Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 670 - State Planning Council › Chapter 00 - N/A › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Rules and Standards of the State Planning Council (670-RICR-00-00-1) › Section 670-RICR-00-00-1.1 - Organization and Operation of the State Planning Council

Current through June 14, 2024
1.1.1
Purpose and Authority
The purpose of this rule is to establish standard operating procedures for the State Planning Council. This rule is promulgated pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §§
											42-35-2(a)(1)  entitled, "Administrative Procedures" and 42-11-10 entitled, "Statewide Planning Program". In general, the purposes of the State Planning Council are to provide representation of a broad range of interests and viewpoints in the state planning process, to guide the Division of Planning staff in coordinating planning activities, to approve all elements of the State Guide Plan, and to determine the consistency of certain development activities of State agencies, local government, and the private sector with the State Guide Plan.
1.1.2
Definitions
A. The following words and terms shall have the following meanings wherever used in these rules.
1. "Applicant" means any state, local, or private agency or individual seeking approval of a proposal by the State Planning Council.
2. "Chief" means the highest-ranking administrative officer of the Division of Planning as defined by R.I. Gen. Laws §
												45-22.2-4 entitled, "Rhode Island Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Act".
3. "Conformance" or "Consistent", when used in reference to a finding of agreement with the State Guide Plan, means that the proposed document, program, project, or action is in accord with applicable elements of the State Guide Plan in terms of the overall goals and objectives sought, policies employed, and the results anticipated. Differences in procedure or detail that conflict with State Guide Plan objectives or results will not necessarily cause a finding of inconsistency.
4. "Council" means the State Planning Council as established by R.I. Gen. Laws §
												42-11-10.
5. "Days" means calendar days unless otherwise noted.
6. "Division of Planning" means the office within the Department of Administration as established by R.I. Gen. Laws §
												42-11-10. The Division of Planning serves as the principal staff agency to the State Planning Council.
7. "Project" or "Proposal" means those plans, programs, actions, activities, or undertakings which must be approved by the State Planning Council.
8. "Solid waste disposal facility" means a land disposal site designed for the final disposition of solid waste. For the purposes of these Rules, this term shall be synonymous with "landfill" and "sanitary landfill", which is a land disposal site employing an engineered method for disposal of solid waste in a manner that minimizes environmental hazards, including the spreading of solid waste in thin layers, compacting the solid waste to the smallest practical volume, and applying cover material at the end of each operating day or at such more frequent intervals as may be necessary. For the purposes of these Rules, a solid waste disposal facility shall not include, resource recovery facilities, waste-to-energy facilities, incinerators, materials recycling facilities, composting facilities, facilities that process construction and or demolition debris, or properties that have historically been used for the final deposition of solid waste that are proposed for closure, upgrade, or consolidation in order to better meet current standards of environmental protection.
9. "State agency" means any office, department, board, commission, bureau, division, authority, agency, public or quasi-public corporation and their subsidiaries, or instrumentality of the State.
10. "State Guide Plan" means all statements of goals, policies, and plans or plan elements adopted by the State Planning Council in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §
												42-11-10(d).
11. "Technical correction" means a proposed change to text, tabular data, geographic information systems ("GIS") data, and/or cartography of an adopted element of the State Guide Plan based upon newly available information that corrects a factual error or otherwise advances the accuracy, currency, and/or clarity of data, analysis, or cartography and does not affect any goal, policy, strategy, recommendation, performance measure, or implementation action of a State Guide Plan element.