Public Meeting on DEM's Work Plan 2000 and Performance Partnership Agreement with EPA

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RI Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade St., Providence, RI 02908
(401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462

FOR AP DATEBOOK:

DATE:	Wednesday, November 17
TIME:	7 p.m.
PLACE:	Portsmouth Town Council Chambers 2200 East Main Road, Portsmouth
EVENT:	Public Meeting on DEM's Work Plan 2000 and Performance Partnership Agreement with EPA
Contact:	Gail Mastrati 222-4700 ext. 2402

The Department of Environmental Management will hold the second of three public meetings to solicit comments on Work Plan 2000, an initiative designed to make DEM more efficient, responsive, and accountable to the public. The two-year plan charts the future course of DEM with a clearly defined set of goals, strategies, environmental indicators, and performance measures, with individual work plans for each bureau and division within the department. It also details pilot programs to address environmental issues collaboratively on a watershed-wide basis in the South County watershed region and in the Woonasquatucket watershed.

The workshop will also offer Rhode Islanders an opportunity to comment on DEM's draft Performance Partnership Agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which governs DEM's use of federal grants for certain air, water, waste management, and pesticide programs.

Directions:
From Providence:
Take Route 195 east to Route 24 South.
Take exit 2 and bear left.
Take first right onto Route 138 South (which is East Main Road.)|
Pass three stoplights, and go up hill. Town Hall is at top, on right.

From the south:
Take Route 138 North (which is East Main Road.)
Town Hall is on left, and is a white building with flags and cannons (before fire/police station.)

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