Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 150 - Water Resources › Subchapter 05 - Water Quality › Part 2 - Rules and Regulations for Dredging and the Management of Dredged Materials (250-RICR-150-05-2) › Section 250-RICR-150-05-2.12 - Dredged Material Rehandling Facilities

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Applications
				  to construct and/or operate a dredged material rehandling facility shall be
				  submitted to the both the Department and the Council on forms prescribed and
				  provided by the agencies.
B.
				  Applications to construct and/or operate a dredged material rehandling facility
				  may follow the pre-application requirements in §
										2.6 of this Part.
C. Siting of dredged material rehandling
				  facilities shall comply with the General Provisions and Criteria for Sites
				  Proposed for Land Disposal or Beneficial Use of Dredged Material in
				  §§
										2.5(D),
				  2.9(B) and
				  2.9(C) of
				  this Part, respectively.
D. To be
				  considered complete, an application must include, or address, at a minimum, all
				  of the following:
1. Any existing or pending
				  land use restrictions;
2. Any
				  information available on historic land use that may have impacted the site,
				  including any past spill or known contamination events, and a demonstration
				  that the rehandling facility will not exacerbate those conditions;
3. A demonstration that the siting of dredged
				  material rehandling facility complies with the General Provisions and Criteria
				  for Sites Proposed for Land Disposal or Beneficial Use of Dredged Material in
				  §§
											2.5(D),
				  2.9(B) and
				  2.9(C) of
				  this Part, respectively;
4. Site
				  plan(s), including all applicable requirements as identified in §
											2.16 of this Part, Appendix
				  A.
5. An Operating Plan, including
				  a thorough description of the following in narrative format:
a. Operating hours;
b. Operating and design capacities;
c. Dust control program;
d. Odor control program;
e. Methods for accepting dredged materials,
				  dewatering, if necessary, and storage and segregation of different classes of
				  dredged materials. Classification must be based on testing performed prior to
				  dredging operations. Dredged materials may be classified as materials that do
				  not exceed the standards for beach nourishment, Residential Direct Exposure
				  Criteria, or Commercial/Industrial Direct Exposure Criteria. If a facility
				  chooses not to segregate dredged materials, all materials will be classified as
				  the most contaminated stored in the stockpile;
f. Anticipated length of time required for
				  dewatering various grades of dredged material at the facility;
g. Methods and/or equipment used for any
				  processing operations, including separation techniques and storage and/or
				  handling procedures and storage of segregated materials;
h. Anticipated interactions, or areas of
				  overlap, with other materials management operations at the facility;
i. A contingency plan for extreme
				  circumstances, including but not limited to, steps to be taken if dredged
				  material were mistakenly released at the dock or at other locations on route to
				  the dewatering site, if the dewatering basin(s) and storage facilities were
				  reaching capacity due to slower than expected dewatering times, or in the event
				  of failure of the containment berms;
j. Any additional sampling and analysis of
				  dredged materials that may be required for off-site disposal or beneficial use,
				  in accordance with §
												2.9(B) of
				  this Part;
k. Proposed long-term
				  maintenance schedule for the proposed stormwater drainage structures;
l. Methods for ensuring that dredged material
				  proposed for off-site distribution is disposed or beneficially used in
				  accordance with the applicable requirements of §§
												2.5(D),
				  2.9(B) and
				  2.9(C) of
				  this Part.