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Links

Listed below are various organizations that are instrumental in monitoring, protecting and restoring the health of Narragansett Bay

Coastal Institute
www.ci.uri.edu

Coastal Resources Management Council
www.crmc.ri.gov

Environmental Data Center
www.edc.uri.edu

Insomniacs
www.geo.brown.edu/georesearch/insomniacs/

Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
www.nbnerr.org

Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
www.nbep.org

Rhode Island Bays, Rivers, and Watersheds Coordination Team
www.coordinationteam.ri.gov

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Managment
www.dem.ri.gov
www.dem.ri.gov/programs/emergencyresponse/bart/index.php

Rhode Island Department of Health
www.health.ri.gov

Rhode Island Department of Health Beach Program
http://www.health.ri.gov/beaches/

Rhode Island Natural History Survey
www.rinhs.org

Rhode Island Sea Grant
www.seagrant.gso.uri.edu

Save the Bay
www.savebay.org

University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
www.gso.uri.edu ​

University of Rhode Island Watershed Watch
www.uri.edu/ce/wq/ww

Watershed Counts
www.watershedcounts.org

Rhode Island Fixed-Site Network

The Rhode Island Fixed-Site Network is a consortium of agencies in Rhode Island that maintain a set of water quality instruments throughout several locations in Narragansett Bay. The Narragansett Bay Commission is just one of 4 agencies that maintain these instruments. The other agencies include the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography. Other organizations in Rhode Island that are concerned partners for water quality in the Narragansett Bay are the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, the Rhode Island Bays, Rivers, and Watershed Coordination Team and the joint agency Insomniacs Dissolved Oxygen Survey. For information on these organizations please see their websites listed below.

For more information on the Fixed Site Network itself such as a map of other water quality monitoring stations and past data from the entire network please see the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management website.

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/emergencyresponse/bart/index.php​​

Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
http://www.nbnerr.org/

University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
http://www.gso.uri.edu/

Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
http://www.nbep.org/

Rhode Island Bays, Rivers, and Watershed Coordination Team
http://www.dem.ri.gov/bayteam/index.htm

Insomniacs
http://www.geo.brown.edu/georesearch/insomniacs/

Meetings

Meetings

All meetings take place at one of the Narragansett Bay Commission’s facilities: Field’s Point Wastewater Treatment Facility, Corporate Office Building, One Service Road, Providence, RI 02905 OR Bucklin Point Wastewater Treatment Facility, 102 Campbell Avenue. East Providence, RI 02916. The specific location for each meeting will be noted in the supplemental written public notice and filed with the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s Office. Board meeting agendas and minutes are filed with the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s Office (click here)

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: 11:00 A.M.

  • January27, 2026
  • March 10, 2026
  • May 12, 2026
  • June 23, 2026
  • September 22, 2026
  • November 3, 2026
  • December 8, 2026

Transparency

The following information is provided pursuant to the Quasi-Public Corporations Accountability and Transparency Act found at Section 42-155-6 of the Rhode Island General Laws. Content is still under development and will be updated as it becomes available.

Board of Commissioners

The Narragansett Bay Commission’s mission is to maintain a leadership role in the protection and enhancement of water quality in Narragansett Bay and its tributaries by providing safe and reliable wastewater collection and treatment services to its customers at a reasonable cost.

The NBC’s Rules and Regulations may be found at the RI Secretary of State’s Office website. The NBC’s Rules and Regulations may also be found on our website by clicking here. To view a copy of the NBC By-laws, click here. A copy of the agency’s Comprehensive Strategic Plan is available here. The Executive Compensation Comparability Study is here.

The chart below shows NBC’s organizational framework and staffing levels.

The NBC is governed by a 19-member Board of Commissioners, appointed by the mayors and administrators of the municipalities in the service area, as well as ten gubernatorial appointments. Empowered with responsibilities ranging from ensuring that the NBC operates with a balanced budget to approving contracts for improving and sustaining the treatment facilities and wastewater collection system, the Board meets monthly to guide the direction of the NBC. Minutes and agendas of the monthly meetings, as well as quarterly contracting reports, are available on the RI Secretary of State’s website (click here for minutes and here for quarterly reports).

