Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha's office has filed a lawsuit against Quidnessett Country Club for building an unpermitted seawall and refusing to remove it.
The complaint filed in Providence Superior Court claims the club has violated the Environmental Rights Act by polluting, impairing, or destroying the state's "water, land and other natural resources."
In addition, the complaint alleges that the club has impaired the public's right of way and access to the tidal areas and that its trespassing on lands to which the State holds the title.
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