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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-20. - Liberal construction — Severability.

§ 23-19.1-20. Liberal construction — Severability.
The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted and construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose. If any provision of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation issued under this chapter, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule or regulation shall not be affected by the invalidity. The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections of this chapter shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-20; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-20.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-21. - Applicability of chapter — No effect on public utilities and carriers.

§ 23-19.1-21. Applicability of chapter — No effect on public utilities and carriers.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting or in any way invalidating any existing regulatory jurisdiction and authority pursuant to title 39, as amended, of the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers over motor vehicles, railroads, or other modes of transportation, or over the use, storage, and transportation of liquefied natural gas, as the term is defined in § 39-1-2, or any other existing regulatory jurisdiction and authority as set forth in any other statute of the general laws of the state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-21; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-21; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 57.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-22. - Liability for unauthorized transportation, storage, or disposal.

§ 23-19.1-22. Liability for unauthorized transportation, storage, or disposal.
(a)
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter through the transportation, storage, or disposal of hazardous wastes in a manner or location not authorized by this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, or who shall have caused the unauthorized transportation, storage, or disposal of hazardous wastes shall be absolutely liable for the cost of containment, cleanup, restoration, and removal of the hazardous wastes, and for all damages, losses, or injuries, including environmental, which result directly or indirectly from the discharge.
(b)
Proceedings brought pursuant to this section shall be instituted by filing a complaint in the superior court.
(c)
The state, by and through the department of environmental management, is the trustee of the air, water, fish, and wildlife of the state. An action brought pursuant to the provisions of this chapter with respect to environmental damage may be brought by the attorney general or the director of the department of environmental management in the name of the state as trustee for those natural resources.
(d)
The court may award treble the amount of the costs, damages, losses, or injuries whenever it finds that a person has stored, disposed, or transported hazardous wastes in violation of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter in a willful and knowing manner.
History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 265, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-23. - Environmental response fund.

§ 23-19.1-23. Environmental response fund.
There is established a separate fund within the general fund to be called the environmental response fund which shall be administered by the general treasurer in accordance with the same laws and fiscal procedures as the general funds of the state. The fund shall consist of any sums as the state may appropriate, or sums recovered by any action brought under the authority of this chapter or chapter 18.9 and are appropriated to the director for the following purposes:
(1) Initial response activities.
These activities shall include, but not be limited to, record analysis, site visits, and producing remedial and investigatory reports.
(2) Site evaluation activities.
These activities shall include, but not be limited to, site mapping, installation of wells and equipment, collection, monitoring, and analysis of samples of air, soil, and/or water, production of reports and implementation and maintenance of necessary technology, and equipment for complete remedial action.
(3) Emergency response action.
These activities shall include, but not be limited to, waste disposal or spill response, analysis, containment, and cleanup, temporary resident relocation during the emergency response activities.
(4) State remedial response action.
These activities shall include, but not be limited to, removal of contamination or waste installation of a temporary water supply ground water treatment and site closure.
(5) Additional activities.
These activities shall include, but not be limited to, professional training for employees, public information, and education.
(6) Enforcement and personnel activities.
These funds may also be used to support activities related to enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, legal activities to enforce the provisions of this chapter and secure contributions from culpable parties, and ancillary services, personnel, or equipment to support the activities enumerated in this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 298, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 148, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-24. - Administration of the fund.

§ 23-19.1-24. Administration of the fund.
The department of environmental management shall prepare and adopt rules and regulations and establish procedures consistent with the purposes of § 23-19.1-23.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-25. - Bonds authorized — Maturity — Certification and execution.

