Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

No compensation or financial benefits, other than taxes on real or personal property, received by a host or neighboring community under a siting or impact agreement, shall be included in the calculation of any state aid or assistance to the community.

If the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law or ordinance, general, special or local, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.

(a) The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted and construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose. If any provisions of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation issued under this chapter, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the ch…

The general assembly recognizes and declares that the people of the state desire to promote high standards of human health and a clean and wholesome environment; that industries within the state generate hazardous wastes in the course of their operations and have difficulty in ob…

The following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Chief elected official” means the mayor, elected city or town administrator or, in the absence of these officials, the city or town council pres…

(a) Hazardous waste management facilities, other than landfills and underground injection wells, shall be a permitted use on any locus zoned for industrial use involving manufacturing processes. (b) Cities and towns shall not change the zoning designation of any locus zoned for i…

(a)(1) No hazardous waste management facility shall be located or operated in any community nor shall any local permit for construction or substantial alteration of the facility be issued unless there is in force a siting agreement between the host community and the developer and…

(a) For purposes of negotiating siting and impact agreements, local assessment committees shall be constituted by host and any neighboring communities no later than forty-five (45) days after the issuance of necessary state permits for construction or substantial alteration of a …

(a) Reasonable costs incurred by the host community for the purpose of discharging its powers and duties under this chapter including, but not limited to, conducting studies or assessments, hiring expert witnesses, conducting negotiations, and participating in arbitration, shall …

(a) The local siting agreement shall specify the terms, conditions, and provisions under which a hazardous waste management facility shall be sited, constructed, operated, maintained and/or altered, including, but not limited to, the following terms, conditions, and provisions: (…

(a)(1) A neighboring community, as defined in § 23-19.7-3(12), may, upon a showing of probable and significant adverse impact, in accordance with the standards procedures enumerated under subsections (c) and (d), enter into an impact agreement with a hazardous waste management fa…