June 2025 Enforcement Action Summary
This report includes formal enforcement actions issued or resolved by the Office of Compliance & Inspection (OC&I) for June 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.
None issued this month.
June 30, 2025 – Underground Storage Tank File Nos. OCI-UST-20-13 and OCI-UST-20-25 re: MADJOE LLC for property located at 939 (a/k/a 957) Broad Street, Assessor’s Plat 2, Lot 21 in Central Falls, Rhode Island. The property includes a convenience store and a motor fuel storage and dispensing system. Respondent owns the property. On January 25, 2021, OC&I issued a NOV to Respondent alleging that Respondent violated Rhode Island’s Rules and Regulations for Underground Storage Facilities Used for Petroleum Products and Hazardous Materials. View the NOV. Respondent did not file an appeal of the NOV with AAD. Subsequently, Respondent sold the property to Dipesh, LLC. Respondent/Dipesh, LLC fully complied with the Order section of the NOV and paid the administrative penalty.
None filed this month.
None settled or resolved this month.
None settled or resolved this month.