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Dive Brief: In a $1.6 trillion discretionary funding request sent to the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Appropriations on Friday, President Joe Biden’s administration did not ask for border wall construction funds and proposed that unobligated, prior-year funding set aside for wall construction be canceled. The president will submit his full budget request for 2022 in the coming… Read More
The Biden administration has suspended a critical Clean Water Act permit for a contentious Minnesota mining project, handing a groundbreaking win to a Native American tribe fighting potential pollution from the upstream development. The Army Corps of Engineers sidelined a wetlands permit for the PolyMet mine last month after a court found the Trump EPA… Read More
The dream of having an inland port and intermodal facility in Crawford County is a step closer to becoming reality with work completed on both an environmental assessment and design of the port, according to Sen. Mat Pitsch, R-Fort Smith. The Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (WAIA) announced in April 2020 it had applied for and… Read More
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, in coordination with local partners, is installing danger signs along several check dams associated with its southern New York flood risk management projects. These dams can pose serious safety risks to the public when they are used recreationally. Check dams reduce water flow velocity… Read More
The Memphis District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate a fully functioning stormwater ditch replacement project in the New Madrid, Missouri area, on Apr. 12, 2021. A $3.4 million contract was awarded for two work areas to Tarpan Construction LLC., on Aug. 29, 2019. “The project consisted of replacing three stormwater ditches adjacent to the… Read More
In March, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army and 54th Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was getting ready for a well-deserved retirement after having served in the high-profile position since 2016. Then the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic came into focus. “I was going to… Read More
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are calling on the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to direct available funding toward an emergency dredging of Barcelona Harbor in the town of Westfield. Citing recent storms that have washed sediment over the break wall, the channel has increasingly shallowed. Schumer and… Read More
Rochester, N.Y. – Repairs on Rochester’s Summerville Pier are expected to resume this month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says repairs to pier lighting and the concrete cap should be completed by next month. The agency is using funds that are currently available to repair about 600 feet of the Rochester Harbor east pier…. Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District has begun 24-hour surveillance of flood control structures at Arkabutla Lake due to high water. High water levels have also closed the following roads and areas at the lake: the dam road; Baker Road; Highway 51 Landing; Highway 51 East Access; Dietchman’s Road Access;… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. — Making its way through the murky waters and swift current of the Mississippi River at the Vicksburg riverfront, the Research Vessel Martin looks like any other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey boat. However, there is one major difference. The inland survey vessel has been converted into a semi-autonomous craft, making it… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $67 million contract to Industrial Builders Incorporated of West Fargo, North Dakota, to complete the Interstate 29 grade raise portion of the Fargo, North Dakota / Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, April 9. This project consists of a grade raise of… Read More
Boaters may use the shoreline on the left side of the boat ramp to load and offload safely. From the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce: April 7, 2021 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will temporarily close the courtesy dock adjacent to the boat ramp at the W.P Franklin Lock and Dam… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS12) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will stop advance releases starting Saturday that it has been making under the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Harmful Algal Bloom deviation. Releases to the Caloosahatchee will be reduced to 1,000 cubic feet per second as measured at the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam… Read More
East Pasadena consulting and engineering provider Tetra Tech Inc. has been awarded a $49- million, multiple-award, architecture and engineering services contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District. Under the five-year contract, Tetra Tech will provide environmental services for the protection and restoration of the natural environment, including designs, studies, surveys, and application… Read More
FREEPORT, TX (April 8, 2021) – Port Freeport celebrated a historic milestone on April 8, 2021 with a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project, a federal cost-shared initiative with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Distinguished guests and members of the community were present for an open-air event commemorating the commencement of… Read More