Section 2-22-1. – Title.

§ 2-22-1. Title. This chapter shall be known as the “Rhode Island soil amendment law”. History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 165, § 1.

Section 2-22-10. – Penalties for violations.

§ 2-22-10. Penalties for violations. (a) Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter is subject to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100). The penalty shall not be greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or in addition to the penalty, […]

Section 2-22-11. – Rules and regulations.

§ 2-22-11. Rules and regulations. The director of environmental management is authorized pursuant to publication and notice to adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating to sampling, analytical methods, form, minimum percentages, soil amending ingredients, exempted materials, investigational allowances, definitions, records, labels, labeling, liability bond, misbranding, mislabeling, and the distribution of soil amendments as may […]

Section 2-22-12. – Adulteration.

§ 2-22-12. Adulteration. No person shall distribute an adulterated soil amendment. A soil amendment is deemed to be adulterated if: (1) It contains any deleterious or harmful agent in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant, animal, or aquatic life when applied in accordance with directions for use on the label, or contains […]

Section 2-22-13. – Cancellation or refusal of registration.

§ 2-22-13. Cancellation or refusal of registration. The director of environmental management is authorized and empowered to refuse registration of any brand of soil amendment if he or she finds the brand of soil amendment violates any section of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter. The director is authorized and […]

Section 2-22-14. – Constitutionality.

§ 2-22-14. Constitutionality. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter is for any reason judged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, that judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this chapter […]

Section 2-22-15. – Annual reports.

§ 2-22-15. Annual reports. The registrant is required to submit an annual report of sales to the director. The composter shall submit payment to the director as follows: (1) Eight cents ($.08) per ton for class 1 general use; (2) Fifteen cents ($.15) per ton for class 2 use; (3) Twenty cents ($.20) per ton […]

Section 2-22-16. – Quality assurance funds.

§ 2-22-16. Quality assurance funds. All funds received by the department under this chapter shall be deposited into the feed and fertilizer quality testing fund established under § 2-7-6(a) and used for the express purpose of testing and assuring the soil amendment. History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 63, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 512, art. […]

Section 2-22-2. – Responsibility for administration.

§ 2-22-2. Responsibility for administration. This chapter shall be administered by the director of the department of environmental management, referred to as the director. History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 165, § 1.

Section 2-22-3. – Definitions.

§ 2-22-3. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Brand” means the term, designation, trade mark, product name or other specific designation under which individual soil amendments are offered for sale. (2) “Bulk” means in nonpackaged form. (3) “Compost” means a soil amending material resulting from the aerobic, thermophyllic, microbial processing of organic materials. (4) […]

Section 2-22-4. – Labeling.

§ 2-22-4. Labeling. (a) Soil amendment labels — the following information shall appear on the face or display side in a readable and conspicuous form, and is considered the label: (1) Net weight (2) Brand Name (3) Guaranteed analysis Soil amending ingredients Name and source of ingredient.. % and continued until all soil amending ingredients […]

Section 2-22-5. – Registration — Tonnage report and fee.

§ 2-22-5. Registration — Tonnage report and fee. (a) Each separately identified product shall be registered before being distributed in this state. The application for registration shall be submitted to the director of environmental management on forms furnished or approved by the director and be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per product. […]

Section 2-22-6. – Inspection, sampling, analysis.

§ 2-22-6. Inspection, sampling, analysis. (a) It is the duty of the director of environmental management, who may act through his or her authorized agent, to sample, inspect, make analyses, and test soil amendments distributed within the state at any time and place and to any extent he or she may deem necessary to determine […]

Section 2-22-7. – Penalties for deficient analysis.

§ 2-22-7. Penalties for deficient analysis. (a) If the analysis shows that any soil amendment falls short of the guaranteed analysis in any one soil amending ingredient or in total soil amending ingredients, a penalty shall be assessed in favor of the department in accordance with the following provisions: (1) A penalty of three (3) […]

Section 2-22-8. – Misbranding.

§ 2-22-8. Misbranding. No person shall distribute a misbranded soil amendment. A soil amendment is deemed to be misbranded if: (a) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (b) It is distributed under the name of another soil amendment; (c) It is not labeled as required in §§ 2-22-4 and 2-22-5 and in […]

Section 2-22-9. – Stop sale, use, or removal orders.

§ 2-22-9. Stop sale, use, or removal orders. The director of environmental management may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale, use, or removal order to the owner or custodian of any lot of soil amendment and to hold at a designated place when the director finds the soil amendment is being offered […]