April 2025 Enforcement Action Summary
This report includes formal enforcement actions issued or resolved by the Office of Compliance & Inspection (OC&I) for April 2025. This report is intended to inform the public of certain compliance/enforcement activities performed in the preceding month to protect the public's health, safety, welfare, and the environment. Formal enforcement actions are taken to achieve compliance with law/regulations; remediate environmental damage; restore natural resources to appropriate conditions; impose penalties that capture the gravity of the situation and any economic benefit gained by the alleged violator; and deter similar actions in the future.
Formal enforcement is generally in the form of a Notice of Violation (NOV) that alleges certain facts and violations, contains orders to resolve the alleged violations, contains an assessed penalty with supporting documentation regarding what factors the OC&I used to determine the penalty, and, by law, allows a respondent the ability to appeal or contest the NOV to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) Administrative Adjudication Division (AAD). Since most NOVs are contested cases, the OC&I does not generally discuss the case with the public while the matter is awaiting hearing or pending negotiated settlement. NOVs are subject to release under the Access to Public Records law in Rhode Island. A copy of an individual NOV may be obtained through the RIDEM's Office of Customer and Technical Assistance. The OC&I often resolve formal enforcement actions through negotiated settlement agreements prior to hearing before
the AAD.
April 21, 2025 – Onsite Wastewater Treatment System File No. OCI-OWTS-24-72 re: Amanda Parrillo for property at 119 Gervais Street, Assessor’s Plat 71, Lot 38 in Coventry, Rhode Island. Respondent owns the property. OC&I alleges that Respondent violated Rhode Island’s Rules Establishing Minimum Standards Relating to Location, Design, Construction and Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (250-RICR-150-10-6). View the NOV.
April 9, 2025 – Water Pollution File No. 15-57 City of Providence, Rhode Island. The City of Providence owns a wastewater collection system. On March 30, 2018, OC&I issued a NOV to Respondent alleging that Respondent violated Rhode Island’s Water Pollution Act, the Water Quality Regulations, and the Rules and Regulations for the Operation and Maintenance of Wastewater Treatment Facilities. View the NOV. Respondent did not file an appeal of the NOV with AAD. Respondent substantially complied with the Order section of the NOV but did not pay the administrative penalty assessed in the NOV. RIDEM decided to waive the penalty as it is not in the public interest to refer collection of the penalty to the Department of Revenue.
None filed this month.
April 22, 2025 – Freshwater Wetlands File No. OCI-FW-18-23 and Superior Court Case File No. PC-2024-06155 re: Plaintiff Terrence Gray, Director, RIDEM, v. Defendants RODERICK T. NUNES and DIANE M. NUNES for property located approximately 1,000 feet south/southeast of the southwestern intersection of Industrial Lane and Clyde Street, Plat 18, Lot 268, West Warwick, Rhode Island. Defendants own the property. On October 15, 2019, OC&I issued a NOV to Defendants alleging that Defendants violated Rhode Island's Freshwater Wetlands Act and Rhode Island’s Rules and Regulations for Governing the Administration and Enforcement of the Freshwater Wetlands Act (250-RICR-150-15-1). View the NOV. Defendants did not file an appeal of the NOV with AAD or comply with the NOV. On November 15, 2024, OC&I filed a complaint in Superior Court against Defendants asking the Court to order Defendants to comply with NOV. View the Complaint. Prior to a hearing on the complaint, by agreement of the parties and permission of the Court, a consent order was entered. View the Consent Order.