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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-13.2. - Disposal of infectious and pathological waste.

§ 23-19-13.2. Disposal of infectious and pathological waste.
(a)
No resource recovery system or facility made available by the corporation shall accept or burn any infectious or human or animal pathological waste from any hospital, clinic, medical laboratory, nursing home, medical examiner, or teaching hospital. Any facility violating this provision shall be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The fine shall be paid to the city or town in which the facility is located.
(b)
Any person who shall knowingly and willfully perform any act or shall conspire with any person, hospital, clinic, medical laboratory, medical examiner, or teaching hospital to perform any act in violation of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
History of Section.
P.L. 1985, ch. 453, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 587, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 241, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 244, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-13.3. - Prohibiting business due to conviction of certain acts.

§ 23-19-13.3. Prohibiting business due to conviction of certain acts.
Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of collecting and/or disposing of solid 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, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-13.4. - Host community assessment committee — Definition — Funding — Powers and duties.

§ 23-19-13.4. Host community assessment committee — Definition — Funding — Powers and duties.
(a)
All applicants shall within seven (7) days from the date of the filing for a solid waste disposal license, notify the chief elected official or the chief executive officer of the municipality in which the facility is proposed to be sited of the filing for a solid waste disposal license. Within thirty (30) days of the date of the notice, the municipality may submit to the director a request for an amount not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the establishment of a local host community assessment committee which shall negotiate with the applicant a host community agreement that includes a host community benefit package. The host community agreement may address, but shall not be limited to, traffic concerns, hours of operation, highway improvements and litter control. The agreements may be over-ridden in the case of emergency by the director. The host community agreement may provide for benefits to the municipality, either monetary or nonmonetary which are in addition to the payments required by subsection (b). The request shall be in writing and shall state reasons for the requested amount. Within twenty (20) days of the receipt of the written request of the municipality, the director shall determine the amount payable by the applicant for establishment of the local host community assessment committee based upon the reasons stated in the request. The director shall notify the applicant and the municipality of the determination and the terms and conditions of payment. The failure of the applicant to comply shall be considered a withdrawal of the application.
(b)
All public solid waste landfill and waste to energy facilities shall be required to pay to the municipality at minimum a per annum fee of one dollar ($1.00) per ton of solid waste disposed at the site or seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000), whichever is greater. The director may, by regulation, determine and impose disposal fees for other solid waste facilities.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 508, § 6, P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-13.5. - Interim rates.

§ 23-19-13.5. Interim rates.
The municipal tipping fee charged by the resource recovery corporation shall be as follows:
(1)
Thirty-two dollars ($32.00) per ton from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015, for any municipality that recycles between zero percent (0%) and twenty-four and ninety-nine hundredths percent (24.99%) of its solid waste at the Corporation’s material recycling facility (“MRF”) in Johnston.
(2)
Thirty-one dollars ($31.00) per ton from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015, for any municipality that recycles between twenty-five percent (25%) and twenty-nine and ninety-nine hundredths percent (29.99%) of its solid waste at the Corporation’s (“MRF”) in Johnston.
(3)
Thirty dollars ($30.00) per ton from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015, for any municipality that recycles between thirty percent (30%) and thirty-four and ninety-nine hundredths percent (34.99%) of its solid waste at the Corporation’s (“MRF”) in Johnston.
(4)
Twenty-nine dollars ($29.00) per ton from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015, for any municipality that recycles thirty-five percent (35%) or more of its solid waste at the Corporation’s (“MRF”) in Johnston.
(5)
The Corporation shall issue a rebate not later than September 1 of each year to those municipalities qualifying for a year-end tipping fee adjustment according to the municipality’s actual recorded tonnage delivered to the MRF in Johnston, and in accordance with the provisions of the municipality’s current-year signed solid waste and recycling services agreement with the corporation.
(6)
The corporation shall provide a rate plan with its proposed budget to be submitted to the state on or before October 1, 2014, in accordance with § 23-19-37.
History of Section.
P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 10, § 4; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 3, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 6, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-13.6. - Cover materials not permitted.

