§ 23-19.1-3 - Declaration of purpose.
SECTION 23-19.1-3
§ 23-19.1-3 Declaration of purpose. –The purposes of this chapter shall be:
(1) To protect the environment and the public health andsafety from the effects of the improper, inadequate, or unsound management ofhazardous wastes;
(2) To establish a program of regulation over the storage,transportation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes, withoutinterrupting current regulation of industrial waste disposal;
(3) To encourage the development and utilization ofindustrial processes which generate smaller amounts of hazardous wastes and toencourage recovery and recycling of wastes; and
(4) To assure the safe and adequate management of hazardouswastes within Rhode Island.