The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the proper storage, transportation and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes in the Virgin Islands, to promote and facilitate, wherever possible, the recycling of solid waste products, and resource conservation and recovery, to educate the public on the need for, and to impose upon all persons […]
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: (a) “Abandoned or junked automobile or other motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is inoperable or over eight years old and is left unattended on public property for more than forty-eight hours, or a motor vehicle that has remained illegally on public […]
(a) The Waste Management Authority is hereby declared the Solid Waste Management Agency of the Virgin Islands and the agency of the Territory with duties and responsibilities as authorized by Title 3, section 67 of this Code. (b) There is hereby established within the Waste Management Authority the position of Solid Waste Planner. (c) The […]
(a) The Waste Management Authority shall provide suitable public waste containers in adequate number and size on sidewalks and other public places. Waste containers placed on sidewalks and other public places shall be used only for such waste material as persons may have for disposal while passing along the street or other public places, and […]
(a) The Waste Management Authority shall insure that wastes are collected from waste and storage containers subject to his responsibility in a scheduled and timely manner. (b) The Waste Management Authority is authorized to issue permits for commercial waste collection and transportation; provided, that the applicant meets all the requirements of this chapter. (c) The […]
(a) Wastes shall be disposed of only at authorized disposal sites and in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations of the Waste Management Authority. (b) The Department of Planning and Natural Resources shall approve by suitable permit the establishment and operation of all disposal sites and these sites shall be subject to all […]
(a) It is the intent of the Government to encourage, wherever practicable, the salvage, reuse, recovery or recycling of wastes; provided, that such activities, or the operation of facilities for such purposes, including junkyards and storage facilities, shall only be allowed under joint permit from the Department of Planning and Natural Resources and the Waste […]
(a) There is hereby established, under the direction and control of the Waste Management Authority, a program to reduce litter by encouraging the collection for recycling of certain containers and other recyclable materials in the Territory through a mechanism that would financially compensate persons for redeeming such materials and foster the establishment of redemption centers […]
It shall be the duty and responsibility of all persons to provide for proper storage, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste materials. The management of such materials shall be subject to rules and regulations to be developed by the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, including criteria for, and listing of, hazardous wastes, standards and […]
Any abandoned or junked automobile or other motor vehicle, the body, or wreckage or part thereof placed on a public place or on any private property in violation of paragraph (6) of section 1563 of this title may be removed from such place or property in accordance with the provisions of chapter 49 of Title […]
The Waste Management Authority shall promulgate such rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of Title 3, Chapter 35 of this Code, as are necessary for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. However, the Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources shall promulgate such rules and regulations […]
(a) Notwithstanding any overlapping of agency responsibilities described under section 1553(c)–(g) of this chapter, each such agency shall be empowered and required to carry out the enforcement functions described thereunder. (b) Peace officers, as defined in this chapter, shall carry a suitable badge indicating their enforcement authority and may— (1) arrest any person for violations […]
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person violating any provision of this chapter, or of any rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount of $1,000 for each offense, or be imprisoned for not less than one […]
No person shall— (1) throw, place or deposit any waste in any public place, except in receptacles in the manner provided by law and regulations thereunder; (2) interfere in any manner with any receptacle for waste which has been set out on a street or other public place for collection, or remove the contents thereof, […]
In addition to any other penalties provided by law for violation of the provisions of this chapter, the Attorney General on behalf of the Government may bring actions in any court of the Virgin Islands to restrain such violations.
