(a) This article has been drafted in accordance with and under the authority of the State
of Rhode Island General Laws, Title 45, Chapter 24.5 entitled "Towns and Cities; Wastewater
Management Districts". The authorizing state chapter shall be known and cited as the
"Rhode Island Septic System Maintenance Act of 1987". It authorizes the passage of
authorized representatives of the town, the town council or their designees, and licensed
septage transporters onto private property for the periodic inspection, pumping, maintenance
and repair of individual sewage disposal systems (ISDSs), now and hereinafter referred
to as onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTSs).
(b) Nothing in this act replaces or precludes any obligation of the owner to notify the
RI Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM), the RI Department of Health, or
the Coastal Resources Management Council.
(Ord. of 11-4-1996, § 1.0; Ord. of 12-7-2005, § 1; Ord. of 9-17-2008, § 1; Ord. of 12-7-2009, § 1; Amd. of 3-5-2012)
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