[RIPDESnoticeDO NOT REPLY] DEM Extends Public Notice Period for Blount Fine Foods

[Travers, Heidi (DEM)]

DEM has extended the deadline to submit public comments on the below-referenced permit until 4 PM on Monday, May 18th.

A copy of the draft permit is available on DEM website at:
https://dem.ri.gov/environmental-protection-bureau/water-resources/permitting/ripdes 

The notice of the public notice extension is attached to this email and will be available on the DEM website shortly.

From: ripdesnotice-bounces at listserve.ri.gov<mailto:ripdesnotice-bounces at listserve.ri.gov> <ripdesnotice-bounces at listserve.ri.gov<mailto:ripdesnotice-bounces at listserve.ri.gov>> On Behalf Of Kaplan, Samuel (DEM)
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 8:49 AM
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Subject: [RIPDESnoticeDO NOT REPLY] DEM RIPDES Public Notice for Blount Fine Foods

The RIPDES Program at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is issuing a RIPDES permit to Blount Fine Foods (RIPDES Permit ID RI0001121). The facility which is the source of the wastewater discharge is located at the
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The RIPDES Program at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is issuing a RIPDES permit to Blount Fine Foods (RIPDES Permit ID RI0001121).  The facility which is the source of the wastewater discharge is located at the 383 Water Street in the Town of Warren and is engaged in the treatment industrial wastewater from the production of soups.  The facility reapplied to DEM for the reissuance of a Rhode Island Discharge Elimination System (RIPDES) Permit on July 28, 2017 to discharge into the designated receiving water. The permit includes limits to ensure that the discharge will not cause a water quality violation.

The public notice period begins on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, and ends on Friday, April 17, 2026.  A public hearing will be held on Thursday, April 16, 2026, if DEM receives a request for a public hearing from twenty-five (25) people, a governmental agency or subdivision, or an association having no less than twenty-five (25) members on or before Thursday, April 9, 2026, at 4:00 PM.  Further details are included in the attached Public Notice, which is available at:

                https://dem.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur861/files/2026-03/pn-ripdes-blount.pdf 

The above-linked Public Notice also includes the Permit, Fact Sheet, and the permit application.

Please feel free to contact Sam Kaplan at samuel.kaplan at dem.ri.gov<mailto:samuel.kaplan at dem.ri.gov> or 401-537-4240 for additional information or to provide public comment.

Sincerely,
Sam

Sam Kaplan, P.E., CAPM, Environmental Engineer II
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Office of Water Resources – RIPDES Permitting Program
235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908
Email: samuel.kaplan at dem.ri.gov<mailto:samuel.kaplan at dem.ri.gov>
ph (401) 537-4240
fax (401) 222-6177
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