§ 42-17.1-1. Department established. There is hereby established within the executive branch of the state government a department of environmental management. The head of the department shall be the director of environmental management, who shall be in the unclassified service and who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the […]
§ 42-17.1-10. Construction of chapter. This chapter shall be construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose, which purpose is the coordination of functions within one department and the allocation of these functions to the department of environmental management established by this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 137, § 10.
§ 42-17.1-11. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made thereunder, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall […]
§ 42-17.1-12. Auxiliary marine patrol. The director of the department of environmental management is authorized to recruit, train and organize a volunteer auxiliary marine patrol of such size and qualification as he or she shall determine; provided, however, that the total membership in the auxiliary marine patrol shall not exceed fifty (50) persons. In selecting […]
§ 42-17.1-13. Duties and limitations. Members of the auxiliary marine patrol shall be equipped with uniforms prescribed by the director and delegated specific powers and duties consistent with those now granted to other members of the department of environmental management and divisions thereof. They may bear and use firearms only when specifically authorized to do […]
§ 42-17.1-14. Auxiliary marine patrol — Service and benefits. In the event of participation in emergency services, the members of the state marine auxiliary patrol shall have the same immunities and privileges as apply to the regular members of the department of environmental management. All members of the volunteer auxiliary marine patrol shall be compensated […]
§ 42-17.1-15. Trooper Daniel L. O’Brien Pavilion. The pavilion building at East Matunuck state beach shall hereafter be named the “Trooper Daniel L. O’Brien Pavilion,” and an appropriate plaque in posthumous honor of Trooper O’Brien shall be erected at that location. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 7, § 1.
§ 42-17.1-15.1. Frederick J. Benson Pavilion. The pavilion building at Block Island State Beach shall hereafter be named and known as the “Frederick J. Benson Pavilion.” History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 6, § 2.
§ 42-17.1-16. Fees for use of state port facilities at Galilee. All fees collected by the department of environmental management for use of state port facilities at Galilee in the town of Narragansett, including fees collected for leases, licenses, or permits involving land, buildings, docks, piers, parking, or berthing space, shall be deposited as general […]
§ 42-17.1-16.1. Fees for use of state port facilities at Newport — Development fund. All fees collected by the department of environmental management for use of state port facilities in Newport, including fees collected for leases, licenses, or permits involving land, buildings, docks, piers, parking, or berthing space, shall be deposited as general revenues. History […]
§ 42-17.1-17. Transfer of powers and functions from department of environmental management. There are hereby transferred to the department of administration: (1) Those functions of the department of environmental management which were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c); (2) All officers, employees, […]
§ 42-17.1-18. Transfer of function from the department of community affairs. (a) There is hereby transferred to the department of environmental management that function formerly administered by the department of community affairs relating to the sewage and water supply failure fund established by chapter 44.1 of this title. (b) In addition to any of its […]
§ 42-17.1-19. Notification by director. Prior to a hearing at which the director of environmental management seeks to adopt, modify, or repeal standards for air quality, water quality, groundwater quality, or individual sewage disposal systems, the director shall notify the chairperson of the joint committee on water resources and the chairperson of the joint committee […]
§ 42-17.1-2. Powers and duties. The director of environmental management shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To supervise and control the protection, development, planning, and utilization of the natural resources of the state, such resources, including, but not limited to: water, plants, trees, soil, clay, sand, gravel, rocks and other minerals, air, mammals, […]
§ 42-17.1-2.1. Leasing of reverted lands. The director of the department of environmental management may, at any time when the general assembly shall not be in session, authorize the use by any charitable or educational organization located in this state, any land or buildings of the state which shall have reverted to the state following […]
§ 42-17.1-2.2. Regulation of tank ships and barges in Narragansett Bay — Feasibility study. The director of environmental management, in furtherance of Rhode Island’s strong interest in protecting its extensive investment in the improvement of water quality in Narragansett Bay and Block Island Sound, and in consultation with the appropriate authorities in the states of […]
§ 42-17.1-2.3. Watershed-based management. (a) In order to accomplish the duties and responsibilities for the protection, development, planning, and utilization of the natural resources of the state, the director is authorized: (1) to plan, coordinate, integrate, manage, exercise and/or implement the powers set forth in this chapter on a watershed basis for the purposes of […]
§ 42-17.1-2.4. Gasoline additives — Enforcement. (a) The director of environmental management shall administer and enforce, as provided for by § 31-37-7.1, standards for gasoline additives. (b) The director shall report on or before February 1, 2007, to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house, with regard to the […]
§ 42-17.1-2.5. Tolling of expiration periods. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this chapter, all periods pertaining to the expiration of any approval or permit issued pursuant to any state statute or any regulation promulgated thereto pertaining to the development of property shall be tolled until June 30, 2016. For the purposes of […]
§ 42-17.1-20. Powers and duties of deputy director for environmental quality. The deputy director for environmental quality shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Oversight of and participation in the environmental quality study commission created by § 42-17.1-21; (2) Collaboration with the director of the department of environmental management to effectuate a smooth operation […]
