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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.

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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.

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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.