Chapter 170

2011 -- S 0444

Enacted 06/30/11

A N A C T

RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER POLLUTION

Introduced By: Senator V. Susan Sosnowski

Date Introduced: March 10, 2011

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 46-12-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-12 entitled "Water

Pollution" is hereby amended to read as follows:

46-12-9. Notices of violation and compliance orders. -- (a) The director shall follow the

procedures provided in section 42-17.1-10(g) in issuing any notice of violation or compliance

order authorized pursuant to this chapter or any rules, regulations, or permits promulgated

thereunder.

      (b) Where an order of the director does not specify the system or means to be adopted,

the person against whom an order is entered shall, before proceeding to install a system or means,

submit to the director a plan or statement describing the system or means which the person

proposes to adopt.

(c) Any order or notice issued by the director shall be eligible for recordation under

chapter 13 of title 34. The director shall forward the original order or notice to the city or town

wherein the subject property is located and the order or notice shall be recorded in the land

evidence records in the city or town wherein the subject property is located. Any subsequent

transferee of that property shall be responsible for complying with the requirements of the order

or notice. Upon satisfactory completion of the requirements of the order or notice, the director

shall provide written notice of the same to the owner of the subject property, which notice shall

be similarly eligible for recordation.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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LC01238

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