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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">NOTICE
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">to all Stormwater Design Engineers<span style="color:black">
</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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 FORM and APPENDIX A Checklist<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">The next phase of implementation of the new single application form for
<b>Stormwater Construction and Water Quality Certification </b>is going live January 2<sup>nd</sup>. Instructions and the forms are available on the website at:
<b><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/permits/ripdes/stormwater/"><span style="color:#1F4E79">http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/permits/ripdes/stormwater/</span></a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Please note that this is a “smart-form” so you must fill out the form on the computer and then print it out for signatures. Because it is a smart form, fees, submittals, permit numbers all change when certain
fields are filled in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Hope you all had a great holiday!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F4E79">Alisa Diaz Richardson, MS PE – Supervising Sanitary Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">Office of Water Resources – Stormwater Engineering and 401 Permitting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">Phone: (401) 222-4700 x7232; Fax: (401) 222-3927<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">Email: <a href="mailto:alisa.richardson@dem.ri.gov">
<span style="color:#2E74B5">alisa.richardson@dem.ri.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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