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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND

RESERVOIRS -- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF JOHNSON'S POND

     Introduced By: Representatives Nardone, Roberts, Chippendale, Noret, Serpa, and P
Morgan

     Date Introduced: February 11, 2022

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 46-19 of the General Laws entitled "Inspection of Dams and

Reservoirs" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

     46-19-8.1. Environmental study of Johnson's Pond.

     There is hereby appropriated from the general fund from funds not otherwise appropriated

an amount sufficient to provide a dedicated grant of funding to department of environmental

management (DEM), specifically to commission an environmental study for the public benefit and

to aid DEM in the exercise of its enforcement and jurisdictional prerogatives concerning freshwater

wetlands in and around Johnson’s Pond located in the town of Coventry, the tributaries flowing

from Johnson's Pond and entering into the Pawtuxet River flowing through the towns of West

Warwick, Warwick and Cranston.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND

RESERVOIRS -- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF JOHNSON'S POND

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     This act would appropriate from the general fund an amount sufficient to provide a

dedicated grant of funding to DEM, specifically to commission an environmental study for the

public benefit and to aid DEM in the exercise of its enforcement and jurisdictional prerogatives

concerning freshwater wetlands in and around Johnson’s Pond.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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