§ 23-24.3-1. Legislative findings. Some chemical solvents containing toxic chemicals including halogenated hydrocarbons and aromatic hydrocarbons are sold as sewerage system cleaners and degreasers. These chemicals are toxic, generally nonbiodegradable, and are a significant and unnecessary source of water pollution and groundwater contamination. When used to unblock or deodorize sewerage systems, they are introduced into […]
§ 23-24.3-2. Definitions. (a) “Director” means the director of environmental management or his or her designee. (b) “Groundwater” means water collected and stored in the saturated zone beneath the ground surface. (c) “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of […]
§ 23-24.3-3. Distribution and use prohibited. (a) No person shall sell, distribute, or offer for sale in any manner any restricted chemical material for use as a sewerage system cleaner in this state. (b) No person shall use, introduce, or apply or cause any other person to use, introduce, or apply any restricted chemical material […]
§ 23-24.3-4. Powers and duties of the director. (a) The director shall have the authority to designate any sewerage system cleaner a restricted chemical material if he or she shall after investigation determine that its usage as a sewerage system cleaner may render groundwater unusable for drinking water purposes without physical, chemical, or biological treatment […]
§ 23-24.3-5. Enforcement proceedings. The superior court for Providence County shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter. Proceedings for enforcement may be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the director or state of Rhode Island and in any proceeding in […]
§ 23-24.3-6. Civil penalties. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter, or of any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty to be assessed by the court or the director not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1000). In the case of a continuing violation, each […]
§ 23-24.3-7. Criminal penalties — Recall order. (a) In addition to the civil sanctions provided for in § 23-24.3-6, any person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter or an order of the director shall, for the first offense, be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred […]
§ 23-24.3-8. Duties of attorney general. The attorney general shall prosecute all actions to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations and orders issued pursuant to this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 358, § 1.
§ 23-24.3-9. Liberal construction — Severability. This chapter shall be liberally construed in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter. If any provision of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remainder of the statute shall not be affected. History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 358, § […]
