2018 -- S 2653 | |
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LC005275 | |
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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 | |
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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: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 23-19-13.6 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-19 entitled "Rhode |
2 | Island Resource Recovery Corporation" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 23-19-13.6. Cover materials not permitted. |
4 | (a) No resource recovery system or facility made available by the corporation shall use |
5 | the following as material to cover compacted solid waste at a sanitary landfill: |
6 | (1) Construction and demolition debris, whole, shredded, or pulverized, including, wood |
7 | (including painted, treated and coated wood and wood products), land clearing debris, wall |
8 | coverings, plaster, drywall, plumbing fixtures, non-asbestos insulation, roofing shingles and other |
9 | roof coverings, and glass; or |
10 | (2) Organic materials, including materials that contain carbon-to-carbon bonds and are |
11 | bio-degradable, such as paper, wood, food waste, leaves and yard waste. Organic materials may |
12 | be used only as a final landfill cover with approval of the department of environmental |
13 | management. |
14 | (b) Any facility violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than two |
15 | thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The fine |
16 | shall be paid to the city or town in which the facility is located. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY | |
CORPORATION | |
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1 | This act would remove glass from the materials not permitted as cover materials by the |
2 | resource recovery corporation. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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