Providence Business News: R.I. CRMC Adopts Plan for Ocean Management, Federal Concerns Linger
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council unanimously passed a sweeping plan to regulate the waters off Rhode Island Tuesday evening but with a major footnote. CRMC Executive Director Grover Fugate acknowledged that the federal government had concerns about sections of the ocean Special Area Management Plan, or SAMP, that pertained to federal waters…