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June 19, 2006

State officials to change bay discharge permitting

PROVIDENCE -- State environment officials plan to hold a press conference this morning to announce changes to the permitting process that regulates nitrogen discharges in Narragansett Bay.

Representatives from the state Department of Environmental Management will join members of the Narragansett Bay Commission at 10 a.m. at the Fields Point wastewater treatment plant on Ernest Street in Providence.

Among those scheduled to be in attendance are the directors of the DEM, Save The Bay, the Narragansett Bay Commission, and the Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 7:15 AM | Permalink

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