§ 23-19-13.6. Cover materials not permitted.
(a)
No resource recovery system or facility made available by the corporation shall use the following as material to cover compacted solid waste at a sanitary landfill:
(1)
Construction and demolition debris, whole, shredded, or pulverized, including wood (including painted, treated, and coated wood and wood products), land-clearing debris, wall coverings, plaster, drywall, plumbing fixtures, non-asbestos insulation, roofing shingles, and other roof coverings; or
(2)
Organic materials, including materials that contain carbon-to-carbon bonds and are biodegradable, such as paper, wood, food waste, leaves, and yard waste. Organic materials may be used only as a final landfill cover with approval of the department of environmental management.
(b)
Any facility violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The fine shall be paid to the city or town in which the facility is located.
History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 487, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 20, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-15. - Short term notes.

§ 23-19-15. Short term notes.
(a)
Money borrowed by the corporation for the purpose of providing temporary financing of a project or projects or combination of projects pending the issuance of bonds or other notes shall be evidenced by notes or other obligations.
(b)
The principal and interest of all notes or other obligations of the corporation issued under the provisions of this section shall be payable from the following:
(1)
From the proceeds of bonds subsequently issued; or
(2)
From the proceeds of subsequent borrowings which comply with the provisions of this section; or
(3)
From general revenues of the corporation, the lien on which may be equal and proportionate with, but not superior to, that securing outstanding bonds or bonds subsequently issued.
(c)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, all the notes shall be deemed to be negotiable instruments under the laws of the state subject only to the provisions for registration contained therein.
(d)
The notes or other obligations or any issue thereof shall be in a form and contain any other provisions that the corporation may determine, and the notes or resolutions or proceedings authorizing the notes or other obligations or any issue thereof may contain, in addition to any provisions, conditions, covenants, or limitations authorized by this chapter, any provisions, conditions, covenants, or limitations which the corporation is authorized to include in any resolution or resolutions authorizing bonds or notes or in any trust indenture relating bonds or notes.
(e)
The corporation may issue notes or other obligations in a manner either publicly or privately on terms that it may determine to be in its best interests.
(f)
The notes or other obligations may be issued under the provisions of this chapter without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, body, or agency of the state, without any other proceedings or the happening of any conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions, or things which are specifically required by this chapter, and by the provisions and resolutions authorizing the issuance of the notes or obligations.
History of Section.
P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-15; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-15; P.L. 1982, ch. 262, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-18. - Trust funds.

§ 23-19-18. Trust funds.
All money received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as provided from the sale of bonds or notes or as revenues, receipts, or income, shall be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in the proceedings under which the bonds or notes are authorized. Any officer with whom or any bank or trust company with which moneys shall be deposited as trustee, shall hold and apply the trust funds for the purposes for which the bonds or notes are authorized, subject to the applicable provisions of this chapter, the proceedings authorizing the bonds or notes, and the trust agreement securing the bonds or notes, if any.
History of Section.
P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-18; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-18; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 80.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-20. - Pledge of the state.

§ 23-19-20. Pledge of the state.
The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this chapter and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the corporation, that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the corporation to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this chapter or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders and other parties until the notes and bonds together with their interest, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders and other parties, are fully met and discharged and the contracts are fully performed on the part of the corporation. The corporation is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of the notes or bonds or contracts.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-20; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-20; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 80.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-21. - Credit of state not pledged.

§ 23-19-21. Credit of state not pledged.
Obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability or obligation of the state or of any political subdivision of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the revenues or assets of the corporation. Each obligation issued under this chapter shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the corporation shall not be obligated to pay the principal of the obligation nor the interest on it except from the revenues or assets pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the obligation, and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or of any political subdivision is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the obligation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-21; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-21; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 80.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-22. - Notes and bonds as legal investments.

§ 23-19-22. Notes and bonds as legal investments.
The notes and bonds of the corporation shall be legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of this state, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, banking institutions including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or in other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. The notes and bonds are also made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by all public officers and bodies of the state or any agency or political subdivision of the state and all municipalities and public corporations, for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-22; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-22.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-23. - Repealed.

