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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">INFORMATIONAL MEETING TOMORROW ON RECENT EMERGENCY
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">SHELLFISHING CLOSURE, ONGOING MONITORING FOR R.I. WATERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Health
(RIDOH), will hold an informational meeting tomorrow to review the recent emergency shellfishing closure for Rhode Island waters and plans for continued monitoring.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:-45.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">WHERE:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Corliss Auditorium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">University of Rhode Island<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Graduate School of Oceanography<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">215 South Ferry Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Narragansett, RI 02882 [</span><a href="http://www.gso.uri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Narragansett-Bay-Campus-Map.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">campus
map</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:-45.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">WHEN:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Tuesday, October 18, 2016 | 5:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">On Saturday, October 15, the precautionary shellfish harvesting closure for Narragansett Bay, Mt. Hope Bay, Kickemuit River, Sakonnet River and
their tributaries was lifted. <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">The week-long emergency closure was due to a confirmed harmful algae bloom caused by the presence of toxic phytoplankton, Pseudo-nitzschia spp. During the emergency closure, DEM and RIDOH analyzed
water and shellfish samples for the presence of the toxin, domoic acid. All shellfish samples collected throughout the Bay tested negative, allowing the waters to be reopened.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>At tomorrow’s meeting, DEM and RIDOH
will review the actions taken during the closure as well as their plans for continued monitoring of impacted waters.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">For more information on DEM programs and initiatives, visit
</span><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">www.dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">. Follow us on Facebook at
</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RhodeIslandDEM" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">www.facebook.com/RhodeIslandDEM</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> or on Twitter (@RhodeIslandDEM) for
timely updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Rose Amoros Jones, MBA</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"> | Chief Public Affairs Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">235 Promenade Street, Providence RI 02908<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">401.222.4700 x 7273 (O); 401.340.0182 (C)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:rose.jones@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">rose.jones@dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"> (E);
</span><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">www.dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"> (W)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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