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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY | |
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CORPORATION | |
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Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, and Walaska | |
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Date Introduced: March 13, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 23-19-13.6 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-19 entitled "Rhode |
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Island Resource Recovery Corporation" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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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 |
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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 | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY | |
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CORPORATION | |
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This act would allow any resource recovery system or facility made available by the |
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corporation to use glass as a material to cover compacted solid waste at a sanitary landfill. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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