Except as permitted under § 46-23-18.1 or otherwise, no person, either as principal, agent, or servant, shall transport or cause to be transported, dump, or cause to be dumped within the territorial waters of the state, any waste or dredge material. Every person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for each offense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-17.1-1
Transporting of waste and dredge materials over state waterways prohibited
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 387 F. Supp. 292 - Save Our Sound Fisheries Ass'n v. Callaway (1974)
Most recently applied in 387 F. Supp. 292 - Save Our Sound Fisheries Ass'n v. Callaway (March 1974)
P.L. 1971, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 271, § 5; P.L. 1996, ch. 281, § 5.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.