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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

     

     Introduced By: Senator Louis P. DiPalma

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2024

     Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 23-19.1-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-19.1 entitled

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"Hazardous Waste Management" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     23-19.1-6. Powers and duties of the director.

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     (a) The director shall adopt any plans, rules, regulations, procedures, and standards as may

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be necessary to ensure proper, adequate, and sound hazardous waste management and to protect

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the health and safety of the public, and the environment from the effects of improper hazardous

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waste management. The plans, rules, regulations, procedures, and standards shall be developed by

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the director with input and review by the affected persons and agencies including the statewide

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planning program, the health department, and representative of the generator, transport, and

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disposal industry as well as an environmental representative. The rules, regulations, procedures,

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and standards as adopted by the director shall, to the maximum extent practical, be compatible with

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the rules, regulations, procedures, and standards promulgated by the U.S. environmental protection

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agency pursuant to §§ 3001-3006 of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976,

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42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; provided, however, no plan, rule, regulation, procedure, or standard

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promulgated by the director pursuant to this section, shall require the remediation of occurring

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arsenic in soil, consistent with direct exposure of less than or equal to twenty (20) milligrams per

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kilogram.

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     (b) The director is authorized to exercise all powers, direct and incidental, necessary to

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carry out the purposes of this chapter, assure that the state complies with any federal hazardous

 

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waste management act and retains maximum control under it, and receives all desired federal

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grants, aid, and other benefits.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

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     This act would not require the remediation of occurring arsenic in the soil with direct

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exposure of less than or equal to twenty (20) milligrams per kilogram.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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