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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR PROPOSALS TO HELP STRENGTHEN
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Grant submissions now accepted through July 28<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">PROVIDENCE – To allow applicants additional time to develop robust proposals, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has
extended the deadline for 2017 <a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/finance/pdf/bwrfrfp17.pdf">
Bay and Watershed Restoration Grant</a> applications to Friday, July 28, 2017. Some $6.4 million in matching grants is available to help communities reduce flooding, control stormwater, and strengthen Rhode Island’s climate resilience. Proposals are being
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Stormwater Pollution Abatement Projects - $3 Million Available<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Projects that improve stormwater management and abate stormwater pollution. Collaborative projects that incorporate green infrastructure on a watershed basis, capital projects
that strengthen local stormwater management programs, and projects that implement a Best Management Practice identified through an approved stormwater management plan or restoration plan are encouraged. Grants will provide 50 to 75 percent of project costs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Flood Prevention and Mitigation Projects - $3 Million Available
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Projects that reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flooding in coastal or inland areas and enhance natural ecosystem functions. Eligible projects include the restoration
of floodplains and stream banks, removal of impervious surfaces and re-vegetation in flood-prone areas, culvert replacements, dam removals, and projects that mitigate flooding risks to developed properties. Grants will provide 50 to 75 percent of project
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Nonpoint Source Pollution Abatement Projects - $400,000 Available
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Projects that address indirect (or ‘nonpoint’) sources of pollution and improve water quality/aquatic habitat. Projects include those that address pollution from farms, removal
of cesspools or converting to a non-discharging wastewater treatment system, or mitigate stormwater pollution in areas not covered by a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit. Projects in five targeted geographic areas are eligible for funding,
including Bristol-Kickemuit River watershed, Barrington-Palmer-Warren Rivers watershed, Aquidneck Island watershed, Nonquit Pond watershed, and Wood-Pawcatuck watershed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Nonpoint source and stormwater pollution are significant causes of poor water quality. Grant funding is made possible via the
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">2014 Clean Water, Open Space, and Healthy Communities Bond ($3 million)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">, the 2016 Green Economy Bond ($3 million), and the federal
Clean Water Act Section 319 program ($400,000). For more information or to apply for these grant opportunities, visit
<a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/growgreenRI">www.dem.ri.gov/growgreenRI</a>. </span>
<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Electronic applications are encouraged; however, proposals may also be mailed to the DEM Permit Application Center, 235 Promenade Street, Second Floor, Providence, RI 02908.<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>Final proposals and supporting materials are due by <b>4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 28, 2017</b>.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Local, state and regional governmental agencies, as well as public schools, universities, businesses,
and non-profit watershed, environmental or conservation organizations, are eligible to apply.
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Follow DEM on Facebook at
</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RhodeIslandDEM"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">www.facebook.com/RhodeIslandDEM</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> or on Twitter (@RhodeIslandDEM) for timely
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