TITLE 46
Waters and Navigation
CHAPTER 46-12
Water Pollution
SECTION 46-12-9
§ 46-12-9 Notices of violation and
compliance orders.
(a) The director shall follow the procedures provided in § 42-17.1-10(g)
in issuing any notice of violation or compliance order authorized pursuant to
this chapter or any rules, regulations, or permits promulgated thereunder.
(b) Where an order of the director does not specify the
system or means to be adopted, the person against whom an order is entered
shall, before proceeding to install a system or means, submit to the director a
plan or statement describing the system or means which the person proposes to
adopt.
(c) Any order or notice issued by the director shall be
eligible for recordation under chapter 13 of title 34. The director shall
forward the original order or notice to the city or town wherein the subject
property is located and the order or notice shall be recorded in the land
evidence records in the city or town wherein the subject property is located.
Any subsequent transferee of that property shall be responsible for complying
with the requirements of the order or notice. Upon satisfactory completion of
the requirements of the order or notice, the director shall provide written
notice of the same to the owner of the subject property, which notice shall be
similarly eligible for recordation.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1920, ch. 1914, § 5; P.L. 1921, ch. 2090, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch.
125, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 634, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 46-12-8; P.L.
1966, ch. 261, § 16; P.L. 1983, ch. 149, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 170,
§ 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 311, § 1.)
