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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C5D97">MEDIA ADVISORY</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Event in Providence on Thursday, September 5 at 11 a.m.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Local Organizations Celebrate $11.5 Million for Environmental Restoration in Rhode Island and Massachusetts</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CONTACT:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tom Ardito</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Director, SNEP Watershed Implementation Grants</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="mailto:tardito@estuaries.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2B94AB">tardito@estuaries.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
| 401-575-6109</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PROVIDENCE</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> –
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">On Thursday, September 5, U.S. Senator Jack Reed will be joined by Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, U.S. Congressman Gabe Amo, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 Water
Division Director Ken Moraff, and other state and local partners to announce $11.5 million in new EPA funding for clean water and healthy coastal ecosystems in Rhode Island and Massachusetts under EPA’s Southeast New England Program (SNEP).</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">The event will highlight seven Rhode Island organizations receiving a total of $1.5 million in grants for high-priority projects throughout the state, and will be followed by a walking
tour of a nearby restoration site, York Pond, which is receiving a $282,000 grant under the program.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">At the event, EPA will also announce $8.75 million in new funding for technical assistance to help communities working on clean water and healthy ecosystems. The assistance will
be provided over the next five years through the SNEP Network, managed by the New England Environmental Finance Center at the University of Southern Maine, part of the University of Maine system.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WHO:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">U.S. Senator Jack Reed</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">U.S. Representative Gabe Amo</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Mayor Brett Smiley, Providence</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Councilwoman Helen Anthony, Ward 2, Providence</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ken Moraff, Director, Water Division, EPA Region 1</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kim Korioth, Chief Resilience Officer, State of Rhode Island</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Martha Sheils, Director, New England Environmental Finance Center / SNEP Network</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tom Ardito, Director, SNEP Watershed Implementation Grants</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WHAT:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Senator Reed announces SNEP grants in Rhode Island</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WHEN:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thursday, Sept. 5, 11 AM – rain or shine</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">12:00 PM – 1 PM – Conversation with grantees & tech assistance recipients; walking tour of York Pond restoration site</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WHERE:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> 2 River Drive, Providence, RI (in the meadow across the street from the Narragansett
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There will be the opportunity to interview grant recipients and learn about the projects they will be undertaking – photos / B-roll</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MASSACHUSETTS EVENT: A companion event to introduce Massachusetts grantees and funding will be held in Yarmouth, MA on October 4. See
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more on EPA’s Southeast New England Program, visit</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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