2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management
Section 23-19.1-3 - Declaration of purpose.
§ 23-19.1-3 Declaration of purpose. – The purposes of this chapter shall be:
(1) To protect the environment and the public health and safety from the effects of the improper, inadequate, or unsound management of hazardous wastes;
(2) To establish a program of regulation over the storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes, without interrupting current regulation of industrial waste disposal;
(3) To encourage the development and utilization of industrial processes which generate smaller amounts of hazardous wastes and to encourage recovery and recycling of wastes; and
(4) To assure the safe and adequate management of hazardous wastes within Rhode Island.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1978, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.2-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-3.)
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