Section 23-18.9-18. – Reporting requirements.
§ 23-18.9-18. Reporting requirements. Each covered entity or covered educational institution shall keep a written record of the amount of solid waste it generates and the amount of organic waste material it recycles at composting or anaerobic digestion facilities. The covered entity or covered educational institution, upon request, shall make the written records available for […]
Section 23-18.9-15. – Town of Richmond — Refuse disposal.
§ 23-18.9-15. Town of Richmond — Refuse disposal. The town of Richmond shall be empowered to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations governing tree stump disposal in the town of Richmond. History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 242, § 1.
Section 23-18.9-16. – Beneficial reuse of solid waste.
§ 23-18.9-16. Beneficial reuse of solid waste. (a) The director may approve proposals for the environmentally beneficial reuse of solid waste in a municipality in order to save natural resources by providing alternative materials for projects that would otherwise use new materials and preserve landfill space by removing materials from the waste stream that would […]
Section 23-18.9-17. – Food waste ban.
§ 23-18.9-17. Food waste ban. (a) On and after January 1, 2016, each covered entity and each covered educational institution shall ensure that the organic-waste materials that are generated by the covered entity or at the covered educational facility are recycled at an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility or by another authorized recycling […]
Section 23-18.9-9.1. – Disposal of solid waste over drinking water sources.
§ 23-18.9-9.1. Disposal of solid waste over drinking water sources. (a) The general assembly recognizes and declares that disposal of solid waste on or in the ground overlying underground drinking water sources is not an environmentally sound solid waste management practice, and that such disposal could threaten the public health with contamination of existing and […]
Section 23-18.9-9.2. – Further requirements for landfills.
§ 23-18.9-9.2. Further requirements for landfills. In addition to any other requirements imposed by § 23-18.9-9, no license to operate a solid waste management facility which is a commercial landfill shall be issued and/or renewed by the director unless the applicant provides evidence of either: (1) bonding; and/or (2) a catastrophe fund, both to be […]
Section 23-18.9-10. – Penalties.
§ 23-18.9-10. Penalties. (a) Criminal penalties. (1) Any person who constructs a solid waste management facility or construction and demolition (C&D) debris processing facility or installs equipment in the facility or expands the facility without first obtaining approval of the plans and specifications for the facility, or any person who operates the facility without obtaining […]
Section 23-18.9-11. – Prosecution of violations — Relief in equity or by prerogative writ.
§ 23-18.9-11. Prosecution of violations — Relief in equity or by prerogative writ. (a) All prosecutions for the criminal violation of any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation made by the director in conformance with this chapter, shall be by indictment or information. The director, without being required to enter into any […]
Section 23-18.9-12. – Records required.
§ 23-18.9-12. Records required. (a) Every private landfill operator shall keep a written record of the vehicles which unload cargo at the landfill. The record shall contain the date, the time, and the registration of the vehicle. The landfill operator shall upon request make the written record available for inspection by the department of environmental […]
Section 23-18.9-13. – Notice of solid waste disposal.
§ 23-18.9-13. Notice of solid waste disposal. Whenever the director issues a notice of violation and order pursuant to this chapter that disposal of solid waste has occurred onto or into real property or in any landfill not permitted under the provisions of this chapter, the director shall cause the notice or a summary of […]