§ 42-64-9.3. Criminal penalties.
(a) No person shall knowingly make any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this chapter or by any permit, rule, regulation or order issued under those sections, and no person shall falsify, tamper with or knowingly render inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this chapter or by any permit, rule, regulation or order issued under those sections.
(b) No person shall discharge into any outlet within the Quonset Point/Davisville Industrial Park any sewage or waste without a permit.
(c) No person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank cesspool, dry well or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage wastes or other pollutants within the Quonset Point/Davisville Industrial Park.
(d) No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently breach, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment, or dump garbage, refuse, or other material into any drain, storm sewer or other part of the wastewater collection or treatment system or on any property within the Quonset Point/Davisville Industrial Park.
(e) No person shall uncover, make any connection with, or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any interceptor or appurtenance of this interceptor, without first obtaining written permission from the corporation.
(f) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any unpolluted waters such as storm water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to the corporation’s wastewater treatment facility.
(g) Any person who is found guilty of violating willfully or with criminal negligence any of the provisions of this chapter or of any permit, rule or regulation issued pursuant to this chapter, or an order of the corporation shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both fine and imprisonment; and every person shall be deemed guilty of a separate and distinct offense for each day during which the violation shall be repeated or continued. Further, the person shall be liable for all damages directly related to the violation, including additional costs of handling and treatment of any prohibited wastes, and shall reimburse the corporation for actual enforcement costs incurred by the corporation including reasonable attorney’s fees and administrative costs.
History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 39, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 62, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-64 - Rhode Island Commerce Corporation
Section 42-64-1. - Short title.
Section 42-64-1.1. - Change of name.
Section 42-64-2. - Legislative findings.
Section 42-64-3. - Definitions.
Section 42-64-6. - General powers.
Section 42-64-7. - Additional general powers.
Section 42-64-7.1. - Subsidiaries.
Section 42-64-7.2. - Amendment of the articles of incorporation of a subsidiary public corporation.
Section 42-64-7.3. - Voluntary dissolution of a subsidiary public corporation.
Section 42-64-7.4. - Water supply facilities.
Section 42-64-7.5. - Acceptance of federal grants.
Section 42-64-7.7. - Grant of powers to the corporation.
Section 42-64-7.9. - Orders as to pretreatment of sewage.
Section 42-64-7.11. - Venture capital forum program.
Section 42-64-7.12. - Transfer of functions to the Quonset Development Corporation.
Section 42-64-7.13. - National security infrastructure support fund.
Section 42-64-8. - Directors, officers, and employees.
Section 42-64-8.1. - Appropriation and expenses.
Section 42-64-8.2. - Role and responsibilities of board members.
Section 42-64-8.3. - Transparency requirements established.
Section 42-64-9. - Condemnation power.
Section 42-64-9.1. - Inspection powers.
Section 42-64-9.2. - Civil penalties.
Section 42-64-9.3. - Criminal penalties.
Section 42-64-9.4. - Procedures for enforcement.
Section 42-64-9.5. - Hearings.
Section 42-64-9.6. - Notice of decisions.
Section 42-64-9.7. - Notice of hearing on orders.
Section 42-64-9.8. - Procedure for hearings on orders.
Section 42-64-9.9. - Public access to information.
Section 42-64-9.10. - Rules and regulations — Notice of rule review.
Section 42-64-10. - Findings of the corporation.
Section 42-64-11. - Disposition of projects.
Section 42-64-12. - Community advisory committees.
Section 42-64-13. - Relations with municipalities.
Section 42-64-13.1. - Assistance to urban communities for economic revitalization.
Section 42-64-13.2. - Renewable energy investment coordination.
Section 42-64-14. - Relations with state agencies.
Section 42-64-15. - Bonds and notes of the corporation.
Section 42-64-16. - Short-term notes.
Section 42-64-17. - Security for bonds or notes.
Section 42-64-18. - Reserve funds and appropriations.
Section 42-64-19. - Trust funds.
Section 42-64-20. - Exemption from taxation.
Section 42-64-20.1. - Procedure.
Section 42-64-21. - Notes and bonds as legal investments.
Section 42-64-22. - Agreement of the state.
Section 42-64-23. - Credit of state.
Section 42-64-24. - State’s right to require redemption of bonds.
Section 42-64-25. - Remedies of bondholders and note-holders.
Section 42-64-26. - Authorization to accept appropriated moneys.
Section 42-64-27. - Assistance by state officers, departments, boards and commission.
Section 42-64-28. - Annual financial reports and performance report.
Section 42-64-29. - Inventory of development sites.
Section 42-64-30. - Inconsistent provisions.
Section 42-64-31. - Other statutes.
Section 42-64-31.1. - Rules and regulations.
Section 42-64-32. - Construction.
Section 42-64-33. - Severability.
Section 42-64-34. - Appointment of small business advocate.
Section 42-64-34.1. - Cooperation required.
Section 42-64-35. - Government contract procurement assistance.
Section 42-64-36. - Program accountability.
Section 42-64-37. - Loan and loan guarantee programs.
Section 42-64-38. - Audit of the corporation.
Section 42-64-39. - Business development center.
Section 42-64-40. - Court-approved settlements.
Section 42-64-41. - Report regarding small business lending.