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According to the Spring 2021 Unified Agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expects to promulgate its new Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards of Performance any time now (originally expected by the end of 2021). By way of background, in December 2018, the Vessel Incident Discharge Act (VIDA) was signed into law via subsection (p)… Read More
Lavaca Bay, a steel, gray waterway along the Central Texas Coast, is home to one of the most notorious Superfund sites in Texas—a huge, abandoned industrial plant complex (and island full of dredge materials) that leaches toxic mercury into surrounding waters, creating a zone where, for decades, the fish has been too dangerous for humans… Read More
Harrisburg’s Italian Lake may be beautiful on the surface, but what’s at the bottom of the water? According to David Baker, director of parks, recreation and facilities for the city, there’s lots of debris, trash and “muck” that needs to be removed. The city began to clean out the south portion of the lake, in… Read More
The future begins Wednesday, Feb. 23. That’s when the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will auction off leases to develop wind farms on six huge offshore water parcels, covering nearly half a million acres from Cape May all the way to Montauk Point. The sale, located in an ocean formation called the New… Read More
Mayor Robert Hedlund said his administration is taking a “holistic approach” to upgrade Weymouth Neck’s shoreline. “We have work going on in three areas,” he said. Fort Point Road seawall upgrade The planned upgrades include; completing a final design for a seawall upgrade near Fort Point Road, I Hedlund said frequent severe storms have… Read More
Gov. John Bel Edwards is heading to Delaware where he will testify Wednesday at a U.S. Senate committee field hearing on coastal restoration and climate change. Edwards is expected to discuss work to restore Louisiana’s coastline while bearing the brunt of multiple major hurricanes in recent years and the ongoing climate crisis. The Senate Environment and Public Works… Read More
The largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean International’s 236,857 gross ton Wonder of the Seas arrived in the United States last night to prepare for her maiden voyage. The giant ship, which is about four percent larger than her sister ship, arrived in Port Everglades, just after nightfall on February 20, where she… Read More
That was the bottom line in Thursday’s monumental decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who officially included Key Biscayne as part of Miami-Dade County’s 50-year Shoreline Protection Plan, saving the Village millions of dollars in the process. Village Manager Steve Williamson, calling it a “Super Bowl” win, said the plan to widen, raise… Read More
A 92-year-old Port Morien resident now has under 15 feet of property separating her house from a cliffside PORT MORIEN, N.S. — For many Cape Bretoners with property on coastal shorelines, living life on the edge takes on a new meaning during storm season. For 92-year-old Port Morien senior Joyce Peach, it’s involved watching chunks… Read More
DredgeWire Exclusive by Judith Powers Photos by Wes Matheu, Beau Breeden, and Joe Berg The community of Cape St. Claire (CSC), Maryland is getting shoreline restoration it has been working toward for nearly a decade. The combination dredging, beach nourishment and habitat creation project was finished at the end of February after years of planning… Read More
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) yesterday introduced the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act. The legislation is cosponsored in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Garret Graves (R-La.-06) and John Garamendi (D-Calif.-03). According to Cassidy’s office, the bill provides a level playing field between U.S. flagged vessels and foreign-flagged vessels working in offshore energy… Read More
Today, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) which administers the Passenger Ferry Grant program, released the full list of FY 2021 recipients under the program, with projects in 11 states and territories receiving $45.3 million in grants. Grants awarded through FTA’s Passenger Ferry Grant Program help buy, repair, and modernize ferry boats and terminals. “Passenger ferries… Read More
BOEM’s mission is to facilitate the responsible development of renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf through conscientious planning, stakeholder engagement, comprehensive environmental analysis, and sound technical review. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized the development of regulations for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Renewable Energy Program. This regulatory framework establishes a process… Read More
(Portland, Oregon) – There’s more to the beauty of the Oregon coast than the famed Beach Bill of 1967. That landmark bit of legislation that kept all Oregon beaches public was not the last word on the subject. Some of this shoreline’s greatest treasures had to be fought over later. (Above: Whalen Island near Pacific… Read More
With three nasty winter storms in a row recently, it didn’t take long for the newly dredged area in South Ferry Channel to go from smooth sailing to impassable. “It’s been really frustrating because it seems like this is the third consecutive winter I’ve had to abandon running charters in Hatteras because of shoaling in… Read More