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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">To all Site Development Engineers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">We have been receiving engineering reports with incorrect soil information based upon data from the USDA Soil Conservation Service (SCS) and the 1980 Soil Survey of Rhode Island. The 1980 Soil Survey of Rhode
Island that consultants refer to in their reports are no longer supported and are out of date. The
<b>best and only place</b> to get current and accurate information is the <b>web soil survey at USDA</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">The Assistant State Soil Scientist for RI NRCS is James Turenne (<a href="mailto:jim.turenne@ri.usda.gov"><span style="color:purple">jim.turenne@ri.usda.gov</span></a>) and the website at RI NRCS (<a href="http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/ri/soils/"><span style="color:purple">http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/ri/soils/</span></a>) about
what technical information is available and how to get to the web soil survey. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">All <b>Curve Numbers</b> must be based upon the correct hydrologic grouping from the NRCS website.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5496">Alisa Diaz Richardson, MS PE – Supervising Sanitary Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office of Water Resources – Stormwater Engineering and 401 Permitting<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: (401) 222-4700 x7232; Fax: (401) 222-3927<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:alisa.richardson@dem.ri.gov"><span style="color:blue">alisa.richardson@dem.ri.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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