NOAA Evaluating Rhode Island’s Coastal Regulatory Agency

WAKEFIELD, R.I. – It’s not often one of the state’s environmental agencies gets a report card from the federal government. This year the Coastal Resources Management Council has been undergoing a routine checkup from the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. When Rhode Island created the CRMC, the state joined the National Coastal Zone Management Program, which allows states along each coast and in the Great Lakes region to take charge managing and developing their shoreline areas.

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