§ 23-19-23. Repealed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-23; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-23; P.L. 1980, ch. 226, §§ 17, 23; P.L. 1982, ch. 414, § 10; P.L. 1983, ch. 233, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 49; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 80; P.L. 2006, ch. 26, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 52, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 307, § 1, effective July 1, 2013; P.L. 2013, ch. 346, § 1, effective July 15, 2013.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-24.1. - Solid waste diversion — Economic impact and strategies reporting.

§ 23-19-24.1. Solid waste diversion — Economic impact and strategies reporting.
(a)
On or before January 1, 2018, the corporation shall submit to the governor, the senate president, and the speaker of the house, a study of the economic impact of Rhode Island recycling-related industries. The study shall include, but not be limited to, direct and indirect jobs created, direct and indirect economic impacts, and the potential economic benefits of achieving the state’s fifty percent (50%) diversion goal.
(b)
On or before January 1, 2018, the corporation shall submit to the governor, the senate president, and the speaker of the house, a report that provides strategies to achieve the state’s fifty percent (50%) diversion goal, including the following:
(1)
A review and update of the state’s current diversion rate;
(2)
Identification of problematic waste streams and sources and recommendations on handling those waste streams and sources;
(3)
Evaluation of current programs and their effectiveness and recommendations for changes to those programs.
History of Section.
P.L. 2016, ch. 421, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 422, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-25. - Authorization to accept appropriated moneys.

§ 23-19-25. Authorization to accept appropriated moneys.
The corporation is authorized to accept any money that may be appropriated from time to time by the general assembly for effectuating its corporate purposes including, without limitation, the payment of the initial expenses of administration and operation, and the establishment of reserves or contingency funds to be available for the payment of the principal of and the interest of any bonds, notes, or other obligations of the corporation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-25; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-25.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-26. - Tax exemption.

§ 23-19-26. Tax exemption.
(a)
The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for their well-being and prosperity and for the improvement of their social and economic conditions, and the corporation shall not be required to pay any tax or assessment on any property owned by the corporation under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income from that property; nor shall the corporation be required to pay any recording fee or transfer tax of any kind on account of instruments recorded by it or on its behalf; nor shall the corporation be required to pay gasoline and diesel engine fuel taxes for the fuel consumed by its vehicles and equipment and used exclusively in the performance of its on-site duties pursuant to this chapter. The corporation shall pay each municipality in which the corporation sites a facility, as a payment in lieu of taxes, a minimum fee of: (1) Two dollars ($2.00) per ton for each ton of acceptable waste processed at that facility during each operating year of that facility, or (2) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per operating year, whichever sum is greater. Each of the minimum sums shall escalate in accordance with the same escalation formula by which the operation and maintenance fee set forth in the service agreement covering the facility escalates; provided further, however, the corporation may direct payments in lieu of taxes to be paid to a city or town in which other properties or facilities are located. Nothing in this section shall preclude the corporation and a municipality within which a facility has been sited, from negotiating and entering into a host community agreement that provides for benefits to the municipality, either monetary or non-monetary, in addition to the payments in lieu of taxes set forth in this section.
(b)
Any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the corporation under the provisions of this chapter, the transfer, and the income from the obligations (including any profits made by their sale ), shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or other instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance, estate, and gift taxes.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-26; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-26; P.L. 1986, ch. 522, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 111, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-27. - Severability.

§ 23-19-27. Severability.
The provisions of this chapter are severable and if any provision or part of any provision shall be held invalid or unconstitutional or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, the invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair the remaining provisions of this chapter. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this chapter are repealed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-27; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-27.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-28. - Violations — Sanctions — Injunctive relief.

