for proposals issued by the Authority. (i) “Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery Facilities” shall mean any area, site, structure, facility, or equipment used for the extraction, collection, storage, treatment, processing, utilization or final disposal of resources contained in solid waste, including, but not limited to, the conversion of solid waste or other resources contained therein into steam, electricity or any other product or energy source and the collection, storage, treatment, processing or final disposal of solid waste in connection with the foregoing.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1568a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56A - Solid Waste Disposal, Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility Development|§ 1568a. Employment of residents

 (a) Any contract entered into by the Authority, on behalf of the Government, in accordance with section 1568 of this chapter, for construction, operation, repairs, and/or maintenance of Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery Facilities and Desalination Facilities, shall require that at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the employees of any person entering into such contract with the Government, or of any subcontractors of such person, shall be unemployed residents of the Virgin Islands (as defined below) who are qualified to perform the service or work required to be performed by such person under such contract or who, after training, within a reasonable period shall be so qualified to perform such service or work; Provided, however, That in the event the Commissioner of Labor certifies that such unemployed residents of the Virgin Islands are insufficient to meet the requirements of this section, then, to the extent of that insufficiency, this requirement shall not apply. (b) For the purposes of this section the term “resident of the Virgin Islands” means a U.S. citizen or permanent resident domiciled in the Virgin Islands for at least one year prior to the date of determination. (c) The Commissioner of Labor, in consultation with the Authority, shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1569 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56A - Solid Waste Disposal, Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility Development|§ 1569. Contract execution; applicability of certain chapters of Title 31, Virgin Islands Code

 (a) No contract or other agreement entered into by the Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be valid unless and until executed by the Commissioner of Property and Procurement and approved by the Governor and the Legislature. (b) The provisions of chapter 1, chapter 21, and chapter 23 of Title 31, Virgin Islands Code, shall not be applicable to the Commissioner in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1570 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56A - Solid Waste Disposal, Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility Development|§ 1570. Exemption from the jurisdiction of the Public Services Commission

 All Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery Facilities and Desalination Facilities developed pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the jurisdiction and regulation of the Public Services Commission of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1570a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56A - Solid Waste Disposal, Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility Development|§ 1570a. Government appropriation of service fees

 By annual appropriation, the Legislature shall provide amounts necessary to satisfy the Government's fiscal year obligation to pay service fees for the operation and maintenance of Desalination Facilities and Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery Facilities developed pursuant to this chapter, which fees shall be paid on the basis of availability of said facilities.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1570c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56A - Solid Waste Disposal, Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility Development|§ 1570c. Inconsistent provisions in other acts superseded

 Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 56 of this title, the implementation of this chapter shall be the sole responsibility of the Waste Management Authority. Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with any other provisions of law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1570e (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56A - Solid Waste Disposal, Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility Development|§ 1570e. Penalties

 Any person who violates any of the provisions of the rules and regulations issued by the Waste Management Authority pursuant to the provisions of subsection (g) of section 1568 of this chapter shall be fined $100.00.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1570f (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56A - Solid Waste Disposal, Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility Development|§ 1570f. Disposal of collected waste

 (a) Effective on the date the owner of a Solid Waste Disposal Resource Recovery and Desalination Facility constructed pursuant to this chapter is contractually obligated to commence operation, in either the District of St. Thomas-St. John or the District of St. Croix, all solid waste in that district, however collected, that the Facility is required to process shall be delivered to the Facility. (b) Any person who violates this provision shall be subject to the penalty provided in section 1570e of this chapter for each violation, and in the case of private solid waste collectors, be subject to business license suspension or revocation.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1571 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 57 - Insect and Pest Control|§ 1571. Regulations for elimination of pests and vermin

 (a) The Commissioner of Health shall by regulations approved by the Governor, not inconsistent with any law, provide for the eradication or control of dangerous or harmful pests, including rats, insects and vermin. (b) The regulations authorized in subsection (a) of this section shall include, but are not limited to, provisions for the rat-proofing of buildings, for the chemical treatment, elimination or destruction of rat-infested or rat-breeding places, for the disposal or handling of refuse, garbage, feed or food or other materials favoring the harboring or breeding of rats. (c) The regulations authorized in subsection (a) of this section shall include, but are not limited to, provisions for the treatment with appropriate chemicals of any premises for the elimination or control of pests, insect pests or vermin whenever necessary or advisable for the protection of public health or the prevention of disease. The regulations shall provide for the protection of privacy and safety of the occupants of premises being treated as authorized by such regulations. (d) The regulations authorized under this section may provide for reasonable fees and charges to be paid by owners of premises on which work is done by the Commissioner of Health or where services are rendered pursuant to regulations promulgated under this section. Provision may be made for waiver of such fees and charges upon determination that the owner or tenant is unable to pay.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1600 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 58 - The Blood Safety Act|§ 1600. Definitions

 (1) “Autologous Blood Transfusion” means a transfusion of the patients own blood that has been donated prior to surgery and stored for use by the patient at a later date. (2) “Designated Blood Transfusion” means a transfusion of blood that was donated by another person specifically for use by the patient. (3) “Homologous Blood Transfusion” means a transfusion of blood donated by an individual at a blood bank, for use by any patient with a matching blood type.