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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Please remember effective December 1st, 2024 any application containing A/E technology will require the certification to be submitted with the OWTS permit submission. Attached
to this email you will find a list of the components that require certifications and an overview of this new policy.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">To support getting permits out in a timely manner we are requesting all designers to continue submitting the certificates, even if already provided to the department, while we are establishing
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Any submission lacking the required certifications stamped with a date of December 1<sup>st</sup> or later will be returned as “admin unacceptable”.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; margin: 0px;">
<div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is <u>not a new requirement
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(118, 113, 113);">Office of Water Resources – Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS) Program</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(118, 113, 113);">235 Promenade Street, Providence RI 02908</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(118, 113, 113);">OWTS Phone Line: 401.222.3961; </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(118, 113, 113);">OWTS General Information Email Address:
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