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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2002

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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING PAUL PINAULT, P.E., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION ON BEING ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE

ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE AGENCIES

     Introduced By: Representative Gerard M. Martineau

     Date Introduced: May 22, 2002

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Paul Pinault, Executive Director of the Narragansett Bay Commission since

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1991, has been elected President of the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA).

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The Association represents more than 270 publicly owned treatment works across the country

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which treat more than 18 billion gallons of wastewater each day, serving the majority of the

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United States sewered population; and

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     WHEREAS, After serving as a project engineer at the US Environmental Protection

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Agency, the Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control and Tibbetts Engineering

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Corporation, Paul Pinault joined the NBC in 1982 as Assistant Director for Construction and

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Grants. He became Deputy Director in 1988 and Executive Director in 1991; and

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     WHEREAS, During his leadership, the NBC acquired the state’s second largest

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wastewater treatment facility, the Bucklin Point Wastewater Treatment Facility in 1991. In 1995,

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the Field’s Point Wastewater Treatment Facility was selected by the United States Environmental

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Protection Agency as the Best Operated and Maintained Large Secondary Facility in the Country,

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winning its National Excellence Award for outstanding operation and maintenance procedures

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and innovative, cost-effective achievements. In 1998, the NBC’s Pretreatment Program was

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awarded EPA’s National First Place Award in the greater than 100 SIU category; and

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     WHEREAS, Well-respected for his professional expertise, Paul Pinault was named

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“Engineer of the Year” by the Rhode Island Society of Professional Engineers in 1995 and

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received the Chairman’s Award by the Narragansett Bay Commission in 1998; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Pinault holds a Masters Degree in environmental engineering from

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Northeastern University and a Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering from the University of

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Massachusetts at Dartmouth; and

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     WHEREAS, In a year that promises renewed federal commitments to the goals of the

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federal Clean Water Act of 1972, Paul’s presidency will ensure that AMSA maintains a key role

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in the development of environmental legislation in the implementation of environmental

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programs. He will continue to lobby Congress for increased federal funding for essential

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wastewater infrastructure projects, such as the NBC’s federally-mandated combined sewer

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overflow abatement project; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Paul Pinault, P.E., Executive Director of the

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Narragansett Bay Commission on being elected President of the Association of Metropolitan

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Sewerage Agencies and wishes Paul and his family the very best health, happiness and future

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successes; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Paul Pinault.

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