Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.1-18.2. Limitation of prosecutions
No person shall be convicted of any offense for any violation of this chapter or any rule or regulation of the department, unless the complaint or warrant for the violation shall have been issued within seven (7) years from the time that the facts constituting the offense or violation shall have become known to the department or law enforcement authorities.
History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 153, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 535, § 4.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.1-18.2
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Department: means the department of environmental management;
(2) "Director" means the director of the department of environmental management or the director's designee;
(3) "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, abandoning, or placing of any hazardous waste in, on, into or onto any land, other surface, or building, or into any water, stormwater system, or sewer system;
(4)(i) "Hazardous waste" means any waste or combination of wastes of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semisolid form which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may:
(A) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or
(B) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.1-4
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6