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In an open letter to environment minister Harsh Vardhan, over 50 experts on issues related to rivers, waterways and other such have urged him and the ministry to make prior environmental clearance “mandatory and legally binding” for inland waterways projects. This after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) sought suggestions from the environment ministry on whether… Read More
Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s biggest oil firm, Wednesday said it will commission its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Ennore in Tamil Nadu this month. IOC Chairman Sanjiv Singh said the Rs 5,151-crore terminal is complete and would be commissioned after completion of dredging of the channel that will bring cryogenic… Read More
The stage four of the Suzhou Creek rehabilitation project started in full swing, Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang announced on December 30. As a major environmental protection and investment project in the city, it marks a new stage in city’s comprehensive treatment of its mother river Suzhou Creek. The rehabilitation project is aimed to improve… Read More
The dredging of the country’s ports outside Lagos was not captured in the 2019 budget, according to the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (Man). According to Man, the dredging of the nation’s other ports will lead to the decongestion of the Tin Can Island and Wharf ports. It noted that the allocation for rail lines in… Read More
The long-delayed dredging of Wellfleet Harbor has once again been left out of the most recent Army Corps of Engineers operation and maintenance work plan, made public on Nov. 21 — leaving local officials little choice but to consider taking on the project at town expense. “We were not included in the Army Corps plan… Read More
In a bid to boost the water connectivity between Tripura and Bangladesh, plans are underway to locate the construction site of a Jetty for an inland waterway project on River Gomati that flows through Tripura and Bangladesh. The intent behind this move is to connect Tripura’s Gomati with River Meghna in Bangladesh. To discuss the… Read More
A delegation from the Ministry of Shipping and Water Resources will visit Tripura on December 26 to conduct a survey and decide on the location of a jetty which would be set up on River Gomti for inland waterways connectivity with Bangladesh. The project was earlier approved in principle by the Centre. Advertising A statement… Read More
The city of Lorain will develop plans for a new site to dump material dredged to maintain the navigation channel for freighters traveling the Black River. Meanwhile, city staff will continue working on plans for a stormwater retention area that could alleviate flooding around Martin’s Run on Lorain’s west side. Lorain also will continue working… Read More
The state launched a sampling effort in summer 2017 to assess the contamination left behind after years of dredging, which was required by EPA in order to meet the goals of a 2002 Record of Decision. The last study included both surface sediment and fish samples. The state also submitted comments rejecting a five-year review… Read More
Portland Port’s Queens Pier improvement project has been given the green light by the Board of Portland Port. Plans include the deepening of the seabed level either side of the Queens Pier outer arm, from eight metres to 11 metres. Queen’s Pier was originally constructed in 1952, using reinforced concrete piles that were manufactured locally… Read More
Local environmentalists are calling out a plan to dispose of PCB-contaminated material from the Indiana Harbor and Shipping Canal in an East Chicago waste facility that won federal and state approval. “It is a serious issue for us,” said East Chicago environmental activist Thomas Frank, of the Community Strategy Group. “We feel the EPA has… Read More
Early in 2018, the federal government announced a program under the U.S. Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) that would fund ten projects supporting beneficial uses of dredged material. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) submitted a proposal for this pilot program to cover 100% of the construction costs of restoring the Crab Bank Seabird… Read More
A new Department of Environmental Conservation study finds that General Electric’s cleanup of PCBs in the Hudson River remains incomplete, state officials said. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday released a fresh evaluation of fish samples taken from the river in 2017 that finds PCBs — or polychlorinated biphenyls — in their flesh remain above acceptable… Read More
In July, Cape Mining and Recycling went before the Middle Township Committee seeking a ruling on the company’s application to transport dredge soils within the township and to “receive, deposit, store and process dredge soils” at its site on Goshen Road in Court House. A hearing was held and no decision was reached then. On… Read More
The township has been issued a Notice of Violation by the Bureau of Coastal and Land Use Compliance and Enforcement for unauthorized dredging of Traders Cove Marina and placement of the dredged material at two locations within Brick Township. The notice was issued after Councilman Jim Fozman called the Director of Government Relations from the… Read More