§ 23-19.1-4 - Definitions. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-19.1-4

   § 23-19.1-4  Definitions. – When used in this chapter:

   (1) "Department" means the department of environmentalmanagement;

   (2) "Director" means the director of the department ofenvironmental management or the director's designee;

   (3) "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection,dumping, spilling, leaking, abandoning, or placing of any hazardous waste in,on, into or onto any land, other surface, or building, or into any water,stormwater system, or sewer system;

   (4) "Hazardous waste" means any waste or combination ofwastes of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semisolid form which becauseof its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectiouscharacteristics may:

   (A) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase inmortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversibleillness; or

   (B) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to humanhealth or the environment.

   (ii) These wastes include, but are not limited to, thosewhich are toxic, corrosive, flammable, irritants, strong sensitizers,substances which are assimilated or concentrated in and are detrimental totissue, or which generate pressure through decomposition or chemical reaction.In addition, these wastes include "industrial waste" as the term is usedelsewhere, unless the context shall clearly indicate otherwise.

   (5) "Hazardous waste generation" means the act or process ofproducing hazardous waste;

   (6) "Hazardous waste management" means the systematic controlof the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, processing,treatment, recovery, and disposal of hazardous wastes;

   (7) "Hazardous waste management facility" means a facility,excluding vehicles, for collection, source separation, storage, processing,treatment, recovery, or disposal of hazardous wastes, or a transfer station forhazardous waste, and may include a facility at which such activities occur andwhere waste has been generated;

   (8) "Landfill" means any disposal facility or part of afacility where hazardous waste is placed in or on land;

   (9) "Manifest" means the form used for identifying thequantity, composition, and the origin, routing, and destination of hazardouswaste during its transportation from the point of generation to the point ofdisposal, treatment, or storage;

   (10) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stockcompany, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership,association, the federal government or any agency or subdivision thereof, astate, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state, or anyinterstate body;

   (11) "Storage" means the actual or intended containment ofhazardous waste, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, in sucha manner as not to constitute disposal of the hazardous waste;

   (12) "Transfer station" means an intermediate point in thetransport of hazardous wastes where the wastes are brought, stored, andtransferred to vehicles for movement to other intermediate points or to thepoint of ultimate storage or disposal;

   (13) "Transport" means the movement of wastes from the pointof generation to any intermediate points, and finally to the point of ultimatestorage or disposal;

   (14) "Treatment" means any method, technique, or process,including neutralization or incineration, designed to change the physical,chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste as toneutralize the waste or so as to render the waste less hazardous, nonhazardous,safer to transport, amenable to storage, or reduced in volume, except anymethod or technique that may be included as part of the manufacturing processat the point of generation.