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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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SUPPORTING LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS TO PROTECT RHODE ISLAND'S | |
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COASTAL REGIONS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Algiere, and Sosnowski | |
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Date Introduced: January 10, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (“DEM”) has |
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adopted regulations intended to protect Rhode Island’s coastal regions from pollution caused by |
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ailing and antiquated on-site wastewater treatment systems (“OWTS”); and |
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WHEREAS, The DEM has mandated the replacement of operational OWTS in certain |
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areas of the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island, with denitrification OWTS; and |
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WHEREAS, These regulatory restrictions imposed upon the cities and towns of Rhode |
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Island, and in particular the citizens and businesses of Westerly, currently present an excessive |
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and unnecessary burden to our citizens and businesses; and |
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WHEREAS, Despite additional scientifically vetted, more cost effective denitrification |
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OWTS that are approved by other states, there are only nine DEM approved OWTS technologies |
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for nitrogen removal for use in Rhode Island; and |
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WHEREAS, A full investigation into the necessity, reasonableness, and effectiveness of |
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the cost of these OWTS regulations is needed as soon as possible in order to ensure that citizens |
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and businesses are not being required to unjustifiably expend significant funds to comply with the |
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regulations; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby requests that the DEM actively seek out and expedite the approval of more cost effective, |
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reasonable approaches to the denitrification of on-site wastewater effluent; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Grover Fugate, Executive Director of the |
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Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, and Janet Coit, Director of the Rhode |
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Island Department of Environmental Management. |
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