NPDES Permits in New England
Rhode Island NPDES Permits
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The state of Rhode Island has assumed the NPDES program from the federal government. The state issues its permits through the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Protection.
State Agency: Rhode Island Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
- Draft Individual Permits
- Final Individual Permits
- Woonsocket - Cumberland Engineering (PDF) (9 pp, 73 K) (Issued by EPA NE for a South Attleboro, MA facility that discharges in RI)
Final General Permits
Final General Permits Issued by the State of Rhode Island
- Multi-Sector General Permit Rhode Island Discharge Elimination System Storm Water Discharge Associated with Industrial Activity (excluding Constuction Activity) - RIR500000 (PDF) (134 pp, 539 K)
08/15/2013 - General Permit for Storm Water Discharges from Regulated Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems, MS4s (PDF) (56 pp, 265 K) (issued by EPA NE for Tribal Lands)
Please note that stormwater permit information is available at
our Stormwater page.