“The non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility charges that RIDEM has failed to enforce the Clean Water Act.
“One of Rhode Island’s picturesque waterfronts appears to have a chronic sewage problem requiring immediate enforcement action, according to a complaint filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Citing months of state inaction on citizen complaints, the group is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to intervene,” said the group in a statement.”
