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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#525252">Good day,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#525252">Please find attached the Public Notice for the draft RIPDES permits for Cranston, Warwick and West Warwick wastewater treatment facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#525252">If needed, a public hearing will take place on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 5:00 p.m., Room 280- 235 Promenade St., Providence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#525252">If you have questions, please contact Mr. Ragab whose information is below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#538135">Abdulrahman Ragab,
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#538135">Sanitary Engineer
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#538135">Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#538135">Office of Water Resources – RIPDES Permitting Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#538135">235 Promenade Street, Providence RI 02908<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#538135">401.222.4700 ext. 7201 (o); 401.222.3927 (f)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#538135"><a href="mailto:Abed.Ragab@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#538135">Abed.Ragab@dem.ri.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#538135">
(E); </span><span style="color:#538135"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#538135">www.dem.ri.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#538135">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#525252">Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:gray">Traci A. Pena<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:gray">RIDEM – Office of Water Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:gray">Board of Certification of Operators of Wastewater Treatment Facilities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:gray">235 Promenade St., Providence, RI 02908<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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