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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift",sans-serif;color:#525252">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift",sans-serif;color:#525252">Please find attached the Public Notice for the draft RIPDES General Permit for Non-Contact Cooling Water Discharges (NCCW). If necessary a hearing will take
place on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. at 235 Promenade St., Room 280 in Providence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift",sans-serif;color:#525252">Any questions, please contact Travis Babikoff. His information is below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4472C4">Travis J. Babikoff,
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4472C4">Sanitary Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office of Water Resources – RIPDES Permitting Program<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">235 Promenade Street, Providence RI 02908<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: (401) 222-4700 ext. 7274<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:travis.babikoff@dem.ri.gov">travis.babikoff@dem.ri.gov</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift",sans-serif;color:#525252"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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