{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-19.7-8","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-19.7-8","heading":"Siting agreements.","body":"(a) The local siting agreement shall specify the terms, conditions, and provisions under which a hazardous waste management facility shall be sited, constructed, operated, maintained and/or altered, including, but not limited to, the following terms, conditions, and provisions:\n(1) Facility construction, maintenance, closure, and post-closure procedures;\n(2) Operating procedures and practices, the design of the facility and its associated activities;\n(3) Monitoring procedures and practices necessary to assure and continue to demonstrate that the facility will be operated safely;\n(4) The services to be provided the developer by the host community;\n(5) The compensation, services, and special benefits that will be provided to the host community by the developer, and the timing and conditions of their provision;\n(6) Any provisions for tax prepayments or accelerated payments, or for payments in lieu of taxes;\n(7) Provisions for renegotiation of any of the terms, conditions, or provisions of the siting agreement subject to the provisions of this chapter;\n(8) Provisions for resolving any disagreements in the construction and interpretation of the siting agreement that may arise between the parties;\n(9) Provisions for direct monetary payments from the developer to the host community in addition to payments for taxes and special services and compensation for demonstrable adverse impacts;\n(10) Provisions to assure the health, safety, comfort, convenience, and social and economic security of the host community and its citizens;\n(11) Provisions to assure the continuing economic viability of the project;\n(12) Provisions to assure the protection of the environment and natural resources including existing and potential drinking water sources; and\n(13) Provisions for reimbursement by the developer to the host community of reasonable costs associated with assessment, negotiation, and arbitration of a siting agreement.\n(b) The local siting agreement shall specify the terms, conditions, and provisions, if any, under which it may be assigned to a party other than the signatory developer.\n(c) The duration of a siting agreement shall be negotiable, but in no case may it exceed twenty (20) years, at which time it shall be open to renegotiation at the initiative of either party.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 19.7 Hazardous Waste Management Facilities"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-19.7/23-19.7-8.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:53Z","sha256":"9cbe1ed424196ff4bba246436dcb00f984c4a09327aad8f03eb0828fe42c78f0","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-19.7-7","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-19.7-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}