§ 23-19-28. Violations — Sanctions — Injunctive relief.
The attorney general of the state shall have the power to bring an action in the name of the state, and the corporation through its legal counsel shall have the power to bring an action in the name of the corporation in any court of competent jurisdiction for restraining orders and injunctive relief to restrain and enjoin violations or threatened violations of this chapter, or for specific performance of the obligations of any person or municipality under this chapter. Proceedings under this chapter shall be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the corporation, (1) by the attorney general or (2) by the corporation through its legal counsel. The superior court shall have the jurisdiction in equity to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rules or regulation of the corporation under the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-28; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-28; P.L. 1986, ch. 522, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 41, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 56, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-28.1. - Procedures to enforcement.

§ 23-19-28.1. Procedures to enforcement.
(a)
In any instance wherein there is a violation of its rules and regulations or any order of the corporation, the corporation and the attorney general shall have the power to order the violator to cease and desist, or to remedy the violations, and the corporation may impose administrative penalties. The corporation may impose administrative penalties only in accordance with the notice and hearing provisions of this chapter, and the corporation’s enforcement plan, as may be amended from time to time, developed pursuant to the department of environmental management’s regulations for reduction and recycling of commercial and non-municipal residential solid waste. Without being required to enter into any recognizance or to give surety for costs, the attorney general and executive director may institute administrative, civil or criminal proceedings in the name of the corporation when there are reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation of any provision of this chapter and the corporation’s enforcement plan, as may be amended from time to time, developed pursuant to the department of environmental management’s regulations for reduction and recycling of commercial and non-municipal residential solid waste. The attorney general may assist the corporation in carrying out any civil or administrative proceedings. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to carry out all criminal proceedings initiated by the executive director.
(b)
The superior court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rule, regulation, permit or administrative order issued pursuant to this chapter. Proceedings for enforcement may be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the corporation. Proceedings provided in this section shall be in addition to other administrative or judicial proceedings authorized by this chapter.
(c)
Any person charged with the violation of the provisions of this chapter shall have a right to a trial by jury on every issue of fact.
History of Section.
P.L. 1990, ch. 221, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 111, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 41, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 56, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-29. - Liberal construction.

§ 23-19-29. Liberal construction.
This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. Neither this chapter nor anything in this chapter is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers that the corporation might otherwise have under any laws of this state, and this chapter is cumulative to any powers conferred by other laws. This chapter does and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. However, the issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations of the corporation under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other state law applicable to the issuance of bonds, and other obligations. Contracts for the construction and acquisition of any project undertaken pursuant to this chapter shall comply with the provisions of any other state law applicable to contracts for the construction and acquisition of state owned property. No proceedings, notice, or approval shall be required for the issuance of any bonds, notes and other obligations or any instrument as security for them, except as is provided in this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-29; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-29; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 80.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-30. - State central landfill — Annual liquid waste or sludge analysis.

§ 23-19-30. State central landfill — Annual liquid waste or sludge analysis.
(a)
The Rhode Island resource recovery corporation shall conduct six (6) random analyses per annum of all liquid waste or sludge matter deposited in the Rhode Island central landfill. The samples shall be drawn at their point of disposal by personnel qualified by the corporation and the department of environmental management.
(b)
A split sample of the waste shall be transmitted by the corporation to the federal environmental protection agency for analysis.
(c)
Any individual, firm, partnership, or other entity requesting permission to deposit liquid waste or sludge matter in the landfill on a one-time basis, shall permit the resource recovery corporation and the department of environmental management to conduct an analysis of the waste prior to its disposal.
(d)
The Rhode Island resource recovery corporation and the department of environmental management shall keep accurate records of all sample analyses, which records shall be made available to any citizen upon request upon payment of a reasonable charge.
History of Section.
P.L. 1985, ch. 397, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-31. - Recycling facility at central landfill.

