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Dear RIMTA Members, Marina Owner/Operator,

Last year The Rhode Island Marine Trades Association negotiated an extended deadline for the implementation of Pressure Wash Water Discharge elimination. This was done to permit the development of new methodologies for treatment. The agreement requires RIMTA to hold a series of workshops to inform marina owner/operators of what is required and what technologies are now available to fulfill the requirements of the regulations.

The New Deadline is January 1, 2011

POWER BOATS: The Providence Boat Show, which begins Jan. 7, will feature technology exhibits as well as boat vendors.

With the economy in the doldrums, this may not seem like the best time to buy a boat, but organizers of the Providence Boat Show, coming to the R.I. Convention Center Jan. 7 to Jan. 10, say there is no better time than now to make such a purchase because prices will only rise when the economy bounces back.

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The Environmental Protection Agency said it would probably increase the amount of ethanol that gasoline retailers could blend into ordinary fuel to 15 percent if tests show the blend would not damage cars.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it needs more time to decide whether to increase the amount of ethanol in gasoline up to 15 percent.

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After months of speculating, Curt Spalding, the longtime executive director of Save the Bay in Rhode Island, has just been named New England’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief.

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‘Chugging along’ as cargo traffic stays steady, unlike elsewhere

Officials at the Port of Providence say traffic there remains on par with historic levels and is actually growing, even as declining imports hurt other ports. The Gypsum Integrity, left, recently arrived with 45,000 tons of coal, which was unloaded within 24 hours.

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Two Rhode Island shipbuilding companies have been awarded $2.6 million in federal stimulus money to make improvements at their shipyards.

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For the third year in a row, Gowrie Group of Westbrook, Conn., was named to a national list of the Top 100 privately-held property/casualty agencies.

The firm also was ranked as the top agency in Connecticut for the second year, and was among the 45 companies on the list that actually grew its business, year over year, despite the economic recession.

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At a 2007 boatbuilder’s conference, naval architect Lou Codega outlined strategies to build boats that operate more efficiently and burn less fuel. Build lighter, scale back accommodations, and use the latest propulsion technologies. That was the gist of his 45-minute presentation.

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FALL RIVER - A proposal for an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Fall River’s Mount Hope Bay was approved by the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday, The Herald News reported.

According to The Herald News, the Coast Guard’s approval was affirmed in a letter of recommendation from Raymond J. Perry, the Coast Guard captain of the port for southeast New England, to Kimberly D. Bose, secretary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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