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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 6208 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001197 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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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 HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HAZARDOUS WASTE MANA GEMENT |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representative Terri Cortvriend |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: April 09, 2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 23-19.1-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-19.1 entitled 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | "Hazardous Waste Management" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 23-19.1-6. Powers and duties of the director. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) The director shall adopt any plans, rules, regulations, procedures, and standards as may 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | be necessary to ensure proper, adequate, and sound hazardous waste management and to protect 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | the health and safety of the public, and the environment from the effects of improper hazardous 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | waste management. The plans, rules, regulations, procedures, and standards shall be developed by 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the director with input and review by the affected persons and agencies including the statewide 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | planning program, the health department, and representative of the generator, transport, and 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | disposal industry as well as an environmental representative. The rules, regulations, procedures, 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and standards as adopted by the director shall, to the maximum extent practical, be compatible with 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the rules, regulations, procedures, and standards promulgated by the U.S. environmental protection 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | agency pursuant to §§ 3001-3006 of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq. The Rhode Island department of environmental management (the 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | department) rules and regulations for the investigation and remediation of hazardous material 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | releases (250-RICR-140-30-1) shall not include any provision requiring the remediation of arsenic 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | which is naturally occurring at levels less than nineteen parts per million (19 ppm). 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) The director is authorized to exercise all powers, direct and incidental, necessary to 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | carry out the purposes of this chapter, assure that the state complies with any federal hazardous 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | waste management act and retains maximum control under it, and receives all desired federal 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | grants, aid, and other benefits. 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 54 | 54 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 55 | 55 | | OF |
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| 56 | 56 | | A N A C T |
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| 57 | 57 | | RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT |
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| 58 | 58 | | *** |
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| 59 | 59 | | This act would strike the words "which is naturally occurring" with regard to any 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | promulgated rules and regulations of the department of environmental management (DEM) relating 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | to the remediation of arsenic. 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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