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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'>RESCHEDULED South Coast Regional Public Hearing on the Draft Coastal Erosion Commission Report</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The South Coast regional public hearing originally scheduled for February 5 to solicit public comments on the <a href="http://www.mass.gov/eea/waste-mgnt-recycling/coasts-and-oceans/erosion-commission-report.html" target="_blank">draft report</a> released by the Massachusetts </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.mass.gov/eea/waste-mgnt-recycling/coasts-and-oceans/coastal-erosion-commission.html" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Coastal Erosion Commission</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> has been rescheduled. The public hearing will now be held on </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>March 19, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Buzzards Bay Coalition Croll Conference Room, 114 Front Street, New Bedford, MA 02740.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> For more information, see the </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.mass.gov/eea/waste-mgnt-recycling/coasts-and-oceans/erosion-commission-report.html" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Coastal Erosion Commission Draft Report web page</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. Submit comments to </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#244061'><a href="mailto:erosion-commission@state.ma.us?subject=Comment%20on%20Coastal%20Erosion%20Commission%20Report">erosion-commission@state.ma.us</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>by April 7.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>