§ 23-19.1-25. Bonds authorized — Maturity — Certification and execution.
(a)
The general treasurer is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the governor and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, to issue bonds in the name and behalf of the state and in any amounts as may be specified in an amount not to exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) by the governor to be designated as “environmental response fund of 1984.” The bonds shall be in denominations of one thousand dollars ($1,000) each or multiples of this amount, and shall be payable in any coin or currency of the United States which, at the time of payment, shall be legal tender for public or private debts. The bonds shall bear any date or dates, mature at any time or times not exceeding twenty (20) years from their respective date of issue, bear interest payable semiannually at any rate or different varying rates, be payable at any time or times, at any place or places, be subject to any terms of recall or redemption, with or without premium, be in any form with or without interest coupons attached carrying any registration, conversion, reconversion, transfer, debt requirement, acceleration, and other provisions as may be fixed by the general treasurer, with the approval of the governor, upon each issue of these bonds at the time of each issue.
(b)
Whenever the governor shall approve the issuance of the bonds, the governor shall certify his or her approval to the secretary of state; the general treasurer shall countersign the bonds and affix the seal of the state. The approval of the governor shall be endorsed on each bond approved with a facsimile of the governor’s signature.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-26. - Depositing bond proceeds in environmental response fund.

§ 23-19.1-26. Depositing bond proceeds in environmental response fund.
The general treasurer is directed to deposit the proceeds of the sale of the bonds, including any premium or premiums and any accrued interest which may be received from the sale of these, in one or more of the depositories in which the funds of the state may be lawfully kept, in the account to be known as “environmental response fund” to be used for the purposes of § 23-19.1-23.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-27. - Temporary notes.

§ 23-19.1-27. Temporary notes.
(a)
The general treasurer is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the governor, and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, to borrow upon temporary notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds in the name and behalf of the state, sums of money for the purposes set forth in § 23-19.1-23.
(b)
The notes shall be signed by the general treasurer and countersigned by the secretary of state and shall be issued at any time or times, in any amounts, at any rates of interest, with any provisions of repayment, with or without premium, acceleration, and other terms as may be fixed by the general treasurer, with the approval of the governor.
(c)
The notes may be issued for periods not exceeding two (2) years and may be refunded or renewed by the issue of other notes for periods not exceeding two (2) years, but the notes, including all refundings and renewals of these, shall bear maturity dates not later than five (5) years from the date of each original issue. The total sum of the terms of the notes plus the term of the bonds, which the issuance of the notes anticipate, shall not exceed twenty-five (25) years in duration.
(d)
The proceeds of the sale of the notes, inclusive of any premiums and any accrued interest which may be received from the sale of these, shall be applied to the purposes for which the notes are issued, and shall be deposited by the general treasurer in the account described in § 23-19.1-26.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-28. - Advances from general fund in anticipation of the issue of notes or bonds.

§ 23-19.1-28. Advances from general fund in anticipation of the issue of notes or bonds.
The general treasurer is authorized, with the approval of the governor, in the anticipation of the issue of notes or bonds under the authority of this chapter, to advance to the fund, to be used for the purposes specified in § 23-19.1-23, any funds of the state not specifically held for any purpose; provided, that all the advances shall be returned to the general fund forthwith upon the receipt by the fund of proceeds from the issue of notes or bonds.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-29. - Bonds and notes tax exempt general obligation of state.

§ 23-19.1-29. Bonds and notes tax exempt general obligation of state.
All bonds and notes issued under the authority of this chapter shall be exempt from taxation in the state and shall be general obligations of the state, and the full faith and credit of the state is pledged for the due payment of the principal and the interest on the bonds and notes as the bonds and notes become due.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-30. - Terms and conditions of sales — Applications of premiums and accrued interest — Validity not affected by change in office.

§ 23-19.1-30. Terms and conditions of sales — Applications of premiums and accrued interest — Validity not affected by change in office.
(a)
Any bond or note issued under the authority of this chapter shall be sold at not less than the principal amount of these bonds on any terms and conditions as the general treasurer, with the approval of the governor, shall be deemed to be for the best interest of the state. The purchaser of the bonds or notes shall pay accrued interest to the date of delivery of the bonds or notes.
(b)
These premiums or accrued interest which may be received as the result of the sale of the bonds or notes shall be applied to the payment of debt service costs.
(c)
Any bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this chapter and coupons on any bonds, if properly executed by the manual or facsimile signature of officers of the state in office on the date of execution, shall be valid and binding according to their tenor, notwithstanding that before their delivery and payment for them, any or all the officers shall for any reason have ceased to hold office.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-31. - Investment of receipts pending expenditures.

