Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.1-19. Interstate cooperation
The Rhode Island general assembly encourages cooperative activities by the department with other states for the improved management of hazardous wastes; for improved, and so far as is practicable, uniform state laws relating to hazardous waste management; and compacts between this and other states for the improved management of hazardous wastes.
History of Section.
P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-19; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-19.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.1-19
- Department: means the department of environmental management;
(2) "Director" means the director of the department of environmental management or the director's designee;
(3) "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, abandoning, or placing of any hazardous waste in, on, into or onto any land, other surface, or building, or into any water, stormwater system, or sewer system;
(4)(i) "Hazardous waste" means any waste or combination of wastes of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semisolid form which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may:
(A) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or
(B) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.1-4