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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Jay G. Wegimont, 401.302.8316
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<a name="_Hlk501437073"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">DEM ISSUES DRAFT IMPAIRED WATERS LIST AND OPENS
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk501437051"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">STATEWIDE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT ON JAN. 25, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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is soliciting comments on the state’s impaired waters list and will hold a virtual public workshop next week to review statewide water quality findings. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">A
virtual public workshop will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, to present findings of the full statewide assessment of water quality conditions including the draft impaired waters list. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Virtual Public Workshop to Discuss Findings of Statewide Water Quality Assessment</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 3PM</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Join Zoom Meeting: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4104398151__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!YNgbaqm4IatRM0k7quLNP_FZUx-FUWh874qEayANcRUU4lkIXHfx4WxXaPVvCH7IGnr9g3n4$"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4104398151</span> [us02web.zoom.us]</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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410 439 8151</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">To join the public hearing using your phone for audio, click on "Join by Phone" and follow
the information on the screen to dial in. All participants will be muted upon joining the meeting. Following a presentation on the results, DEM will take questions and comments via voice or chat. To make a comment during the hearing, participants should click
the "Raise Hand" button on the screen or type into the chat, which will be monitored.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">At the workshop, DEM representatives will describe the state’s water quality assessment process, general findings of this assessment including new waterbody
impairments added to the impaired waters list and the proposed removal of others. The state’s priorities for completing the federally mandated water quality restoration studies also will be discussed.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">All interested parties are invited to submit written comments on the draft impaired waters
list by Friday, Feb. 18,<sup> </sup>to </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:heidi.travers@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Heidi Travers</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0062FF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">or via mail to Heidi Travers, DEM, Office of Water Resources, 235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">DEM’s Office of Water Resources assesses the quality of the state’s surface waters by
comparing available monitoring data against the state’s established water quality criteria to determine whether the waters are suitable for such uses as swimming, fish/shellfish consumption, and aquatic life. The results of this assessment are presented in
the state’s Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (Integrated Report), which documents the overall quality of the state’s waters. It includes a five-part integrated list that provides available information on each of the state’s lakes,
ponds, rivers, streams, and estuarine waters. The process of conducting the assessment is documented in the consolidated assessment and listing methodology on our
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/quality/pdf/calm22.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">As part of the process, DEM identifies surface waters that do not meet water quality
criteria for which a water quality restoration study known as a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) is required in accordance with the federal Clean Water Act. These impaired waters are placed on the state’s 303(d) list, named for the Clean Water Act section that
establishes the requirement, which also establishes a schedule for development of the federally mandated studies. The draft 303(d) list is available on-line on DEM’s
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/quality/pdf/303d22.pdf."><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">website.</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">DEM also has identified those waterbody impairments that can be removed from the list
of impaired waters because available monitoring data show that water quality criteria are now being met. Documentation of the data and supporting information justifying removal of waterbody impairments can be found in Rhode Island’s 2022 de-listing document,
also available </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/quality/pdf/iwlr22.pdf."><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">online</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Among the waterbodies showing improved water quality and proposed for removal of an impairment
from the impaired waters list is the Pawtuxet River Main Stem where water quality improvements are the result of stringent permitting and investments in pollution abatement infrastructure and practices. Other waterbodies targeted for removal include waters
where recent data indicates that dissolved lead has decreased.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The full five-part draft Integrated list is also available on-line on DEM’s website
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/quality/pdf/irrc1820.pdf."><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">235 Promenade Street, Providence RI 02908</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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