Description: Point locations of active waste management facilities in RI regulated by the RI Department of Environmental Management"Solid Waste" shall mean garbage, refuse and other discarded solid materials generated by residential, institutional, commercial, industrial and agricultural sources but does not include solids or dissolved material in domestic sewage or sewage sludge, nor does it include hazardous waste as defined in the Rhode Island Hazardous Waste Management Act, Chapter 23-19.1, nor does it include used asphalt, concrete, Portland concrete cement, or tree stumps. For purposes of these Rules and Regulations, solid waste shall also include non-hazardous liquid, semi-solid, and containerized gaseous wastes, subject to any special conditions contained in these Rules and Regulations(Source https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/250-140-05-1)Locations were geocoded and then refined over 2025 aerial photography.
Description: Site Remediation ProgramProgram GoalsThe goal of the program is to provide fair, comprehensive and consistent regulation of the investigation and remediation of hazardous waste, hazardous material and petroleum releases, implemented in a timely and cost-effective manner. The State program is designed to determine if a site poses a threat to human health and the environment and efficiently determine a remedy that is effective but not overly burdensome to the parties involved. This program also supports the redevelopment and reuse of contaminated sites through the Brownfields program. Sites are identified, evaluated, cleaned up and brought back to beneficial reuse in Rhode Island communities.Program PurposeTo regulate and provide technical oversight for the investigation and remediation of releases of hazardous waste or hazardous material to the environment; to ensure that those investigations and remedial activities are conducted in a consistent manner that adequately protects human health and the environment; and to enforce regulations regarding the proper disposal of abandoned hazardous waste.Program ObjectivesTo support the reuse and redevelopment of contaminated sites through the Brownfields program;To provide a protective, efficient and cost-effective program as an alternative to the federal process and the stigma associated with it;To encourage voluntary responses to contamination discovered on properties within the State;To characterize and evaluate the impacts from releases of hazardous material to the environment;To determine whether remedial action is warranted under the program;To require and oversee the implementation of remedial actions designed to minimize, or eliminate, the impacts from releases of hazardous materials; andTo effectively track the progress and report the level of effort expended completing tasks under this program.
Description: The inclusion of a point in this dataset means only that a file related to the location exists within the RIDEM Office of Waste Management
Description: Site Remediation ProgramProgram GoalsThe goal of the program is to provide fair, comprehensive and consistent regulation of the investigation and remediation of hazardous waste, hazardous material and petroleum releases, implemented in a timely and cost-effective manner. The State program is designed to determine if a site poses a threat to human health and the environment and efficiently determine a remedy that is effective but not overly burdensome to the parties involved. This program also supports the redevelopment and reuse of contaminated sites through the Brownfields program. Sites are identified, evaluated, cleaned up and brought back to beneficial reuse in Rhode Island communities.Program PurposeTo regulate and provide technical oversight for the investigation and remediation of releases of hazardous waste or hazardous material to the environment; to ensure that those investigations and remedial activities are conducted in a consistent manner that adequately protects human health and the environment; and to enforce regulations regarding the proper disposal of abandoned hazardous waste.Program ObjectivesTo support the reuse and redevelopment of contaminated sites through the Brownfields program;To provide a protective, efficient and cost-effective program as an alternative to the federal process and the stigma associated with it;To encourage voluntary responses to contamination discovered on properties within the State;To characterize and evaluate the impacts from releases of hazardous material to the environment;To determine whether remedial action is warranted under the program;To require and oversee the implementation of remedial actions designed to minimize, or eliminate, the impacts from releases of hazardous materials; andTo effectively track the progress and report the level of effort expended completing tasks under this program.
Description: The Department of Environmental Management keeps an inventory of ASTs with a capacity of 500 gallons or more within the State. This inventory provides needed information to better respond in the event of a spill or release. The information provided will also serve as a database to be used by the Department when reviewing the mandatory annual facility inspection reports submitted by AST owners/operators pursuant to section 10(d) (Facilities Inspection) of the Oil Pollution Control Regulations