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	2004 Press Releases December 2004 DEM Announces New Commercial Fishing License/Endorsement Opportunities DEM Offers Boat Registration Renewal, Boater Education Information, Summer Job Applications at Boat Show DEM to Participate in Southern New England Sportsman Show at URI DEM Announces That Aggregate Landing Permit Program for Scup and Summer Flounder Will Begin on January 3 DEM Has Stocked Winter Trout and Atlantic Salmon Broodstock in Anticipation of Ice Fishing DEM Will Hold Public Workshop Thursday, January 6 on Proposed Amendments to Groundwater Quality Regulations January 3^rd Meeting of RI Marine Fisheries Council Cancelled Governor Carcieri Announces Adoption of California Emissions Standards for Rhode Island DEM Modifies Two December Shellfish Harvesting Dates Because of Holidays DEM Says It's Not Too Soon to Apply for Summer Jobs DEM Receives $200,075 Grant From EPA for Innovative Program to Help Auto Salvage Yards Voluntarily Comply With Environmental Laws DEM Receives Report on Salter's Grove Causeway and Forwards It to Warwick Officials for Review DEM's Newest Investigative Team Saves State Time and Money DEM Report Assessing Water Quality in Rhode Island is Available November 2004 DEM, Partners to Hold Public Meeting on December 7 to Present Remedial Design for Former West Kingston Town Dump/URI Disposal Area in South Kingstown DEM Seeking Municipal Proposals for Innovative Wastewater and Stormwater Management Projects in Blackstone River Watershed DEM to Hold Hearing Thursday, December 9 on Harvest Levels for New Commercial Finfish Licenses DEM Will Hold Public Workshop December 9 on Proposed Changes to Water Quality Regulations DEM Announces Shotgun Deer Season Opens on Mainland on Saturday, November 27; Already Open on Block Island DEM to Hold December 8 Informational Meeting on Development of New State Park in Johnston DEM and Woonasquatucket Watershed Council to Host Final Regional Greenspace Workshop on Thursday, December 9th DEM, Partners to Recognize Efforts of Eastside Marketplace, NBC, and Sheila Dormody to Reduce Mercury in the Environment DEM Issues Discharge Permit for T.F. Green State Airport DEM Announces That Draft RI Forest Resources Management Plan Has Been Developed as Part of State Guide Plan DEM'S Bay Line Closed for Season; Initial Response Positive October 2004 DEM Asks Hunters for Help in Keeping Rhode Island Deer Herds Free of Chronic Wasting Disease DEM: October 27 West Nile/EEE Status Update Governor Carcieri Announces $3.8 Million in Open Space Grants DEM Issues Reminder That Fluorescent Orange is Required in Management Areas for Safety During Hunting Season DEM Announces That Grant Funds are Available for Water Quality Improvement and Protection DEM to Hold November 16^th Public Hearing on Proposed Regulations Adopting the California Low Emissions Vehicle Standard in Rhode Island DEM, Pawtucket Fire and Police Respond to Mercury Spill in New England Gas Co. Facility Wastewater Treatment Operators to Attend DEM-Sponsored Nutrient Removal Course to Assist Efforts in Water Pollution Control DEM Cuts Ribbon on New Covered Bridge and Handcapped-Accessible Fishing Platform at Lincoln Woods State Park DEM: October 20 West Nile/EEE Status Update "Walk in the Forest" Program Postponed to Wednesday, October 20 DEM to Hold Public Workshop in South Kingstown on Wednesday, October 27, to Discuss Proposed New Animal Care Regulations DEM, Federal and Local Officials to Hold Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for New Covered Bridge at Lincoln Woods DEM: October 13 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM: October 6 West Nile/EEE Status Update Governor Carcieri Joins DEM, National Park Service, and Pawtucket Officials at Groundbreaking for Soccer Complex DEM Notified of Sludge Spill at Providence Water Supply Treatment Plant in Scituate Walk In the Woods with Foresters Governor Carcieri to Join DEM, Federal and Local Officials in Groundbreaking Ceremony for Pawtucket Soccer Complex DEM Announces Three EEE Isolations, Including That of a Euthanized Tiverton Horse DEM Announces Small Game Hunting Season Dates and Limits DEM, Brown University Win $21,500 Grant to Promote Wider Food Service Use of Local Farm Products September 2004 DEM Announces Availability of Crossbow Permit Applications for Disabled Archery Hunters DEM Announces Dates for the 2004-2005 Waterfowl Hunting Seasons DEM: September 29 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM to Hold October 4 Hearing on Proposed Changes to State Commercial Fishing Regulations DEM to Sponsor Informational Booth at Warwick Mall's Prime Time