R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-5-2: Agency to administer state plan.

In order to carry out the purposes of the soil conservation and domestic allotment act enacted by the congress of the United States, the Rhode Island department of environmental management, referred to as the department, is designated as the agency of the state of Rhode Island to administer any state plan authorized by this chapter which shall be approved by the secretary of agriculture of the United States, referred to as the secretary of agriculture, for the state of Rhode Island pursuant to the provisions of the soil conservation and domestic allotment act.