§ 46-25-25.3. Criminal penalties.
(a) Any person who shall be found guilty of violating, willfully or with criminal negligence, any of the provisions of §§ 46-25-25 — 46-25-25.3 or of any permit, rule, or regulation issued pursuant thereto, or an order of the commission, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both a fine or 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 treating any prohibited wastes, and shall reimburse the commission for actual enforcement costs incurred by the commission, including reasonable attorney’s fees and administrative costs.
(b) 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 § 46-25-25 or 46-25-25.1 or by any permit, rule, regulation, or order issued under those sections, or shall falsify, tamper with, or knowingly render inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under those sections or by any permit, rule, regulation, or order issued under those sections.
(c) No person shall discharge into any outlet within the district any sewage waste or other pollutants without a permit, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with this chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission.
(d) No person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage waste or other pollutants within the district, except as otherwise provided by law or the rules and regulations of the commission.
(e) 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 on land or right-of-way which is a part of the facilities of the project.
(f) No person shall uncover, make any connection with, or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any interceptor or appurtenance thereof, without first obtaining a written permit from the commission.
(g) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any unpolluted waters such as stormwater, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any facilities of the project other than those discharges as are connected to an existing (prior to May 1, 1982) combined sewer in those areas in which a combined sewer is the only available means for disposal of unpolluted waters.
History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 366, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 478, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 45, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 448, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission
Section 46-25-1. - Short title.
Section 46-25-2. - Legislative findings.
Section 46-25-3. - Definitions.
Section 46-25-4. - Establishment of commission — Purpose.
Section 46-25-5. - General powers.
Section 46-25-6. - Composition of commission — Appointment of members.
Section 46-25-7. - Officers of the commission — Quorum and vote required.
Section 46-25-8. - Compensation — Personnel.
Section 46-25-9. - Appropriated moneys and advances from general fund.
Section 46-25-10. - Acquisition of facilities from municipalities.
Section 46-25-10.1. - Repealed.
Section 46-25-11. - Power to acquire land.
Section 46-25-12. - Interests in land taken.
Section 46-25-13. - Eminent domain procedure.
Section 46-25-14. - Annual report.
Section 46-25-15. - Cooperation with federal government.
Section 46-25-16. - Application for federal and state aid.
Section 46-25-17. - Use of federal and state funds.
Section 46-25-18. - Receipt and deposit of federal funds.
Section 46-25-19. - Sewer connections.
Section 46-25-19.1. - Recording of sewer systems.
Section 46-25-20. - Pipes along highway or railroad.
Section 46-25-21. - Sewer, user fees, charges, and assessments.
Section 46-25-21.1. - Petition in superior court for relief from assessment.
Section 46-25-22. - Payment of sewer user fees, charges and assessments.
Section 46-25-24. - Appropriation of revenues.
Section 46-25-24.1. - Notice of entry.
Section 46-25-25. - Orders as to pretreatment of sewage.
Section 46-25-25.1. - Inspection powers.
Section 46-25-25.2. - Civil penalties.
Section 46-25-25.3. - Criminal penalties.
Section 46-25-25.4. - Enforcement authority and procedure.
Section 46-25-25.5. - Public access to information.
Section 46-25-25.6. - Municipal ordinances.
Section 46-25-26. - Rules and regulations — Notice of rule review.
Section 46-25-27. - Notice of rate hearings.
Section 46-25-28. - Conduct of hearings.
Section 46-25-29. - Notice of decisions by commission.
Section 46-25-30. - Review of decisions.
Section 46-25-31. - Notice of hearings on orders.
Section 46-25-32. - Procedure for hearings on orders.
Section 46-25-33. - Commission expenses as cost of project.
Section 46-25-34. - Cooperation and coordination with other agencies.
Section 46-25-35. - Legislative recommendations.
Section 46-25-36. - Liberal construction.
Section 46-25-37. - Bonds authorized — Maturity — Certification and endorsement.
Section 46-25-38. - Proceeds: Narragansett Bay water quality management district commission fund.
Section 46-25-38.1. - Narragansett Bay environmental enforcement fund.
Section 46-25-39. - Temporary notes.
Section 46-25-40. - Advances from general fund in anticipation of the issue of notes or bonds.
Section 46-25-41. - Bonds and notes tax exempt general obligations of state.
Section 46-25-43. - Investment of receipt pending expenditures.
Section 46-25-44. - Payment of bond issue expenses, interest, and principal.
Section 46-25-45. - Appropriation.
Section 46-25-47. - Applicability of election laws.
Section 46-25-48. - Termination of existence of commission.
Section 46-25-49. - Severability.
Section 46-25-50. - Authority to borrow in anticipation of user fees or state or federal funds.
Section 46-25-51. - Commission notes.
Section 46-25-52. - Security for notes.
Section 46-25-53. - Exemption from taxation.
Section 46-25-54. - Notes as legal investments.
Section 46-25-55. - Noteholders’ rights not to be affected by state.
Section 46-25-56. - Credit of state not pledged.
Section 46-25-58. - Revenue bonds and notes of the commission.
Section 46-25-59. - Security for revenue bonds or revenue notes.
Section 46-25-60. - Reserve funds and appropriations.
Section 46-25-61. - Trust funds.
Section 46-25-62. - Exemption of the commission’s revenue bonds and notes from taxation.
Section 46-25-63. - Revenue notes and bonds as legal investments.
Section 46-25-64. - Agreement of the state of Rhode Island.
Section 46-25-65. - Credit of the state of Rhode Island.
Section 46-25-66. - Remedies of bondholders and noteholders.
Section 46-25-67. - Other statutes and ordinances.