Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management

Section 23-19.1-1. - Short title. - § 23-19.1-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 23-19.1-2. - Legislative findings. - § 23-19.1-2. Legislative findings. The general assembly recognizes and declares...

Section 23-19.1-3. - Declaration of purpose. - § 23-19.1-3. Declaration of purpose. The purposes of this chapter...

Section 23-19.1-4. - Definitions. - § 23-19.1-4. Definitions. When used in this chapter: (1) “Department”...

Section 23-19.1-5. - Applicability of chapter. - § 23-19.1-5. Applicability of chapter. (a) Nothing in this chapter...

Section 23-19.1-6. - Powers and duties of the director. - § 23-19.1-6. Powers and duties of the director. (a) The...

Section 23-19.1-7. - Manifest required. - § 23-19.1-7. Manifest required. It shall be unlawful for any...

Section 23-19.1-8. - Records — Reports — Monitoring. - § 23-19.1-8. Records — Reports — Monitoring. It shall be...

Section 23-19.1-9. - Generation of wastes. - § 23-19.1-9. Generation of wastes. It shall be unlawful for...

Section 23-19.1-10. - Permits — Issuance — Renewal — Revocation — Exempted activities. - § 23-19.1-10. Permits — Issuance — Renewal — Revocation —...

Section 23-19.1-10.1. - Criteria for permits. - § 23-19.1-10.1. Criteria for permits. The director shall only grant...

Section 23-19.1-10.2. - Criteria for licenses. - § 23-19.1-10.2. Criteria for licenses. The director shall only grant...

Section 23-19.1-10.3. - Emergency and temporary permits. - § 23-19.1-10.3. Emergency and temporary permits. (a) The director is...

Section 23-19.1-11. - Permits — Variances. - § 23-19.1-11. Permits — Variances. (a) Where the application for...

Section 23-19.1-11.1. - Ground water resources. - § 23-19.1-11.1. Ground water resources. No hazardous waste, including septic...

Section 23-19.1-12. - Inspections — Penalty for hindering entry. - § 23-19.1-12. Inspections — Penalty for hindering entry. (a) For...

Section 23-19.1-13. - Employment of experts and consultants to investigate permit applications. - § 23-19.1-13. Employment of experts and consultants to investigate permit...

Section 23-19.1-14. - Permit fees — Expenses of investigation and hearing. - § 23-19.1-14. Permit fees — Expenses of investigation and hearing....

Section 23-19.1-15. - Proceedings for enforcement. - § 23-19.1-15. Proceedings for enforcement. The superior court for Providence...

Section 23-19.1-16. - Emergency powers. - § 23-19.1-16. Emergency powers. Notwithstanding any other provision of this...

Section 23-19.1-17. - Civil penalty for violations. - § 23-19.1-17. Civil penalty for violations. Any person who shall...

Section 23-19.1-17.1. - Seizure and forfeiture of property used to violate chapter. - § 23-19.1-17.1. Seizure and forfeiture of property used to violate...

Section 23-19.1-17.2. - Sampling and disposition of hazardous waste. - § 23-19.1-17.2. Sampling and disposition of hazardous waste. Hazardous waste...

Section 23-19.1-18. - Criminal penalties — Payment of restoration costs. - § 23-19.1-18. Criminal penalties — Payment of restoration costs. (a)...

Section 23-19.1-18.1. - Determination of restoration costs — Judgment — Other relief not precluded. - § 23-19.1-18.1. Determination of restoration costs — Judgment — Other...

Section 23-19.1-18.2. - Limitation of prosecutions. - § 23-19.1-18.2. Limitation of prosecutions. No person shall be convicted...

Section 23-19.1-18.3. - Prohibiting business due to conviction of certain acts. - § 23-19.1-18.3. Prohibiting business due to conviction of certain acts....

Section 23-19.1-19. - Interstate cooperation. - § 23-19.1-19. Interstate cooperation. The Rhode Island general assembly encourages...

Section 23-19.1-20. - Liberal construction — Severability. - § 23-19.1-20. Liberal construction — Severability. The provisions of this...

Section 23-19.1-21. - Applicability of chapter — No effect on public utilities and carriers. - § 23-19.1-21. Applicability of chapter — No effect on public...

Section 23-19.1-22. - Liability for unauthorized transportation, storage, or disposal. - § 23-19.1-22. Liability for unauthorized transportation, storage, or disposal. (a)...

Section 23-19.1-23. - Environmental response fund. - § 23-19.1-23. Environmental response fund. There is established a separate...

Section 23-19.1-24. - Administration of the fund. - § 23-19.1-24. Administration of the fund. The department of environmental...

Section 23-19.1-25. - Bonds authorized — Maturity — Certification and execution. - § 23-19.1-25. Bonds authorized — Maturity — Certification and execution....

Section 23-19.1-26. - Depositing bond proceeds in environmental response fund. - § 23-19.1-26. Depositing bond proceeds in environmental response fund. The...

Section 23-19.1-27. - Temporary notes. - § 23-19.1-27. Temporary notes. (a) The general treasurer is authorized...

Section 23-19.1-28. - Advances from general fund in anticipation of the issue of notes or bonds. - § 23-19.1-28. Advances from general fund in anticipation of the...

Section 23-19.1-29. - Bonds and notes tax exempt general obligation of state. - § 23-19.1-29. Bonds and notes tax exempt general obligation of...

Section 23-19.1-30. - Terms and conditions of sales — Applications of premiums and accrued interest — Validity not affected by change in office. - § 23-19.1-30. Terms and conditions of sales — Applications of...

Section 23-19.1-31. - Investment of receipts pending expenditures. - § 23-19.1-31. Investment of receipts pending expenditures. All moneys in...

Section 23-19.1-32. - Amortization. - § 23-19.1-32. Amortization. For the purpose of paying any expenses...

Section 23-19.1-33. - Notice of hazardous waste disposal violation. - § 23-19.1-33. Notice of hazardous waste disposal violation. Whenever the...

Section 23-19.1-34. - Hazardous waste haulers — Drivers license and certificate required. - § 23-19.1-34. Hazardous waste haulers — Drivers license and certificate...

Section 23-19.1-35. - Denial or revocation of hazardous waste material driver’s certificate. - § 23-19.1-35. Denial or revocation of hazardous waste material driver’s...

Section 23-19.1-36. - Suspension of transporters permit upon violation of § 23-19.1-33. - § 23-19.1-36. Suspension of transporters permit upon violation of §...