Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-19.17 - High-Heat Waste Facility Act of 2021History of Section.

• Environmental justice focus areas: 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" 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. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.17-1
• Environmental justice municipality: means any city or town that has, in whole or in part, one or more environmental justice focus areas. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.17-1
• High-heat medical waste processing facility: 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 (400°F). See Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.17-1

• Open space: means as defined in § 45-22. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.17-1
• Regulated medical waste: means as defined in § 23-19. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.17-1
• town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9