§ 46-6.1-9. Cooperation of other agencies. (a) In order to accomplish the purposes of this chapter to provide for beneficial use, dewatering, and disposal of dredged material:

(1) State agencies, departments, corporations, authorities, boards, commissions, including, but not limited to, the department of administration, the department of transportation, the Rhode Island infrastructure bank, the Rhode Island commerce corporation, the Narragansett Bay commission, and the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation, and political subdivisions, shall cooperate with the council in developing and implementing the comprehensive plan for dredged material management;

(2) The council shall seek federal acceptance of the comprehensive plan for dredged material management as an element of the state's coastal zone management program and shall pursue such federal approvals and general permits as may facilitate expeditious action on dredging applications that are consistent with the plan;

(3) The commerce corporation shall:

(i) Make available by October 31, 2004, a site to use as a dewatering site for dredged material, which site shall be available for dewatering dredged material until at least September 30, 2012, and may continue to be available thereafter for periods of not less than six (6) months, upon the request of the council and the approval of the corporation; and

(ii) With advice from the council and the department, develop and implement a program to market dredged material for beneficial use by private persons, including but limited to brownfield reclamation projects; and

(4) The council, with the cooperation of the department and the Rhode Island infrastructure bank, shall develop a proposal for a fund, which may be used as provided for in § 46-12.2-4.1, to support projects for dewatering dredged material for beneficial use and disposal of dredged material at sites above mean high water and for confined aquatic disposal of dredged materials, which proposal shall be submitted to the general assembly not later than February 15, 2002.

(b) The fund shall not be established or go into effect unless it has been approved by the general assembly.

History of Section. (P.L. 2001, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 584, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 40; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 14, § 14.)