R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-22-9: Stop sale, use, or removal orders.

The director of environmental management may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale, use, or removal order to the owner or custodian of any lot of soil amendment and to hold at a designated place when the director finds the soil amendment is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter until the law has been complied with and the soil amendment is released in writing by the director, or the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The director shall release the soil amendment withdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of the chapter are complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawn soil amendment have been paid.