Rhode Island § 23-19.17-1 § 23-19.17-1. Definitions.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 23-19.17-1 — § 23-19.17-1. Definitions.

Rhode Island § 23-19.17-1

Title 23Health and Safety

Ch. 23-19.17High-Heat Waste Facility Act of 2021

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-19.17-1 (2026).

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§ 23-19.17-1. Definitions. 
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Environmental justice focus areasâ€� means as defined by the DEM in SOP Number BEP-AWC-1,
            effective 6/26/09 and entitled, "Policy for Considering Environmental Justice in the
            Review of Investigation and Remediation of Contaminated Properties,â€�  that states
            in part "DEM mapped areas where the percent of the block group that is minority or
            the percent of the block group that is low-income (under two (2) times federal poverty
            level) are high enough to rank in the top fifteen percent (15%) of block groups state-wide.
            The census blocks meeting these criteri

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§ 23-19.17-1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Environmental justice focus areasâ€� means as defined by the DEM in SOP Number BEP-AWC-1, effective 6/26/09 and entitled, "Policy for Considering Environmental Justice in the Review of Investigation and Remediation of Contaminated Properties,â€� that states in part "DEM mapped areas where the percent of the block group that is minority or the percent of the block group that is low-income (under two (2) times federal poverty level) are high enough to rank in the top fifteen percent (15%) of block groups state-wide. The census blocks meeting these criteria established by the DEM in SOP Number BEP-AWC-1 shall be designated environmental justice focus areasâ€�.

(2) "Environmental justice municipalityâ€� means any city or town that has, in whole or in part, one or more environmental justice focus areas.

(3) "High-heat medical waste processing facilityâ€� means a facility that:

(i) Generates electricity from the combustion, gasification, or pyrolysis of regulated medical waste;

(ii) Generates electricity from the combustion of fuel derived from the gasification or pyrolysis of solid waste, segregated regulated medical waste; or

(iii) Disposes of, processes, or treats regulated medical waste through combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, or any process that exposes waste to temperatures above four hundred degrees Fahrenheit (400ºF).

(4) "Open spaceâ€� means as defined in § 45-22.2-4.

(5) "Regulated medical wasteâ€� means as defined in § 23-19.12-3.