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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) announced a final rule establishing a durable definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) to reduce uncertainty from changing regulatory definitions, protect people’s health, and support economic opportunity. The final rule restores essential water protections that were in… Read More
There was a time when the lagoons and channels in Ocean City were so choked with sediment that it was difficult to navigate a boat. That all changed several years ago under the city administration’s ambitious multi-year, multimillion-dollar dredging program. That’s not to say that sediment doesn’t build up now. But the dredging program continually… Read More
Construction services will consist of maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channels at Santa Barbara Harbor. Dredge material will be placed on down coast beaches. Dredging at Santa Barbara Harbor occurs biannually, generally in the late fall(November/December) and early spring (March/April) and will consist of a total of six dredge cycles. A typical dredge cycle… Read More
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announce Senate passage of major investments for Oregon’s ports, waterways, and coastal, fishing, and tribal communities included in Congress’s fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations package. The legislation passed in the Senate and is expected to clear the House of Representatives this week before being signed into law… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258 on December 30, 2022, as directed by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The sale generated one bid for one tract. The bid, in the amount of $63,983, was submitted by Hilcorp Alaska LLC. The Cook Inlet lease sale terms include… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, will be celebrating its 75th anniversary on Nov. 1, 2023. The district was established on Nov. 1, 1948, just a few years after the completion of the Mill Creek Project. The land that would become the Walla Walla District was originally part of the USACE Portland District…. Read More
The upcoming large lock extended closure schedule will close the large lock to all vessel traffic during: Closure #1 10/16/2023 11/14/2023 Single Chamber Navigation 11/15/2023 11/29/2023 Closure #2 11/30/2023 12/29/2023 Single Chamber Navigation 12/30/2023 1/13/2024 Optional Closure 1/14/2024 2/12/2024 Single Chamber Navigation 2/13/2024 10/14/2024… Read More
Crews have less than two weeks left before they must remove all construction, dredging and other equipment from the shoreline of Lake Marble Falls in anticipation of an im- pending refill. The waterway was lowered about 7 feet in October by the Lower Colorado River Authority. The refill, which orig inally was scheduled to begin… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District is responding to a levee breach along the Nooksack River near Slater Road in Whatcom County, Washington. The district activated its Emergency Operations Center yesterday to oversee the work and continue to provide technical assistance to communities affected by flood and king tide related impacts. Officials suspect the… Read More
Boats could once again be able to be launched at the Aroma Park boat ramp that’s in Kankakee Valley Park District’s Potawatomi Park on Front Street in Aroma Park sometime in 2023. The timeline for the work, which will take approximately three to four months, could begin in late spring or early summer, according to… Read More
NAVSEA has awarded BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair LLC, Jacksonville, Fla., a $119,261,837 firm-fixed-price contract action for maintenance, modernization, and repair of USS Lassen (DDG 82) fiscal 2023 Depot Modernization Period. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to $137,918,372. Work will be performed in Mayport, Florida, and is expected to be completed… Read More
Atlantic Diving Supply will provide the U.S. Air Force with airfield damage repair equipment under a five-year, $150 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The procurement is aimed at modernizing the service branch’s capabilities supporting rapid repair of damaged airfield pavements, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The logistics company will conduct contract work at its Virginia Beach, Virginia headquarters…. Read More
North Charleston, S.C.,based Detyens Shipyards Inc. has been awarded a $10,051,547 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220523C2142) for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203). The contract includes a base period and three options that, if exercised would bring its cumulative to $10,606,947. Work will be performed in… Read More
Galveston, Texas, headquartered Callan Marine Ltd. has been awarded a $13,845,450 firm-fixed-price contract for pipeline deep-draft dredging of the Houston Ship Channel. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Houston, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 11, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount… Read More
State and federal officials recently announced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District had awarded a $23.8 million contract for beach replenishment projects in Delaware. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Ed Voigt said Dec. 20 the corps’ contractor, Weeks Marine of Cranford, N.J., is expected to begin mobilization in March, with expected completion before Memorial… Read More