§ 46-6-4. Protection of Blackstone and Seekonk Rivers.
No person shall put any substance in the Blackstone River or in the Seekonk River, or do any act or shall permit anything within his or her control to be done or shall do or permit anything within his or her control to be continued to be done, that shall cause any substance to be put or conveyed into those rivers in such way that the navigable waters of the Seekonk River shall be injured for the purposes of navigation or in such way that the navigable channel of the river shall be diminished either in width or depth. Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 118, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 144, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 149, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 112, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 46-6-4.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
Chapter 46-6 - Obstructions to Navigation
Section 46-6-1. - Deposit of dirt and other substances in public tidewaters.
Section 46-6-2. - Approval of plans for construction of wharves and piers.
Section 46-6-3. - Abatement of unauthorized encroachments on tidewater.
Section 46-6-4. - Protection of Blackstone and Seekonk Rivers.
Section 46-6-6. - Protection of upper Narragansett Bay.
Section 46-6-7. - Protection of waters off Goat Island.
Section 46-6-8. - Duty of department to remove obstructions.
Section 46-6-8.1. - Definitions.
Section 46-6-9. - Notice to owner to remove obstruction — Penalty.
Section 46-6-10. - Removal of obstruction by director — Payment of cost.
Section 46-6-10.1. - Use or disposal of vessel or other obstruction.
Section 46-6-10.2. - Derelict and abandoned vessel and obstruction removal commission.
Section 46-6-10.3. - Derelict and abandoned vessel and obstruction removal account.
Section 46-6-10.4. - Derelict and abandoned vessel and obstruction removal fee.
Section 46-6-11. - Liability for cost of removing obstruction — Action for recovery.
Section 46-6-12. - Sale of object removed to pay cost of removal.
Section 46-6-13. - Insurer of lost vessel not liable for cost of removal.
Section 46-6-14. - Commissioner of wrecks not liable for cost — Application of property held.
Section 46-6-15. - Duty of commissioners of wrecks and harbormasters to give notice of obstructions.
Section 46-6-16. - Application for federal reimbursement of expenses.