Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 650 - Coastal Resources Management Council
Chapter 20 - Coastal Management Program
Subchapter 00 - N/A
Part 9 - Rules and Regulations Governing the Protection and Management of Freshwater Wetlands in the Vicinity of the Coast
Section 650-RICR-20-00-9.19 - Superseded Rules

1. Any application submitted to the CRMC prior to the effective date of these Rules shall be governed by the Rules in effect at the time the application was filed;

2. Any enforcement action taken by the CRMC prior to the effective date of these Rules shall be governed by the Rules in effect at the time of the enforcement action;

3. Applicants for projects that have obtained a valid master plan approval from a municipality on or before the effective date of the Rules may elect to comply with the prior Rules and Regulations Governing the Protection and Management of Freshwater Wetlands in the Vicinity of the Coast, in effect as of February 17, 2011, provided that a complete application for the project is submitted to the CRMC on or within sixty (60) days from the effective date of these Rules. A copy of master plan approval shall be submitted with the application to demonstrate eligibility under § 9.19 of this Part; and

4. Applicants who possess a valid municipal building permit issued on or before the effective date of these Rules shall be governed by the Rules applicable at the time the building permit was issued. A project within a jurisdictional area for which a valid building permit has been issued that was not subject to permitting under the prior Rules may be constructed in accordance with the building permit without a requirement to obtain a freshwater wetlands permit for the subject project. Proposed new projects or alterations within a jurisdictional area may need to obtain a freshwater wetland permit in accordance with these Rules.