Rhode Island Oil and Gas Update

Authors

Mark Patrick McGuire

Publication Date

3-1-2013

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The repeal of Rhode Island General Law 46-13.2-6 during the Rhode Island General Assembly's 2012 session does not seriously affect fossil fuel exploration and extraction in the state. First, there are no fossil fuel resources in the State of Rhode Island, and no extraction operations are currently active or likely to become active in the future. Second, even if future operations occur, there are statutes and regulations in place that enforce pollution control of drinking water wells, as 46-13.2-6 was a redundant control on pollution of these wells. Third, the Rhode Island General Assembly never meant for the statute to protect drinking water wells from pollution as a result of fossil fuel extraction operations, as the entire statutory scheme was borrowed from Connecticut.

DOI

10.37419/TWLR.V19.I2.26

First Page

559

Last Page

564

Recommended Citation

Mark P. McGuire, Rhode Island Oil and Gas Update, 19 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 559 (2013).
Available at: https://doi.org/10.37419/TWLR.V19.I2.26