§ 46-23.1-1. Findings and purpose. Coastal and estuarine habitat such as coastal wetlands, anadromous fish runs, and eelgrass beds are threatened, damaged, or have been destroyed by historic pollution, oil spills, incompatible development, and other factors. The coastal and estuarine habitats of Rhode Island’s waters provide great benefits to the citizens of this state including, […]
§ 46-23.1-2. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Council” means the coastal resources management council, its director or designee; (2) “Degraded habitat” means a habitat that has been negatively affected by human impacts, resulting in the loss or impairment of the following ecological functions including, but not limited […]
§ 46-23.1-3. The Rhode Island coastal and estuarine habitat restoration trust fund. (a) Establishment. There is established within the coastal resources management council a Rhode Island coastal and estuarine habitat restoration trust fund (the “trust”). On July 1, 2002, July 1, 2004 and each July 1st thereafter, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) of […]
§ 46-23.1-4. Allocation of the trust. Funds from the trust shall be used to carry out the purposes of this chapter as follows: (1) The administrative, personnel and equipment expenses required to carry out the activities of the program as described in this chapter. The council shall be responsible for submitting annual budget requests for […]
§ 46-23.1-5. The Rhode Island coastal and estuarine habitat restoration program — Established. (a) The council shall develop and implement a coastal and estuarine habitat restoration program for the state of Rhode Island. The program shall consist of the following elements and perform the listed tasks: (1) Develop a statewide coastal and estuarine habitat restoration […]
§ 46-23.1-5.1. Eligibility. In order to be eligible for direct grant assistance from the fund, applicants must demonstrate all of the following: (1) Demonstrate the ability to accomplish the project; (2) Compliance with any applicable element of the state estuary and coastal habitat restoration strategy; and (3) Successful completion of an estuary and coastal habitat […]
§ 46-23.1-6. Interim project approval. Prior to formal adoption of the statewide coastal and estuarine habitat restoration strategy individual projects that meet the definition of restoration contained in § 46-23.1-2 and have been previously identified by state or federal agencies may be approved by the program, in consultation with the technical advisory committee. Such projects […]
