§ 46-23-22 Solid waste disposal licenses
– Hearings. –
The chairperson of the coastal resources management council and the
commissioner of the environmental protection branch of the department of
environmental management shall coordinate concurrent hearings on solid waste
disposal license applications; provided, however, that the chairperson and the
commissioner of the environmental protection branch of the department of
environmental management may designate a hearing officer or subcommittee to
hear all matters pertaining to the application and; provided further, that the
hearing officer may be from the department of environmental management, the
coastal resources management council hearing officer, a subcommittee, or an ad
hoc hearing officer. The commissioner of coastal resources management with the
approval of the chairperson may waive jurisdiction in those instances where the
commissioner finds that there is no substantive coastal resources issue or that
another agency or branch has adjudicated or addressed the issue.
(P.L. 1989, ch. 508, § 8; P.L. 1990, ch. 461, § 10.)