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LC002656 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION | |
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Introduced By: Representatives MacBeth, McLaughlin, Lombardi, and Chippendale | |
Date Introduced: May 21, 2015 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 46 of the General Laws entitled "WATERS AND NAVIGATION" is |
2 | hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 25.3 |
4 | ZERO PROCESS WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS |
5 | 46-25.3-1. Zero process wastewater-sanitary discharge permits – Fees prohibited. -- |
6 | No fees or other charges, including annual permit fees, shall be issued by the Narragansett Bay |
7 | water quality management district commission and/or the department of environmental |
8 | management to any business operating in this state that is utilizing a recycling process which does |
9 | not discharge wastewater into publicly owned sewage treatment facilities or into the waters of this |
10 | state. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION | |
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1 | This act would prohibit the Narragansett Bay commission and/or the department of |
2 | environmental management from charging fees, including annual permit fees, to any business that |
3 | is utilizing a recycling process which does not discharge wastewater into publicly owned sewage |
4 | treatment facilities or into the waters of this state. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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