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BUFFALO, NY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District has entered into an agreement with Williams County, Ohio, to provide almost $1 million toward the total costs of sanitary sewer upgrades. The Section 594 reimbursements to Williams County will be supplemented by other sources of financing as necessary to cover the entire… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, USACE Commanding General and 55th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, signed the Chief’s Report for the Grand River Basin Study on November 19, 2020. The signing of the report progresses the project to Congress for authorization.”I am grateful for the hard work of the entire team and… Read More
The Corps Environment is an online quarterly news magazine published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the provisions of AR 360-1 to provide information about USACE and U.S. Army environmental initiatives, policies and technologies. Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Army or the… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published its Final Supplement II (Final SEIS II) to the 1976 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), Mississippi River and Tributaries (MR&T) Project, Mississippi River Mainline Levees (MRL), in the Federal Register today, Nov. 13. Through evaluation of information and data obtained from levee inspections, seepage… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $5.7 million contract to Drax, Inc., out of Madison, Wisconsin, for the modernization of the Lac qui Parle Dam near Watson, Minnesota, yesterday, Nov. 12. “This project is important for the safe and efficient maintenance, inspection and repair of the gates… Read More
Mountain Home, Ark. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is notifying the public that the scoping comment period for the Norfork Lake Master Plan revision will begin November 16. “Scoping” is the process of determining the scope, focus, and content of the master plan update documents. For a planning process such as the MP… Read More
The applicant, Diamond State Port Corporation (Port of Wilmington), is requesting a 10-year maintenance dredging permit to conduct maintenance dredging at Berths 1-7 along the Christina River at the Port of Wilmington. The project is located on the Christina River at the Port of Wilmington. The stated purpose off the proposed activity is to maintain… Read More
Dredging is expected to last for nine weeks. A massive sediment-scooping project at the Coupeville ferry terminal that began last month is on schedule to be completed by the third week of December. Every three to five years, Keystone Harbor is dredged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The engineer formation built the artificial… Read More
The city of Kelso has determined that the continued use of a Cowlitz River site for dredged sand will not have a significant effect on the environment. According to city documents, Winters Anchor Point, LLC has applied to continue placement and/or removal of between 0.5 to 2.2 million cubic yards of Cowlitz and Columbia River… Read More
Dredging operations in Bourne are expected to begin in the next several weeks. Town officials said dredging of Little Bay should begin in early December. Bourne Town Administrator Anthony E. Schiavi told the Bourne Board of Selectmen Wednesday last week, November 4, that the town switched dates for dredging with the Town of Yarmouth. Mr…. Read More
BOSTON — More than $800,000 in state and federal grants have been made available to further efforts to restore the Childs River, the Baker-Polito administration has announced. The funding will help remove aging dams, rejuvenate historical wetlands on retired cranberry bogs, replace undersized and failing culverts, restore stream flow and flood-plain habitat and revitalize urban… Read More
Plans include dredging approximately 62,000 cubic yards combined from north portion of King Harbor North Breakwater and inner portion of South Breakwater at Basin 3 entrance. REDONDO BEACH—Redondo Beach has begun the planning and permitting process to dredge two areas in King Harbor to make the area more navigable for boaters. The Redondo Beach Harbor… Read More
For the first time in 100 years, the residents of Newark, New Jersey have access to their Passaic River waterfront. This is due in large part to a construction project being performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District that’s restoring the river bank with a new bulkhead wall designed to prevent… Read More
By Chelsey Sellars | November 10, 2020 at 10:57 PM CST – Updated November 10 at 10:57 PM WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – Land in most of the Delta was dry as of Tuesday. Backwater flooding was once so high, homes were inhabitable and destroyed. On the phone, resident Victoria Darden said the relief may… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is nearing the completion of its dredging contract to place near 150,000 cubic yards of dredged material that was removed from the Mississippi River navigation channel at McMillian Island near Lock and Dam 10 in Guttenberg, Iowa, to the Buck Creek Placement Site. The Corps worked… Read More