Rhode Island General Laws Title 46. Waters and Navigation § 46-6.1-6. Interagency coordination

(a) The council and the department shall jointly prepare and adopt, no later than January 1, 2002, protocols and guidelines for coordinated review and action on applications made pursuant to § 46-6.1-6, which shall among other things provide for: (1) the elimination of redundant and duplicative processes and reviews; (2) a joint pre-application meeting with the applicant; (3) a timely, joint determination of the completeness of applications, following a suitability determination made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and (4) the designation of a project manager for each dredging application who shall coordinate review of the application and serve as the single point of contact for the applicant.

(b) The council, with advice from the department, shall adopt protocols and a plan for monitoring dredged material disposal sites in the coastal zone, which protocols and plan shall be an element of the comprehensive plan for dredged material management and which provide for oversight by the department of matters that are in its jurisdiction pursuant to authority delegated by federal law.