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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MEETING NOTICE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pursuant to the provisions of RI Gen. Laws § 42-35-2.5 “Advance notice of proposed rulemaking”, the Director of the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will hold a workshop for the purposes of seeking
public input in advance of a public notice regarding the development of program requirements and regulations for an
<b>expanded pilot aggregate program for commercial black sea bass and summer flounder</b>
<i>(</i></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Part 12- Regulations for an Expanded Aggregate Program for Commercial Black Sea Bass and Summer Flounder (250-RICR-90-00-12))<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">A
<b><u>workshop</u></b> will be held on </span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Monday, February 19, 2018</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> at
<b><u>7:30PM</u></b> at the University <span style="color:black">of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography,
</span><u>Corless Auditorium</u><span style="color:black">, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882,
<b><i>immediately upon conclusion of the Division’s public hearing</i></b> that will begin at 6:00PM.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">A powerpoint presentation and regulations are being developed and will be made available as soon as completed. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please see the attached notice for more information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Thank you<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Peter A. Duhamel, Principal Environmental Planner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">RI Department of Environmental Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Division of Marine Fisheries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">3 Fort Wetherill Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Jamestown, RI 02835<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">401-423-1927<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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