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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION | |
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     Introduced By: Senators Lombardo, and Doyle | |
     Date Introduced: May 31, 2012 | |
     Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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     SECTION 1. Chapter 23-19 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Resource |
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Recovery Corporation" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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     23-19-13.6. Cover materials not permitted. – (a) No resource recovery system or |
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facility made available by the corporation shall use the following as material to cover compacted |
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solid waste at a sanitary landfill: |
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     (1) Construction and demolition debris, whole, shredded, or pulverized, including, wood |
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(including painted, treated and coated wood and wood products), land clearing debris, wall |
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coverings, plaster, drywall, plumbing fixtures, non-asbestos insulation, roofing shingles and other |
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roof coverings, and glass; or |
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     (2) Organic materials, including materials that contain carbon-to-carbon bonds and are |
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bio-degradable, such as paper, wood, food waste, leaves and yard waste. Organic materials may |
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be used only as a final landfill cover with approval of the department of environmental |
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management. |
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     (b) Any facility violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than two |
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thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The fine |
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shall be paid to the city or town in which the facility is located. |
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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION | |
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     This act would make unlawful the use of construction debris or organic material as cover |
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material at the facilities operated by the Resource Recovery Corporation. |
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     This act would take effect upon passage. |
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