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</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">to all Stormwater Site Designers<span style="color:black">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">TOPIC:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">RIDEM PROCESS IMPROVEMENT<b> NEW FORMS<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">Most of you may be aware that RIDEM - Office of Water has been working on making Stormwater Manual and Process Improvements. In 2015, we combined the Water Quality Certification (WQC) program
with stormwater engineers from Wetlands, RIPDES, and UIC and formed a permitting review team under the supervision of Alisa Richardson (see
<a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/permits/swcoord/pdf/consstormupss16.pdf">
powerpoint given at RIBA for more info</a>). Over the last year, Alisa and her team have been aligning permit letters, databases and processes and are now onto the next step of aligning permit submissions and application forms. The primary document required
for all stormwater submissions will be the Appendix A checklist. There is a draft of this document on the RIDEM website for your review. The Appendix A checklist will be the primary location key stormwater information related to site development. You’ll
find it looks a lot like the RIPDES NOI. This change in use of the checklist allows us to simplify and consolidate the application form to include only the basic information like name and address. Drafts of these new forms and of the Appendix A checklist
are available on our website <a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/permits/ripdes/stormwater/coordinated-stormwater-permitting.php">
http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/permits/ripdes/stormwater/coordinated-stormwater-permitting.php</a> under “<b><i>Draft Documents Pending to be effective 1/1/2017</i></b>”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">The goal here is to consolidate the RIPDES CGP, UIC, and WQC onto one application form (see diagram below). Therefore, in order to be permitted for a WQC, UIC or RIPDES CGP, only one application
form will be used. This results in two paths to permitting rather than 4. The two paths are, Wetlands or Stormwater/WQC. If your wetlands project has a stormwater design component, then you must complete the Appendix A checklist and a stormwater review
will be initiated through the wetlands program. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">We are soliciting comments on the Appendix A checklist and associated material until Dec 1, 2017. We intend to notify you of a revised Appendix A checklist, and application form by December 15
for use with new applications starting January 1, 2017. Please send all comments on this information to
<a href="mailto:alisa.richardson@dem.ri.gov">alisa.richardson@dem.ri.gov</a>. Hope it helps!<o:p></o:p></p>
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