§ 23-19.1-31. Investment of receipts pending expenditures.
All moneys in the fund not immediately required for payment pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be invested by the state investment commission, as established by chapter 10 of title 35, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 10 of title 35; provided, that the securities in which the fund is invested shall remain a part of the funds as shall other securities for which these may from time to time, pursuant to the chapter, be exchanged and; provided, that the income from the investment shall become part of the fund, and shall be used to the extent possible to pay debt service costs.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-32. - Amortization.

§ 23-19.1-32. Amortization.
For the purpose of paying any expenses incurred by the general treasurer in the issuance of the bonds or notes under the authority of this chapter and any interest and any principal becoming payable on the bonds or notes issued under the authority of this chapter and then outstanding, the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the expenses, interest, and principal out of the fund. In the event that the amount available in the fund is not sufficient for this purpose, a sum sufficient is annually appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the payment of the expenses, interest, and principal.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 403, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-33. - Notice of hazardous waste disposal violation.

§ 23-19.1-33. Notice of hazardous waste disposal violation.
Whenever the director issues a notice of violation and order pursuant to this chapter that disposal of hazardous waste has occurred onto or into real property or in any landfill not permitted under the provisions of this chapter, the director shall cause the notice or a summary of the substance of the notice to be sent to the chief executive officer of the city or town and president of the city or town council and to be filed in the land evidence records of the city or town where the real property or landfill is located with respect to the real property or landfill, stating the substance and findings of the director’s determination. When the notice of violation and order has been complied with or vacated, the director shall file a notice rescinding the notice of violation and order in the land evidence records with respect to the real property or landfill.
History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 165, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 215, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-34. - Hazardous waste haulers — Drivers license and certificate required.

§ 23-19.1-34. Hazardous waste haulers — Drivers license and certificate required.
No driver shall operate a vehicle hauling hazardous waste as defined in this chapter, unless the driver possesses a valid license of the appropriate class and a hazardous waste driver’s certificate issued by the department of environmental management. Applicants for the certificate shall present evidence to the department of environmental management that they have successfully completed the hazardous waste material hauler driver training course developed by the department of environmental management and conducted by the employer, holder of the transporter’s permit pursuant to § 23-19.1-10. The course shall specifically include training in transfer, handling, and spillage of hazardous waste materials, before a certificate may be issued. Certificates shall be issued only to applicants qualified by examinations prescribed and conducted by the employer or holders of the transporter’s permits. The employer or holder of the transporter’s permit shall certify to the director of the department of environmental management that the driver/applicant has successfully completed the course and test.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 602, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-35. - Denial or revocation of hazardous waste material driver’s certificate.

§ 23-19.1-35. Denial or revocation of hazardous waste material driver’s certificate.
(a)
The department of environmental management shall deny any application for the issuance of a hazardous waste materials driver’s certificate made by an applicant who has been convicted, within the last three (3) years preceding the applicant’s application for the certificate, of any violation involving driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, or both, or reckless driving, or the applicant’s driving privilege is, or has been, under suspension, revocation, or probation by the division for a cause involving unsafe operation of a motor vehicle.
(b)
The department of environmental management shall revoke the hazardous waste materials drivers’ certificate of any holder, who, after issuance of the certificate, is convicted of any violation of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or drugs, or both, or reckless driving, or who has had the driving privilege suspended or revoked by the division of motor vehicles for a cause involving the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle, or is found by the division to be a negligent operator.
(c)
The department of environmental management may revoke the hazardous waste materials driver’s certificate of any holder for any cause, whether existing before or after the issuance of the certificate, which would either authorize or require the department of environmental management to refuse to issue a certificate.
(d)
The division of motor vehicles shall provide records to the department of environmental management pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 602, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management › Section 23-19.1-36. - Suspension of transporters permit upon violation of § 23-19.1-33.

§ 23-19.1-36. Suspension of transporters permit upon violation of § 23-19.1-33.
Violation of § 23-19.1-33 shall cause the suspension of the transporters permit issued pursuant to § 23-19.1-10, until the time as the employer or holder of the transporters permit shall provide the department of environmental management with evidence of certification of the driver/applicant.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 602, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.2 - Local Health Regulations › Section 23-19.2-1. - General regulations of cities and towns.

