2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
CHAPTER 46-12 - Water Pollution
§ 46-12-4.1 - Fees – Limits – Recovery of costs.

SECTION 46-12-4.1

   § 46-12-4.1  Fees – Limits – Recovery of costs. – The fee established by the director pursuant to § 46-12-4 shall be based on the individual discharger's need for monitoring and the effluent's potential for environmental degradation as determined by the director; provided, however, that any fees charged dischargers shall be in addition to and not substituted for funds appropriated by or monitoring required by the state or federal government for similar purposes; and further provided:

   (1) The director shall annually adopt by regulation, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42, the maximum cost of the monitoring program for the next fiscal year. The fee charged any discharger shall not exceed the actual cost of the pollution monitoring program of that discharger.

   (2) The operating authority for any publicly owned treatment facility is hereby empowered to recover any costs incurred under the provisions of this chapter, including administrative costs, by levying an assessment on their customers. Money derived from the fees shall be deposited as general revenues and shall be usable to match any federal funds appropriated for these purposes.