Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.6-7. Collection facilities
The director shall designate Rhode Island state motor vehicle inspection facilities and any other facilities it deems appropriate which are safe and conveniently located and which agree to serve as collection facilities for the deposit of used oil, at no cost to a person making the deposit. Each designated facility shall post and maintain a durable and legible sign readily visible in an appropriate place which indicates the facility is designated as a used oil disposal location. The designated facility shall install and maintain on the premises used oil collection containers, properly sheltered and protected to prevent spillage, seepage, or discharge of the used oil, and of sufficient size to handle returns of used oil and used oil containers. Each designated facility regularly shall remove and dispose or have removed and disposed by used oil collectors, the accumulated oil in a manner as required by law.
History of Section.
P.L. 1980, ch. 22, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.6-7
- Director: means the director of the department of environmental management;
(2) "Person" means any individual, private or public corporation, partnership, cooperative, association, estate, municipality, political or jurisdictional subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality;
(3) "Recycle" means to prepare used oil for reuse as a petroleum product by refining, re-refining, reclaiming, reprocessing, or other means or to use used oil in a manner that substitutes for a petroleum product made from new oil; provided, that the preparation or use is operationally safe, environmentally sound, and complies with all laws and regulations;
(4) "Used oil" means a petroleum based oil which, after sale to a consumer, through use, storage, or handling has become unsuitable for its original purpose and is suitable for recycling, and furthermore, is regulated under the Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1978, chapter 19. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.6-4
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6