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NOTICE: The CRMC email service provider is experiencing technical incompatibility issues with Gmail accounts. When emailing the CRMC, please use an alternate email address (non-gmail) or call CRMC offices at 401-783-3370 and someone will direct your call. We are working diligently with our service provider to resolve the technical issues and we thank you for your patience as we work to rectify this situation.

* CRMC is open by appointment only. Click here for useful information on daily operations.

Anyone entering CRMC offices for their appointment must first complete the self-screening at the RI.gov site: http://selfscreening.ri.gov/ and follow the directions. The results must be emailed to cstaff1@crmc.ri.gov or shown at the door for admittance.

CRMC seeks input through customer service survey
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Notice of Public Hearing on five potential new ROWs in Portsmouth (PDF)

Webinar: Applying the CRMC's Coastal Hazard Application (CHA) Process to Municipal Project Review

CRMC funds five habitat restoration projects

US Army Corps of Engineers RI Coastline Coastal Storm Risk Management Project
— Click here to contact USACE

CRMC issues 2020-2021 ROW report

Application for replacement and revision of the Army Corps of Engineers RI General Permit for a standard period of 5 years (PDF)

CRMC updates its Rights-of-Way online viewer

QDC, officials unveil RI Ready program

As of 7/29/19 the CRMC is using its Coastal Hazard Application Worksheet for applicable submitted projects as required by currently effective regulations in the Red Book in Section 1.1.6(I). Please click here for information on the list of projects requiring this worksheet, as well as the worksheet and online viewer.

CRMC, URI introducing Beach SAMP tools to coastal communities
– STORMTOOLS Information
– Review of Adaptation Strategies (PDF)

May 2022 Calendar
Calendar Index

REVISED - Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for submerged renewable energy cables in state waters (PDF)

• Anbaric Comments (PDF)
• Fisherman’s Advisory Board Comments (PDF)
• Ørsted Comments (PDF)
• Tetra Tech Comments (PDF)

Petition for Declaratory Ruling 2020-07-083 (PDF)

• Continuation Notice 12/8/20 (PDF)
• CRMC Meeting Notification 12/8/20 (PDF)
• Staff report 2020-07-083 (PDF)

Would you like to make a formal request to access the public records of the CRMC?  Please contact Lisa Turner, APRA Coordinator and Keeper of the Records at 401-783-3370 or LTurner@crmc.ri.gov. The CRMC Policies on Access to Public Records can be viewed in Section 1.15 of the Management Procedures (650-10-00-1), adopted in accordance with RIGL §38-2-1 et. seq.

Prepare for Hurricane Season

Long Range Transportation Plan — Moving Forward Ri Transportation 2040 (PDF)

Warwick mayor announces $565K project to improve Oakland Beach

Willis Named CRMC's Interim Executive Director

CRMC’s Dave Beutel speaks on “Divided Waters: Can offshore wind energy and the fishing industry coexist in the age of climate change?” panel

CRMC’s Janet Freedman in WPRI’s “State of the Bay”

A Rising Challenge: Rhode Island Grapples with the Policy and Practice of Coastal Resiliency

The Smallest State and Why It's Getting Smaller

Trash pushes Providence river dredging into January, over budget

Extreme climate change has arrived in America

Ground zero for 1938 Hurricane: More vulnerable than ever

Can offshore wind and commercial fishing coexist?

Major Flooding Hits MA South Shore During Snowstorm, But Why Not RI, South Coast?

Congress's 'watchdog' agency urges federal response on costly impacts

Using Dredged Materials to Improve a Salt Marsh

Two projects are under way in R.I. to raise salt marshes threatened by environmental change

Saving our salt marshes: Groups work to protect vital ecosystem

'Drowning' Charlestown marsh getting lift above rising sea

Narrow River dredging project underway