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News Release RI Department of Environmental Management 235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908 (401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462
DEM ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER 9 BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE MEETING PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that it will hold its quarterly Business Roundtable meeting on Thursday, September 9. The meeting will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Room 300 at DEM Headquarters, 235 Promenade Street in Providence. The meeting is open to all members of the business community.The agenda will include brief presentations on state incentive programs to help businesses lower energy costs and on the 2004 Open Space, Recreation, Bay, and Watershed Protection bond referendum, which is Question 8 on the November ballot. Flammable waste and the electronic management of environmental sampling results in site remediation cases will also be discussed. DEM began Business Roundtable meetings in 1999 to solicit comments from the business community on Department plans and performance. "Since then," says Janet Keller, Chief of DEM's Office of Strategic Planning and Policy, "business leaders have weighed in on a number of issues that have resulted in improvements at DEM that benefit the business community without compromising environmental protection." Gary Ezovski, a North Smithfield resident and president of Lincoln Environmental, Inc. of Smithfield, serves as chair of the Roundtable. For more information about DEM's Business Roundtable, contact Terri Bisson at tbisson@dem.state.ri.us or at 222-3434 ext. 4402. Business Roundtable information may also be found on DEM's website, www.dem.ri.gov, by clicking on "Strategic Planning and Policy" under "Programs." -30- |
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