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(a) The Bristol County water authority shall design, plan, permit, and construct an additional connection to the City of Providence water supply system and construct a new water transmission line to its existing reservoirs. The additional connection to Providence will be construc…

If either the city of East Providence or the Bristol County water authority shall utilize the emergency connection, the party providing water shall charge the party for the water so provided an amount determined by applying the rate charged to such providing party by the Providen…

(a) The Bristol County water authority extension of its transmission system to connect to the Providence water supply system through the additional connection together with the emergency connection as set forth in § 46-15.5-3 and the cost of planning, design and permitting the im…

The Bristol County water authority shall pay fifty percent (50%) of costs of planning, design, permitting and construction of the additional and emergency connections authorized by this chapter until the total cost thereof shall equal $29.6 million ($29,600,000). All costs in exc…

The provisions of § 18 of chapter 1278 of the public laws of Rhode Island, of 1915 as amended, dealing with the connection of the Bristol County water authority with the Providence water supply system are hereby amended to authorize the additional connection and the emergency con…

Any state agency, board, council, or commission shall give priority in terms of consideration of, and hearing on, any application made by the Bristol County water authority seeking necessary approvals to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

This chapter shall be referred to as the “Comprehensive Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 1993”.

(a) The general assembly hereby recognizes and declares that: (1) Water is vital to life and comprises an invaluable natural resource which is not to be abused by any segment of the state’s population or its economy. It is the policy of this state to restore, enhance, and maintai…

All municipalities, municipal departments and agencies, districts, authorities or other entities engaged in or authorized to engage in the supply, transmission, distribution of drinking water on a wholesale or retail basis, and which obtain, transport, purchase, or sell more than…

(a) The infrastructure replacement component (hereinafter referred to as “component”) shall include without limitation: (1) A detailed financial forecast of facility replacement improvement requirements for the next twenty (20) years including, but not limited to, the principal c…

(a) Each water supplier required by this chapter to prepare and maintain an infrastructure replacement component shall complete and adopt a component two (2) years subsequent to the date each party’s water supply management plan per § 46-15.3-7.5 is due. (b) Water suppliers subje…

The cost of infrastructure replacement programs and indemnification as required by this chapter shall be financed as follows: (1) The cost of programs to implement infrastructure replacement shall be paid by the water users. The charges shall be limited to those necessary and rea…

The department with the concurrence of the water resource board, and the Rhode Island public utilities commission, as to water suppliers within its jurisdiction, shall forthwith promulgate rules and regulations for the review of components as pertains to financial forecasts of fa…

If any provision of this chapter or of any rule, regulation or determination made thereunder, or the application thereof to any person, agency or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, regulation, or determination …

The provisions of §§ 45-13-7 — 45-13-10 shall not apply to §§ 46-15.6-1 — 46-15.6-8.

(a) The general assembly finds that: (1) The constitution of the state of Rhode Island charges the general assembly with responsibility for the conservation of all natural resources, including water. (2) The supply of fresh water available to the people of Rhode Island for use in…

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings stated herein when used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the Rhode Island water resources board created by chapter 15 of this title. (2) “Person” means and is defined by § 46-13-2(2). (3) “Safe yield” means a sustainable w…

Actions authorized or directed by this section must be taken in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42. (1) The board shall adopt by rule standards and procedures for implementation of the requirements of this chapter that are consistent with ap…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Water Use and Efficiency Act.”

(a) The general assembly finds and declares that: (1) Rhode Island is fortunate to have sufficient precipitation to meet Rhode Island’s water needs, if that water is not wasted and if it is well and fairly managed. With scarcity of water a growing concern for many southern and we…

The purposes of this act are: (a) To help assure reasonable, needed and adequate future water supplies by: (1) Managing demand; (2) Reinvesting in water supply infrastructure and water supply resources; and (3) Protecting and preserving the health and ecological functioning of th…

All public drinking water supply systems that are subject to the requirements of § 46-15.3-5.1 shall have a duty: (1) To manage demand to assure the long-term viability of water resources and water supply, to provide for strategic, prudent, reasonable and necessary use of water s…