§ 23-19.2-1. General regulations of cities and towns.
The councils of the several cities and towns may make any rules and regulations that they shall deem necessary to regulate and control the construction, location, and maintenance of all places for keeping animals, may provide for the summary removal or reconstruction of these places that shall be deemed by them detrimental to the public convenience and welfare, and may make rules and regulations prescribing the time and manner of removing manure from them and for the driving of animals through the highways; and every person violating any ordinance, rule, or regulation made pursuant to this section, shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00), to be recovered upon complaint and warrant before any district court to the use of the city or town where the violation shall occur.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-1; P.L. 1967, ch. 116, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.2-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.2 - Local Health Regulations › Section 23-19.2-2. - Regulation of removal of night soil and cleaning of cesspools and septic tanks.

§ 23-19.2-2. Regulation of removal of night soil and cleaning of cesspools and septic tanks.
The council of any city or town is authorized and empowered to make regulations for the removal and disposal of night soil and the contents of cesspools and septic tanks and the storing of stable manure in the city or town, may issue licenses to any person or persons for conducting the business of removing night soil and the contents of cesspools and septic tanks, may revoke or suspend the licenses issued for this purpose, and may fix the fee for these licenses; provided, that no license shall be issued by any city or town until the proposed location and means of disposal of these materials shall first have been approved in writing by the state director of health.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-2; P.L. 1966, ch. 51, § 1; P.L. 1967, ch. 116, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.2-2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.2 - Local Health Regulations › Section 23-19.2-3. - Violation of regulations.

§ 23-19.2-3. Violation of regulations.
Any person violating any of the regulations or orders made by any city or town council under the provisions of § 23-19.2-2 shall be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed thirty (30) days, to be enforced on complaint and warrant in the district court.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 22; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-3; P.L. 1967, ch. 116, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.2-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.2 - Local Health Regulations › Section 23-19.2-4. - Order for removal of refuse, solid waste, filth, or nuisance — Penalty for failure to comply.

§ 23-19.2-4. Order for removal of refuse, solid waste, filth, or nuisance — Penalty for failure to comply.
Any city or town council may order the owner or occupant of any premises in the city or town to remove at his or her own expense any nuisance, refuse, solid waste, source of filth, or filth, found on these premises, within twenty-four (24) hours, or any other time as the council may deem reasonable, after the service of the notice as prescribed in § 23-19.2-5; and if the owner or occupant neglects so to do, he or she shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for every day during which he or she knowingly permits the nuisance, refuse, solid waste, source of filth, or filth, to remain after the time prescribed for its removal, to be recovered to and for the use of the city or town.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-4; P.L. 1967, ch. 116, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.2-4; P.L. 1985, ch. 57, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 23 - Health and Safety › Chapter 23-19.2 - Local Health Regulations › Section 23-19.2-5. - Service of notice to remove refuse, solid waste, overgrowth or filth.

§ 23-19.2-5. Service of notice to remove refuse, solid waste, overgrowth or filth.
(a)
The notice shall be in writing signed by the city or town clerk or designee and served upon the owner or occupant in accordance with subdivision (1) or (2) as follows:
(1)
The notice shall be served upon:
(i)
An individual by delivering a copy of the notice to him or her personally or by leaving copies of the notice at his or her dwelling house or usual place of abode with some person of suitable age and discretion residing there or by delivering a copy of the notice to an agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive this notice;
(ii)
Upon a person for whom a guardian or conservator has been appointed by serving copies of the notice upon this guardian or conservator;
(iii)
Upon a public or private corporation, domestic or foreign, by delivering a copy of the notice to an officer, a managing or general agent, or by leaving a copy of the notice at the office of the corporation with a person employed there, or by delivering a copy of the notice to an agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process.
(2)
Notice shall be served by mailing a copy of the notice to the individual or corporation by regular and registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by any other method ordered by the court to give this individual or corporation notice of the action and sufficient time to prepare any defense.
(b)
If two (2) notices of violation are unanswered, then the municipal court judge has discretion to hold the violator in default for any fine imposed.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-5; P.L. 1967, ch. 116, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.2-5; P.L. 1985, ch. 57, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 232, § 1.