§ 23-19-31. Recycling facility at central landfill.
The Rhode Island resource recovery corporation shall construct a recycling facility at the state’s central landfill. This facility will receive separated recyclable waste as defined by the department of environmental management; provided, that the definition shall include, but not be limited to, plastic materials that contain the plastic resins used to produce products labeled (1) through (7) with the numbers clearly marked on the product and contained in a triangle formed by chasing arrows. The products shall be generated as part of daily, municipal, non-municipal residential, or commercial activities. The corporation shall accept plastic materials labeled (3) through (7) for recycling no later than June 30, 2013. Plastic resin by-products, or products produced for industrial use, shall not be required to be accepted at the recycling facility, unless deemed appropriate for processing by the corporation. The corporation shall use its reasonable efforts to market the recyclable materials to local commercial users of the material, including owners/tenants located in any industrial/business park developed pursuant to § 23-19-35.1(c), consistent with receiving optimum prices. The corporation shall also use its reasonable efforts to market finished goods made from recyclable materials to local commercial users of those goods, and shall offer these goods for sale through a quarterly competitive bid process consistent with industry practices. No bid contract shall exceed one calendar year. The corporation shall provide a thirty (30) calendar day prior public notice for any bid contract which would exceed one month. Neither the corporation nor any private concern operating the recycling facility pursuant to §§ 23-19-3(10) and 23-19-9(a)(6) shall purchase recyclable materials from the facility or for processing at that facility. The corporation will provide this service at no tipping cost to the cities and towns for materials delivered to the recycling facility.
History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 522, § 3; P.L. 1989, ch. 228, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 261, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 304, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 316, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 260, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 420, § 3; P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 10, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-32. - Grants-in-aid.

§ 23-19-32. Grants-in-aid.
Funds shall be provided by the corporation for a period no longer than three (3) years after a community enters the recycling program to offset reasonable collection and hauling costs required by instituting separation of recyclables, and for the purposes of offsetting reasonable administrative costs of the department of environmental management, as approved by the department of administration. The department of environmental management, in conjunction with the corporation and with the approval of the department of administration, shall determine reasonable costs, and the corporation shall reimburse cities and towns from funds so provided, following the same rules and regulations established by the department of administration under § 45-13-9. The provisions of this section shall be in lieu of those required under §§ 45-13-7 — 45-13-10 that shall not apply to this program.
History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 522, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-33. - Bonus incentive program.

§ 23-19-33. Bonus incentive program.
The corporation shall create and manage a program providing for incentive payments of one hundred dollars ($100) each to anyone who submits a plan or program which is eventually implemented by the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation or by any person, agency, or corporation contributing to the flow of solid waste materials into the system, which would in any manner significantly reduce the flow of solid waste within this state, or provide for more efficient recycling or re-use of any solid waste materials, or in any other manner impact beneficially upon the management and control of solid waste materials.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 245, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-34. - Central landfill buffer zone.

§ 23-19-34. Central landfill buffer zone.
(a)
The corporation shall be required to establish a buffer zone surrounding the operational portion of the central landfill, as identified per site master plan No. 06538, and the area licensed for landfilling, hereinafter referred to as the entire operational portion of the central landfill. In order to create the buffer zone, the corporation shall acquire all real property zoned residential as of July 31, 1988 and remains zoned residential as of October 1, 1989 within one thousand feet (1000′) of the entire operational portion of the central landfill. In addition, the corporation shall acquire those residential real properties in the town of Johnston located on Simmons Lake Drive and designated on the town assessor’s map, of December 31, 1988, as Plat 31, Lots 013 through 024 and Plat 31, Lots 026 through 034.
(b)
To accomplish acquisition, the corporation shall exercise the power of eminent domain as shall be granted by the general assembly. All properties subject to acquisition under this section shall be acquired at fair market value.
(c)
The corporation shall not be authorized to make relocation payments of any form to owners whose property is subject to acquisition under this section.
(d)
For the purposes of this section, the corporation shall acquire the total acreage and all buildings (if applicable) of any parcel which is encroached upon to any degree by the one thousand foot (1000′) mark as measured from the perimeter of the entire operational portion of the central landfill.
(e)
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, those parcels belonging to the town of Johnston identified on the town assessor’s map, at December 31, 1988, as Plat 43, Lot 012 and Plat 43, Lot 013, shall not be subject to the acquisition described in this section unless authorized by the Johnston town council. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the corporation may utilize any property acquired pursuant to this section or § 23-19-35 for the development of an industrial/business park pursuant to § 23-19-35.1(c) and the development of an industrial/business park is deemed to constitute the establishment of a buffer zone as prescribed in this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 277, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 316, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-34.1. - Removal of houses — Buffer zone.

