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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0060 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001206 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- CIBA-GEIGY CORRECTIVE ACTION |
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| 16 | 16 | | PLAN |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators Miller, LaMountain, Gallo, and F. Lombardi |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 01, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Title 46 of the General Laws entitled "WATERS AND NAVIGATION" is 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | CHAPTER 24.1 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | CIBA-GEIGY CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 46-24.1-1. Ciba-Geigy corrective action plan. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) The director of the department of environment management, in consultation with the 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | United States Environmental Protection Agency-Region 1, shall develop a plan for flooding on the 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Pawtuxet River, specifically on the land of the former Ciba-Geigy Chemical Company located at 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 180 Mill Street in Cranston, and shall address the following issues: 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) Public notification of the results of any testing that is done on the site, including the die 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | testing to determine if polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are leaching into neighboring wells and 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Pawtuxet River. 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) Develop a community notification plan if ground water contaminants are detected 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | leaking into the Pawtuxet River. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) Develop a plan to address the remediation of contaminants detected in sediment on 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | residential and business properties that minimize the risk to human health and the environment. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (4) Develop plans that use weather models that factor in projected increases in flooding 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | events based upon updated climate data. 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (b) This plan shall be developed and implemented no later than January 1, 2025. 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | LC001206 |
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| 51 | 51 | | LC001206 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 53 | 53 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 54 | 54 | | OF |
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| 55 | 55 | | A N A C T |
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| 56 | 56 | | RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- CIBA-GEIGY CORRECTIVE ACTION |
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| 57 | 57 | | PLAN |
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| 58 | 58 | | *** |
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| 59 | 59 | | This act would require the department of environmental management to develop a plan for 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | flooding on the Pawtuxet River, specifically at the site of the former Ciba-Geigy Chemical 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Company located at 180 Mill Street in Cranston, with regard to contaminants leaching into the 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Pawtuxet River and neighboring wells. 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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