Senior Living Expo on October 6 DEM: September 22 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM, RI Pumpkin Growers, Invite Public to Annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at Frerichs Farm in Warren Sampling Results of South County Wells for the Herbicide, Dacthal Find No Health Concern for Residents DEM: September 15 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces That Cottrell Homestead in West Kingston Has Been Named Rhode Island's 2004 Outstanding Dairy Farm of the Year DEM Announces That South Kingstown Mosquito Sample Tests Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis DEM Annouces Kickoff of RI Farmways Program to Promote Agri-Tourism DEM Announces That Free "Gardening for Good" Demonstrations Will Be Held at State Park Farmers' Markets Over the Next Week DEM: September 8 West Nile/EEE Status Update Construction to Begin on Blackstone River State Park Entrance DEM, Health, Say Rhode Islanders Now at Higher Than Average Risk for EEE DEM Announces September 9 Business Roundtable Meeting DEM: September 1 West Nile/EEE Status Update August 2004 DEM to Hold Informational Meeting September 22 Onwastewater Discharge Permit for Tiverton High School DEM Announces That South Kingstown Mosquito Sample Tests Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis DEM Updates Policy on Supplemental Environmental Projects DEM Announces New Report on Status of Rhode Island Fisheries Stock DEM Dedicates New Equestrian Facilities at Sunset Stables in Lincoln Woods State Park New Equestrian Facilities to be Dedicated Thursday DEM: August 25 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces that Two Birds Test Positive for Mosquito-Borne Disease DEM Takes Farmers' Markets on the Road to Senior Centers DEM: August 18 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Begins "Schooner Explorations" Marine Heritage Educational Program on 91-foot Schooner DEM Larvicide Distribution Set for Thursday DEM: August 11 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Says This is One of Best Years for Locally Grown Fruits and Vegetables DEM Update on Bay Conditions DEM Announces That New Hatch House Will Be Constructed at Lafayette Hatchery in North Kingstown DEM and Maple Avenue Condominium Association Reach Agreement on Restoration of Vegetation on East Bay Bike Path DEM: August 4 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Issues License to RI Resource Recovery Corporation for Phase V Landfill July 2004 DEM, Warwick Continue to Address Offensive Odors in Conimicut DEM to Step Up Enforcement of Boat Sewage Discharge Ban DEM Announces That North Kingstown Mosquito Sample Tests Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis DEM Hosting International Group's Wildlife Rehabilitation Course DEM: July 28 West Nile/EEE Status Update Decaying Seaweed Believed to Be Causing Offensive Odors in Conimicut Neighborhood; Warwick City Crews Will Begin Clean-Up Actions on Shoreline Tuesday Morning DEM Testing This Summer for Next Year's Lifeguards Carcieri Invites All to Bay Day 2004 Rabid Raccoon at East Providence Animal Shelter, Vaccine Recommended for Exposed Persons DEM: July 21 West Nile/EEE Status Update Charbert Notifies DEM That Aerators Will Be Installed in Wastewater Lagoons at Richmond Facility DEM Accepting Application Requests for Prudence/Patience Island Archery Deer Reservation Lottery DEM: July 14 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Arrests Two Massachusetts Men on Stolen Boat Charges DEM Establishes Safety and Security Zones in Narragansett Bay and Newport Harbor for Tall Ships Festival DEM to Hold Public Workshop in Cumberland Monday, July 19, to Discuss Proposed New Animal Care Regulations DEM to Offer "Schooner Explorations" Marine Heritage Educational Program on 91-Foot Schooner in August DEM and Health Department to Re-Test Wells in Richmond and South Kingstown for the Agricultural Herbicide, Dacthal DEM: July 7 West Nile/EEE Status Update June 2004 DEM: June 30 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Criminal Investigator David Thatcher Graduates from FBI's Prestigious Quantico Training Program DEM, Partners, Enlist Support of School Districts to Protect Children by Limiting School Bus Exhaust Emissions Governor Announces "Bay Line" for Public to Report, Receive Information About Narragansett Bay DEM Offers Freshwater Fishing Licenses On Line DEM Awards $500,000 Grant to Narragansett to Bring Sewers to Briggs Farm Neighborhood DEM: West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Accepting Applications from Communities, Non-Profit Environmental Agencies, and Land Trusts for Open Space Grants DEM Announces