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3/24/2025
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee to hear legislation related to coastal resources
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STATE HOUSE — The Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture is scheduled to meet Wednesday to hear testimony on legislation related to coastal resources.
The meeting will take place Wednesday, March 26, at 4 p.m. in the Senate Lounge on the second floor of the State House.
The committee will hear testimony on the following bills:
§ 2025-S 0181 — this bill, by Sen. V. Susan Sosnowski (D-Dist. 37, South Kingstown), would require that a super majority of three-fifths of the duly appointed council is required to override a recommendation by the CRMC staff.
§ 2025-S 0775 — this bill, by Sen. Mark McKenney (D-Dist. 30, Warwick), would replace the Coastal Resources Management Council with a state Department of Coastal Resources and transfer all of the powers and duties between the two authorities.
§ 2025-S 0642 — this bill, by Senator McKenney, would establish a uniform wastewater disposal fee in the amount of 15 cents per every 10,000 gallons of wastewater effluent.
§ 2025-S 0643 — this bill, by Senator McKenney, would create a shellfish hatchery program established by the Department of Environmental Management to foster sustainable development and resiliency of the state’s shellfish industry.
§ 2025-S 0644 — this bill, by Sen. Louis P. DiPalma (D-Dist. 12, Middletown, Newport, Tiverton, Little Compton), would strike the words “which is naturally occurring” with regard to any promulgated rules and regulations of the Department of Environmental Management relating to the remediation of arsenic.
The Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture is chaired by Senator Sosnowski. The meeting will be livestreamed at https://capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.
For more information, contact:
Daniel Trafford, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-1922
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