§ 23-19-34.1. Removal of houses — Buffer zone.
(a)
The corporation shall oversee the removal of all houses and structures which are acquired per § 23-19-34. These houses and structures may be sold, but only through a public auction process. In any event, the person or persons in whom the title of any house or structure was vested at the time it was acquired by the corporation shall not have a conclusive right to reacquire the property. Further, the cost of removing these houses and structures acquired through the public auction process shall be borne by the purchaser.
(b)
As a condition of purchase at the public auction, any house or structure so removed, must be moved to a location or piece of land which is more than two thousand feet (2000′) from the perimeter of the entire operational portion of the central landfill and no portion of the location or piece of land shall be encroached upon to any degree by the two thousand foot (2000′) mark.
(c)
All land acquired per § 23-19-34 which is within one thousand feet (1000′) of the entire operational portion of the central landfill shall be designated as a buffer zone.
(d)
The corporation shall have the right to sell all land acquired per § 23-19-34, provided the land is sold solely for industrial/business uses and in conformance with § 23-19-35.1(c). In addition, a covenant shall be placed in the deed of any land so sold notifying the purchaser of the presence of the central landfill and protecting the corporation from any legal action by the purchaser with respect to the environmental impact of it.
(e)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the corporation may utilize any property acquired pursuant to this section and §§ 23-19-34 and 23-19-35 for the development of an industrial/business park pursuant to § 23-19-35.1(c) and this development of an industrial/business park is deemed to constitute the establishment of a buffer zone as prescribed in § 23-19-34.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 277, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 316, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-35. - Central landfill — Adjoining residential property.

§ 23-19-35. Central landfill — Adjoining residential property.
(1)
Upon the completion of the acquisition of properties to establish the buffer zone, the corporation shall, at the option of a residential landowner, his or her successors or assigns, whose residential real property is located within one thousand feet and two thousand feet (1000’ and 2000’) of the entire operational portion of the central landfill, which real property is not subject to acquisition per § 23-19-34, and which real property has been zoned for residential purposes since July 31, 1988, and remains zoned residential as of October 1, 1989, purchase the residential real property with all the buildings and improvements located thereon from the landowner, his or her successors or assigns, at the fair market value of the property. The property of residential landowners who build on land within this one thousand to two thousand foot (1000’ to 2000’) zone shall not be eligible for acquisition unless their homes were built, or building permits obtained, prior to July 31, 1988.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, the corporation shall:
(i)
Purchase the total acreage and all buildings (if applicable) of any parcel which is encroached upon to any degree by the two thousand foot (2000′) mark as measured from the perimeter of the entire operational portion of the central landfill; and
(ii)
Acquire first all the properties of those owners who own parcels with residential units thereon.
(b)
A residential landowner’s option to sell under this section must be exercised by June 30, 1990.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 277, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-36. - Central landfill — Funds for acquisition.

§ 23-19-36. Central landfill — Funds for acquisition.
Funds for acquisition of properties under §§ 23-19-34 and 23-19-35 shall come from revenues generated by use of the central landfill and from other sources that may be available, including proceeds from the sale of houses, structures, and land under §§ 23-19-34.1 and 23-19-35.1.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 277, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-37. - Financial accountability.

§ 23-19-37. Financial accountability.
The general assembly recognizes that the cost of statewide waste disposal is inherently substantial and, therefore, must be subject to effective cost control. To this end, the general assembly declares that the corporation shall:
(1)
Furnish the house fiscal advisor with a copy of its proposed budget on or before October 1 of each year.
(2)
Submit to the general assembly a quarterly comparison of actual versus budget for all revenues and expenditures by line item no later than thirty (30) days after the close of each quarter.
(3)
To prepare and to report each October 1, a five-year financial projection of anticipated general revenue receipts and expenditures, including detail of principal revenue sources and expenditures by major program areas.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 126, art. 51, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-38. - Report of the auditor general.