In order to accomplish the purposes of this chapter: (1) The water resources board shall establish and maintain no later than July 31, 2010, targets for non-agricultural demand management and water use, and for non-billed water which shall include the goal of reducing leakage to …

Except as permitted under § 46-23-18.1 or otherwise, no person, either as principal, agent, or servant, shall transport or cause to be transported, dump, or cause to be dumped within the territorial waters of the state, any waste or dredge material. Every person who shall violate…

(a) The director of the department of environmental management may issue a permit for the transporting and disposal of waste materials within the territorial waters of this state, provided, that upon receiving an application for the permit, the director shall hold a public hearin…

This chapter may be cited as the “Tributyltin Antifoulant Paint Control Act”.

(a) The General Assembly finds the following: (1) Antifoulant paints containing tributyltin based biocides are widely used on vessels in the state to inhibit the growth of marine fouling organisms, such as barnacles, that increase drag and reduce vessel speed and fuel and operati…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Acceptable release rate” means a measured release rate not to exceed 4.0 micrograms per square centimeter per day for weeks three (3) to five (5), and a cumulative release rate of one hundred sixty-eight (168) micrograms per square centimeter for the…

(a) Except as provided in this chapter, a person may not distribute, possess, sell, offer for sale, apply, or offer for use or application any marine antifoulant paint containing tributyltin compounds. Authorized personnel of the department of environmental management, department…

Through cooperative programs the department shall begin immediately to develop and implement a program designed to inform interstate and intrastate paint manufacturers and distributors, vessel owners, and commercial boat yards in the state of properties of tributyltin in marine a…

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,…

Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both a fine and imprisonment.

Provisions of this chapter shall be in compliance with the rules and regulations relating to pesticides promulgated by the department of environmental management under provisions of the Rhode Island Pesticide Control Act of 1976, chapter 25 of title 23.

The general assembly finds that: (1) The waters of the state are a precious, irreplaceable resource essential to the environment, commerce, and recreation of citizens and tourists of the state; (2) Non-indigenous aquatic species introduced into waters of the United States from ba…

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to commence the process of developing a ballast water management program in Rhode Island by: (1) Calling upon the department of environmental management to investigate and evaluate all relevant state, federal and international laws and policies …

Any person who owns or operates a dam that has the capacity to store greater than one thousand four hundred (1,400) normal storage acre feet of water shall apply to the director of the department of environmental management for a permit to raise or lower the water level behind th…

This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Boat Titling Act”.

(a) Unless excepted by § 46-22.1-9, a security interest in a vessel is not valid against creditors of the owners or subsequent transferees or secured parties of the vessel unless perfected as provided under §§ 46-22.1-10 — 46-22.1-17. (b) A security interest is perfected by the d…

If an owner creates a security interest in a vessel: (1) The owner immediately shall: (i) Execute the space provided on the certificate of title or a separate form the department prescribes, naming the secured party on the certificate of title showing the name and address of the …

(a) A secured party may assign, absolutely or otherwise, all or part of a security interest in the vessel to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is prot…

(a) Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vessel, the secured party shall securely attach to the certificate of title a release of security interest, in whatever form as may be prescribed by or acceptable to the department and shall within fifteen (15) days mail or de…

The department shall adopt the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provision of §§ 46-22.1-3 — 46-22.1-17. The department shall further adopt the substantive provisions of the federal Boat Safety Act of 1971, 46 U.S.C. § 1451 et seq., as well as the rules and regulat…

A secured party named in a certificate of title, on written request of the owner, shall disclose to the owner any pertinent information as to the security agreement and indebtedness secured by it in accordance with the commercial laws or articles of the state.

The method provided in §§ 46-22.1-10 — 46-22.1-16 of perfecting and giving notice of security interest shall be exclusive.

(a) The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificate of title, notices of security interest, and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out §§ 46-22.1-3 — 46-22.1-17. (b) The department may make any investigation it deems necessary to…

(a) No person shall operate a vessel on the waters of this state for which a certificate of title is required, without having the certificate of title. (b) No person shall fail to surrender or otherwise dispose of a vessel for which a certificate of title is required without deli…