Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-13. Cancellation or refusal of registration
The director of environmental management is authorized and empowered to refuse registration of any brand of soil amendment if he or she finds the brand of soil amendment violates any section of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter. The director is authorized and empowered to cancel the registration of any brand of soil amendment upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasion or attempted evasions of this chapter, or any rules or regulations promulgated under this chapter and no registration shall be revoked until the registrant has been given the opportunity to appear for a hearing by the director.
History of Section.
P.L. 1977, ch. 165, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-13
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Brand: means the term, designation, trade mark, product name or other specific designation under which individual soil amendments are offered for sale. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-3
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Registrant: means the person who registers soil amendments under the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-3
- Soil amendment: means any substance which is intended to improve the physical characteristics of the soil, except commercial fertilizers, agricultural liming materials, unmanipulated animal manures, unmanipulated vegetable manures, unmanipulated natural substances (charcoal, sand, pumice, and clay, etc. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-3