§ 37-15.1-6 - Allocation of funds. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 37-15.1-6

   § 37-15.1-6  Allocation of funds. –The department shall allocate and distribute money for the hard-to-disposematerial program by way of grant to eligible persons for the followingactivities:

   (1) Establishing educational programs and technicalassistance programs to assist in the collection, marketing, recycling, reuse,reduction, and safe disposal of hazardous material hard-to-dispose material.

   (2) Establishing a grant-in-aid program and research programsto assist in the collection, marketing, recycling, reuse, reduction, and properdisposal of hard-to-dispose material for both the public and private sectors.

   (3) Surveying, tracking, and monitoring hard-to-disposematerial.

   (4) Establish or plan state owned and operated regionalcollection centers for hard-to-dispose material with priority given tohousehold materials.

   (5) To supplement, not supplant, funds for the collection ofused oil in the state's collection system.