Shellfish Closure in Waters off Easton's Beach Beginning June 19 Due to Sewage Overflows DEM Announces Air Quality Monitoring Results for Alton Neighborhood Near Charbert Plant DEM Announces That Newly Renovated Jerusalem Pier Will Reopen Weekend of June 26 DEM to Preserve Skeleton of Stranded Finback Whale DEM Says First Mosquitoes Trapped Test Negative for WNV and EEE DEM to Hold Public Workshop in Bristol Wednesday, June 16, to Discuss Proposed New Animal Care Regulations DEM Announces That 45 Acres of Prime Nursery Land in Middletown Has Been Preserved Through Partnership Efforts DEM to Hold Public Meeting on June 22 to Discuss Ways to Restore Water Quality in Green Hill and Ninigret Ponds DEM Announces Emergency Closure of Allen Harbor Shellfish Harvesting Area in North Kingstown DEM Announces Daily Opening of Beach at World War II Memorial State Park Beginning Saturday, June 19 DEM to Hold Hearing Tuesday, June 15 on Proposed Changes to Marine Fisheries Regulations DEM Asks for Information on Wild Turkey Brood Sightings Carcieri, Chafee and DEM Commission the John H. Chafee, Rhode Island's New Marine Fisheries Research Vessel DEM Still Recruiting Surf and Non-Surf Lifeguards for Summer May 2004 DEM Sets June 17 Public Hearing on Proposed Hunting and Freshwater Fishing Regulations DEM Wins Court Challenge to Lobster Conservation Regulations Carcieri Proposes $47.4 Million in Clean Water Bonds Calls for 50% Reduction in Nutrient Loading in Narragansett Bay DEM Announces Annual Seasonal Shellfish Closures and Conditional Re-Opening of 240 Acres in Greenwich Bay to Shellfishing Governor Carcieri, DEM Announce $1.35 Million USDA Grant for Farmland Preservation Rhode Island Awarded Almost $200,000 from USDA for Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program DEM Issues Reminder That May 29 is Last Day for Commercial Fishermen Who Missed Deadline to Apply for License Renewal Governor Carcieri, DEM, and Farmers to Celebrate Rhode Island Agriculture Day in State House Festivities DEM Inspectors Find No Evidence of Sewage Discharge into Pawtuxet River in Coventry DEM Says Well Test Results for Targeted Areas of Richmond and Usquepaug Indicate That High Nitrate Levels Are Not Widespread DEM to Distribute Larvicide to Communities for Mosquito Control DEM Releases Customer Satisfaction Survey Results DEM Breaks Ground for Reconstruction of Northwest Bulkhead in the Port of Galilee DEM to Hold Public Meeting May 20 to Present Landfill Cap Design for Former Rose Hill Regional Landfill in South Kingstown DEM, Health, Advise People to Avoid Contact Recreation in Canada Pond and Downstream Rivers Due to Continuing Sewage Discharge DEM to Honor Longtime Environmental Advocate Peggy Sharpe With Alfred L. Hawkes Award State Gears Up for Mosquito Season, Reminds Residents to Eliminate Mostquito Breeding Grounds Around Their Homes DEM, Local Officials to Hold Groundbreaking for Galilee Bulkhead Reconstruction Project DEM Soliciting Information, Comments, From Forest Owners for Updated Forest Resource Plan DEM Announces That Commercial Fishermen Who Missed License Renewal Deadline Now Have Until May 29 to Apply CORRECTION- Quahaug Transplants April 2004 DEM, Nurserymen, Schoolchildren, to Participate at URI Arbor Day Event; Tree Stewardship Grants to be Announced Westerly to Apply Mosquito Larvicide to Swamp Areas Carcieri and DEM Announce $4.6 Million in Recreational Development Grants to 26 Rhode Island Communities DEM Plans Four Quahaug Transplants in May; Seeks Shellfishermen to Participate DEM Says Young Birds and Mammals Should Be Left Alone DEM Announces That Four Weekly Farmers' Markets at State Parks Will Open in Early May DEM Recruiting Surf and Non-Surf Lifeguards DEM and Health Department to Test Selected Private Drinking Water Wells in Richmond and South Kingstown for High Nitrates Earth Day Cleanup in West Warwick Rescheduled to Saturday, April 24 DEM Commends Rescuers of Barrington Teen From Chilly Waters of Mount Hope Bay Rhode Islanders Invited to Participate in Earth Day Cleanups Rhode Island Earth Day Festival This Saturday at Roger Williams Park Zoo DEM Announces April 26 Public Hearing on Discharge Permit for T.F. Green State Airport DEM to Hold Public Workshops in Bristol and Providence to Discuss New Animal Care Regulations DEM Announces $14,190 in Earth Day Grants Rhode Islanders Invited to Participate in Earth Day Cleanups DEM Announces That 220-Acre Farm in Hopkinton Will Be Preserved DEM Announces Settlement Agreement With Brookwood Laminating Over Air Pollution Control Violations Rhode Islanders Invited to Participate in Earth Day Cleanups DEM Announces April 10 Opening Day of Fishing