Officers

  • Chairman, Vincent J. Mesolella
  • Vice Chairman, Angelo S. Rotella
  • Treasurer, Robert Andrade
  • Secretary, Laurie Horridge, Executive Director

Gubernatorial Appointments

  • Ernest Almonte
  • Lisa Andoscia
  • James Bennett
  • Mario Carlino
  • David Corsetti
  • Michelle R. DeRoche
  • Christine DiBiase, Esq.
  • Michelle DiCaprio
  • Leonard Lopes, Esq.
  • Jina Petrarca, Esq. 

Other Appointments (Appointed by)

  • Vincent J. Mesolella, Chairman (Administrator of Lincoln)
  • John MacQueen (Mayor of Cumberland)  
  • Richard Delfino (Mayor of Johnston)
  • Michael Marcello, Esq. (Mayor of East Providence)
  • Allessandro Montanari (Mayor of Providence)
  • Angelo Rotella, Esq. Vice Chairman (Mayor of Providence)
  • Anthony Napolitano (Mayor of North Providence)
  • Robert P. Andrade, Treasurer (Mayor of Pawtucket)
  • Gary Rebelo (Mayor of Central Falls)

Meetings

All meetings take place at one of the Narragansett Bay Commission’s facilities: Field’s Point Wastewater Treatment Facility, Corporate Office Building, One Service Road, Providence, RI 02905 OR Bucklin Point Wastewater Treatment Facility, 102 Campbell Avenue. East Providence, RI 02916. The specific location for each meeting will be noted in the supplemental written public notice and filed with the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s Office. Board meeting agendas and minutes are filed with the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s Office (click here).

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: 11:00 A.M.

  • January27, 2026
  • March 10. 2026
  • May 12, 2026
  • June 23, 2026
  • September 22, 2026
  • November 3, 2026
  • December 8, 2026

Executive Job Descriptions

Documentation

The NBC’s Rules and Regulations may be found at the RI Secretary of State’s Office website (click here). 

The NBC’s Rules and Regulations may also be found on our website by clicking here.

Quarterly Financial Statements

Contracting Reports Required by RI GEN LAWS 42-90-1

Collective Bargaining Agreements

Public Records

Pursuant to Rhode Island General Law Section 38-2-3 the Narragansett Bay Commission has established a written procedure and form for public records requests.  If you wish to make an APRA request for documents maintained by the Narragansett Bay Commission, view a copy of our APRA policy and our APRA request form.

The NBC FOG Environmental Results Program

The NBC FOG-ERP has been designed to improve the management of FOG by the local food service industry through a combination of: 1) Compliance Assistance, 2) Voluntary Self Evaluation, 3) Regulatory Inspections, and 4) Certification:

1. Compliance Assistance: Pollution Prevention Engineers from the University of Rhode Island and the NBC are available to meet with restaurant owners and managers both one-on-one and in educational workshop settings to help implement sound and sustainable FOG Best Management Practices and better comply with NBC regulations.

2. Self-Evaluation: Restaurant owners and/or operators will be given training through Compliance Assistance efforts to self-evaluate their facility in order to certify their FOG management practices utilizing the NBC Oil & Grease Compliance and Best Management Practices Workbook.

3. Regulatory Inspections: The NBC Pretreatment Program will continue to inspect all restaurants on a regular basis. Participation in the FOG-ERP will help firms prepare for regulatory inspections and help them comply with NBC regulations.

4. Certification: Restaurants that demonstrate a superior FOG management performance level will be issued a Certification of Best Management Practices which may be displayed in their place of business.

To participate in the NBC FOG-ERP complete the FOG Best Management Practices Certification Form include as an attachment to NBC Fats Oils & Grease Compliance and Best Management Practices Workbook (see links below) and email the completed form to Jim Kelly, jkelly@narrabay.com

Certification under the NBC FOG-ERP can help your business fulfill the requirements of the RIDEM’s Hospitality Green Certification for the Hospitality & Tourism Industry Program with respect to FOG management.

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