§ 23-19-13.1 - Disposal of solid waste originating outside the state prohibited – Rules and regulations.
SECTION 23-19-13.1
§ 23-19-13.1 Disposal of solid wasteoriginating outside the state prohibited – Rules and regulations. –(a) No person, firm, corporation, transfer station, or any other commercialentity engaged in the business of collecting, disposing, sorting, separating,recycling, processing, manufacturing, or remanufacturing of solid waste shalldeposit or cause to be deposited solid waste that is generated or collectedoutside the territorial limits of this state at the central landfill. Eachdeposit in violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be punishableby imprisonment for up to three (3) years and/or a fine not to exceed fiftythousand dollars ($50,000).
(b) The Rhode Island resource recovery corporation shallpromulgate any rules and regulations that may be necessary to ensure that solidwaste that is generated or collected outside the territorial limits of thisstate is not deposited at the central landfill.
The rules and regulations shall provide that any commercialentity engaged in the business of collecting, disposing, sorting, separating,recycling, processing, manufacturing or remanufacturing solid waste, whichdeposits or causes to be deposited solid waste at the central landfill shallprovide a certification to the corporation, via United States mail, that thewaste was not generated or collected outside the territorial limits of thisstate. The certification shall be required to be made not less than everythirty (30) days, setting forth the date and time of each deposit within thethirty (30) day period and shall be under oath, stating that the oath is madeunder the pains and penalties of perjury.
(c) Any fine collected pursuant to the provisions of thissection shall be remitted to the environmental response fund establishedpursuant to § 23-19.1-23. The town of Johnston and the department ofattorney general shall be reimbursed from the environmental response fund forreasonable costs associated with the enforcement and prosecution of anyviolation of § 23-19-13.1; provided, however, that the amounts reimbursedshall not exceed the amount of fine monies collected for that violationpursuant to this section. The state controller is authorized and directed todraw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum,or as much of that sum as may be deemed necessary, from time to time, uponreceipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.