Season March 2004 April 5th Meeting of RI Marine Fisheries Council Cancelled Rhode Islanders Invited to Participate in Earth Day Cleanups DEM to Present Preliminary Plans on April 12 to Central Falls City Council for Local Segment of Blackstone Bikepath Earth Day 2004 Plans Well Underway DEM Criminal Investigator David Thatcher to Attend FBI's Quantico Training Program DEM Aquatic Educators Introduce Rhode Island Schools to "Salmon In The Classroom" Program State and Local Officials to Meet With Alton Residents at March 29 Public Workshop to Discuss Water and Air Quality Concerns in Vicinity of Charbert Plant DEM Plans Scientific Study of Salter's Grove Causeway Area for Environmental and Public Access Improvements Final DEM Report on Clams That Washed Ashore at Goddard Park Beach Confirms That Weather Conditions Caused Sunday's Event DEM Reports That Majority of Clams That Washed Ashore on Goddard Park Beach Have Re-Burrowed Into the Sand DEM Awards Challenge Grants to Help Launch Alternative Forest-Based Businesses DEM Scientists Investigate What Caused Thousands of Clams to Wash Ashore on Goddard Park Beach on Sunday State Achieves Settlement in Out-of-State Waste Case Against Patriot Hauling Co, Patriot Disposal Co, and Joseph Vinagro DEM Announces Decrease in Commercial Summer Flounder Possession Limit to Take Effect on Saturday, March 6 RI Marine Fisheries Council to Meet at URI Bay Campus on Monday, March 15 DEM Announces March 16 Public Hearing on RI Resource Recovery Corp's License Application for Phase V Landfill DEM Receives Award for South County Greenspace Project From RI Chapter of American Planners' Association DEM Releases Preliminary Deer Season Tally Showing Increase in Deer Taken by Hunters February 2004 DEM Wetlands, ISDS Staff Will Offer Information at RI Home Show Weekly Commercial Trip Limit Program for Summer Flounder Ends February 26; Possession Limit Will Drop to 700 Pounds per Day DEM Initiates Plan to Eliminate Low Pathogenic Avian Disease at Foster Poultry Farm DEM Issues Urgent Reminder That Commercial Fishing License Application Deadline is Monday, March 1, With No Appeal DEM Recruiting Now for Seasonal Workers; Many Openings Still Available Emergency Regulations Filed by State Pilotage Commission Controlling Vessel Traffic In and Out of Port of Providence DEM to Hold Hearing Tuesday, March 2, on Proposed Changes to Marine Fisheries Regulations DEM and Coast Guard Overseeing Removal of Three Abandoned Vessels from Weaver Cove in Portsmouth DEM to Highlight Peaceful Retreats at State Recreational Sites in RI Spring Flower and Garden Show Exhibit Decorated Rhode Island Egg to Be Displayed at White House DEM Reminds Commercial Fishermen That the Application Deadline for New and Renewed Licenses is March 1 DEM Announces February 11 Public Meeting to Discuss Ways to Restore Water Quality in the Greenwich Bay Watershed January 2004 DEM to Hold Public Workshop in Johnston to Discuss RI Resource Recovery Corp's License Application for Phase V Landfill DEM Announces That Close to 4,000 Acres of Land Were Protected in Fiscal Year 2003 DEM Announces Close to $1.5 Million in Grants for Water Quality Improvements DEM and Department of Health Remind the Public That Local Eggs and Poultry Products Are Safe to Eat DEM Receives Coastal Property in Charlestown from DOT for Passive Recreation Earth Day Committee to Award $1,000 Scholarship in the Name of the Late Professor Dr. Mark Gould DEM Offering Small Grants for Earth Day Cleanups and Environmental Education RI Marine Fisheries Council to Meet at URI Bay Campus on Monday, February 2 DEM Finds Safe Ice Conditions at Lincoln Woods, Goddard Memorial, and World War II State Parks, but Ice at Meshanticut State Park in Cranston Remains Unsafe for Skating DEM and Woonasquatucket Watershed Council to Host Regional Greenspace Workshop on Wednesday, January 21st DEM Will Hold Febuary 11 Hearing on Proposed Regulations Governing Reduction of Mercury in the Environment Carcieri to Announce DEM Assessment for New Children's Center in Providence DEM Adopts Permanent Regulations to Keep Chronic Wasting Disease Out of Rhode Island DEM'S New Marine Fisheries Research Vessel to be Launched in Maine on Saturday, January 10 DEM Warns: No Safe Ice Yet at State Parks DEM Offers Boat Registration Renewal, Boater Education Information, Summer Job Applications at Boat Show DEM to Hold January 13 Public Meeting for Review and Comment on Proposed Two-Year Work Plan DEM Issues Notice of Intent to Issue License to RI Resource Recovery Corporation for Phase V Landfill DEM Announces That Weekly Trip Limit Permit Program for Summer Flounder Will Begin on January 6th