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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find, attached, a copy of a public Notice regarding a Request for Water Quality certification by the US Army Corps for Engineers, which is proposing to issue a General Permit for projects and activities that occur within Waters of
the US within Rhode Island. This is a revision to and re-issuance of the Rhode Island General Permits (GP’s) administered by USACE that are due to expire on March 3, 2022. Since the GP’s cover multiple activities within any waterway or wetland statewide that
is considered “Waters of the US” , we are trying to get as wide a distribution of the attached notice as we can. Further details can be found within the attached Notice. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0070C0">Chuck Horbert,
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0070C0">Deputy Administrator<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Groundwater & Freshwater Wetlands Protection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RIDEM Office of Water Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(401) 222-6820, ext. 2777402<span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:red">STAY INFORMED</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">
<span style="color:red">on our <b><i><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/inactive/part/250-150-15-2"><span style="color:red">New</span><span style="color:red;font-style:normal"> Freshwater Wetlands Rules</span></a></i>!<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">For info, go to <b>
<span style="color:#44546A"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/newwetlandsrules">dem.ri.gov/newwetlandsrules</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#44546A">Visit our updated construction stormwater webpage: </span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/permits/ripdes/stormwater/construction.php">dem.ri.gov/stormwaterconstruction</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:blue">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#44546A"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/permits/" target="_blank" title="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/permits/">ONLINE PERMIT
SEARCH TOOLS</a>: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#44546A">View Permit Status, Historical Information and download available documents at <a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/permits/" target="_blank" title="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/permits/">dem.ri.gov/waterpermits</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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