2018 -- S 2653

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY

CORPORATION

     

     Introduced By: Senators Lombardo, and Archambault

     Date Introduced: March 20, 2018

     Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture

     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.

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     (a) No resource recovery system or facility made available by the corporation shall use

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the following as material to cover compacted 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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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY

CORPORATION

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     This act would remove glass from the materials not permitted as cover materials by the

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resource recovery corporation.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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