Title 46
Waters and Navigation

Chapter 12.5.1
Oil Pollution Control

R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-12.5.1-12

§ 46-12.5.1-12. Notices of violations and compliance orders.

(a) The director shall follow the procedures provided in § 42-17.1-2(21) 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 otherwise specify, the person against whom an order is entered shall, within seventy-two (72) hours of the receipt of the order and before proceeding to install a system or means to contain, abate, control, and remove the discharged oil, submit to the director a plan or a statement describing the system or means that the person intends to implement.

(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, which notice shall be similarly eligible for recordation. The original written notice shall be forwarded to the city or town wherein the subject property is located and the notice of satisfactory completion shall be recorded in the land evidence records in the city or town wherein the subject property is located.

History of Section.
P.L. 1997, ch. 32, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 29; P.L. 2021, ch. 147, § 5, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 148, § 5, effective July 3, 2021.