§ 23-19-38. Report of the auditor general.
The auditor general shall annually prepare a report for the joint committee on legislative services on the corporation’s financial and administrative activities related to the implementation of §§ 23-19-34 through 23-19-36.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 277, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-39. - Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected condominium solid waste.

§ 23-19-39. Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected condominium solid waste.
The solid waste generated by a residential condominium, when collected and disposed of by a city or town of Rhode Island, shall be charged the same tipping fee per ton as the municipal rate.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 426, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-40. - Utilization of buffer zone — Restrictions.

§ 23-19-40. Utilization of buffer zone — Restrictions.
(a) Legislative Purpose.
(1)
A buffer zone is an area between two (2) different land uses. The purpose of this section is to specifically prohibit using certain areas of the central landfill buffer zone for the expansion of any waste operations.
(2)
The statutes which created the buffer zone contain no specific prohibitions on its use. This section is intended to add specific restrictions to the portion delineated in subsection (b)(1). It is not intended as authorization for waste operations in other areas of the buffer zone.
(b) Buffer Zone.
(1)
The Rhode Island resource recovery corporation and/or any successor, transferee, or assignee of the corporation and/or any other governmental entity or agency which conducts a solid waste management disposal business, is prohibited from using any real property situated in that triangular shaped area bounded by Central Avenue on the south and Reservoir Avenue on the east, whether already owned or hereafter acquired, for any extension of the entire operational portion of the central landfill, as defined in § 23-19-34, for any other type of waste operation, or for the opening or operation of any recycling or incineration operations.
(2)
Any undeveloped real property in the area delineated in subsection (b)(1), that is presently owned or later acquired by the solid waste management corporation or by any successor, transferee or assignee of the corporation, or by any other governmental entity or agency which conducts a solid waste management or disposal business, shall be converted to and after this maintained as a vegetated area in its natural or in an altered vegetative state; provided, however, that a vegetated area may include public recreational facilities.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 221, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 80; P.L. 2001, ch. 316, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-41. - Construction of references.

§ 23-19-41. Construction of references.
Whenever in any general or public law the words “Rhode Island solid waste management corporation” shall appear, particularly §§ 35-3-3.1, 23-18.8-2, 23-18.8-2.1, 23-18.8-4, 23-18.11-4, 12-12-17, 23-18.9-1 and 37-2-7, they shall be deemed to refer to and to mean the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1996, ch. 303, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation › Section 23-19-42. - Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected regional school district solid waste.

§ 23-19-42. Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected regional school district solid waste.
(a)
Solid waste collected and disposed of by, or on behalf of, a regional school district shall be charged the same tipping fee per ton as the municipal rate.
(b)
Any waste hauler collecting and disposing of solid waste for, or on behalf of, any regional school district shall, at the time of disposal, certify on a form approved by the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation the tonnage of the solid waste collected from the regional school district.
History of Section.
P.L. 2019, ch. 295, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 298, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-1. - Short title.

§ 23-19.1-1. Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Hazardous Waste Management Act”.
History of Section.
P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-2. - Legislative findings.

§ 23-19.1-2. Legislative findings.
The general assembly recognizes and declares that:
(1)
Continuing technological progress, increases in the amounts of manufacture, and the abatement of air and water pollution have resulted in ever-increasing quantities of hazardous wastes;
(2)
The environment and the public health and safety are threatened where hazardous wastes are not managed in an environmentally sound manner;
(3)
Any threat to the environment from the effects of the improper, inadequate, or unsound management of hazardous wastes also poses a threat to the public health and safety, since hazardous wastes that enter the environment may be carried by water, land, or air to human beings;
(4)
The long term health effects of hazardous wastes are uncertain; and
(5)
The problem of managing hazardous wastes has become a matter of statewide concern, but actions taken up to this time fall short of necessary regulation of hazardous waste management.
History of Section.
P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-2; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-2.
2023 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.
2023 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.