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By Wayne J. D’Angelo (New York) , Joseph Green (Los Angeles), Zachary Lee (Washington) and Sabrina Eve Morelli (New York) Kelley Drye & Warren LLP The definition of the phrase “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS), encompassing the jurisdictional reach of the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act) and the related Oil Pollution Act of 1990, has been a source of… Read More
Contractors are roughly halfway through the dredging project that is moving nearly one-million cubic yards of sand and silt from the Wilmington Harbor shipping channel, with the beach-quality sand going onto Bald Head Island’s South Beach. Marinex’s Savannah is a cutter-head suction dredge with a 7,300-kilowatt power plant. When she’s not at work, locals can… Read More
Large storms can devastate coastal communities when no buffers exist to protect them. But salt marshes, which are coastal wetlands flooded and drained by salt water from the tides, can shield buildings and homes. “When Hurricane Sandy hit, if we didn’t have salt marshes there, a lot of homes would actually be more damaged,” said… Read More
On Fox News’ Fox & Friends, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced his plan to introduce a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to eventually strike down President Biden’s proposed Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule, which relies on a likely unlawful abuse of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s discretion to parole more migrants into the United States… Read More
Global Dredging Services Market 2022 to 2031 Analysis | Brookside Contracting, Dredge America, SOLitude Lake Management, NorthEast Diving Services, Organic Sediment Removal System, American Underwater Services, Estate Management Services, Pristine Waters, AE Commercial Diving Services, New England Aquatic Services, Aquatic Weed Control, Gator Dredging, Jex Plant UK, McCullough Excavating, All Habitat Services, Dragonfly Pond Works,… Read More
The beach renourishment project is facing a delay, as a few municipalities have yet to sign a required agreement with the federal and state government, Lavallette Mayor Walter LaCicero told the borough council Monday. The intergovernmental agreement between the 11 towns, the state of New Jersey, Ocean County and the federal government must be completed… Read More
A dredging contractor for the Walla Walla Engineer District has completed channel-deepening dredging at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers near Clarkston, Wash., and Lewiston, Idaho. The project dredged about 220,000 cubic yards of material, all of which was disposed of at an in-water location near Bishop Bar (north shore), located at Mile… Read More
A beach replenishment project on Ocean County’s northern barrier island will not begin until the fall, officials said this week, as several municipalities are just now approving agreements with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fund the work. In January, Ocean County officials said the county would fund the “local share” of the project, which… Read More
Needless to say, precision and accuracy are crucial factors in the marine construction and surveying fields. That’s where drones come in. With the ability to access difficult and sometimes dangerous areas, drones are able to provide detailed images and data for just about any type of marine construction project. Drones offer a large variety of… Read More
Contractors are roughly halfway through the dredging project that is moving nearly one-million cubic yards of sand and silt from the Wilmington Harbor shipping channel, with the beach-quality sand going onto Bald Head Island’s South Beach. Marinex’s Savannah is a cutter-head suction dredge with a 7,300-kilowatt power plant. When she’s not at work, locals can… Read More
As the effects of heat-trapping pollution continue to raise sea levels, wetlands dotting American coastlines could drown — or they could flourish. Their fate will depend upon rates of sea-level rise, how quickly the plants can grow, and whether there’s space inland into which they can migrate. Climate Central modeled how American coastal wetlands will respond to sea… Read More
The sandy beaches, expanses of marsh and wild horses on Cumberland Island draw visitors to the barrier island each summer, but as with every other beach on Georgia’s coast, that beloved terrain is shifting. Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Savannah) wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland urging… Read More
Local governments play a game of give-and-take when it comes to maintaining Treasure Coast beaches and their ever-changing terrain. As a result of hurricanes, erosion and development on barrier islands, intervention in Mother Nature’s natural cycle on beaches is needed to sustain the recreational space used by locals and tourists and to protect waterfront structures. Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties… Read More
For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas — nearly half the planet’s surface — concluding two weeks of talks in New York. The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea came into force in 1994, before marine biodiversity was a well-established… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity making $12,423,000 available in Fiscal Year 2023 funds through what is now called the United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP) and was previously named America’s Marine Highway Program. The FY 2023 funding level is worth less than one-third of the nearly $39 million… Read More