{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-19.1-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-19.1-3","heading":"Declaration of purpose.","body":"The purposes of this chapter shall be:\n(1) To protect the environment and the public health and safety from the effects of the improper, inadequate, or unsound management of hazardous wastes;\n(2) To establish a program of regulation over the storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes, without interrupting current regulation of industrial waste disposal;\n(3) To encourage the development and utilization of industrial processes which generate smaller amounts of hazardous wastes and to encourage recovery and recycling of wastes; and\n(4) To assure the safe and adequate management of hazardous wastes within Rhode Island.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 19.1 Hazardous Waste Management"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-19.1/23-19.1-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:52Z","sha256":"245a220a09d6c364d4e73b60b2d18d634d8e67cd3745f9e743a6038d782e0697","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-19.1-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-19.1-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}