| R 385 |
| 2022 -- H 8339 Enacted 06/21/2022 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (DEM) TO PERFORM WATER QUALITY AND RESILIENCE ASSESSMENTS AT STATE PARKS |
Introduced By: Representatives Carson, Speakman, Shallcross Smith, and Shanley |
| Date Introduced: June 13, 2022 |
| WHEREAS, Water quality and resilience assessments at State Parks affected by impaired |
| waters is necessary for the protection and restoration of the quality of water resources in the State |
| of Rhode Island; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
| respectfully requests the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) to assess the |
| potential impacts and vulnerability of impervious surface areas at State Parks on waterbodies |
| listed as impaired under the Clean Water Act, Section 303(d), where the impervious surface area |
| is greater than 10,000 square feet and located within 500 feet of the impaired waterbody; and be it |
| further |
| RESOLVED, That this House hereby requests that the assessments include, at a |
| minimum, Fort Adams State Park, Goddard State Park, Lincoln Woods and Colt State Park; and |
| be it further |
| RESOLVED, That this House hereby further requests that DEM prepares a report that |
| includes plans and cost estimates for addressing stormwater, resilience and sea level rise at these |
| four parks and any others that the Department may elect to include on the basis of similar needs |
| to the House of Representatives on or before March 31, 2023; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Terrence Gray, Director of the Department of |
| Environmental Management. |
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| LC006110 |
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