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CPRA’s largest restoration project to date, the 13-mile Caminada Headlands project restored a vital barrier between Port Fourchon and the Gulf of Mexico, providing storm surge protection for the nation’s leading energy port. The project restored 1,060 acres using 8.84 million cubic yards of dredged sand from the Gulf of Mexico. This is another great… Read More
A heavily sediment-layered portion of Humboldt Bay is being dredged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, marking a victory for harbor officials amid huge economic losses from the coronavirus pandemic. The harbor’s Eureka Channel is supposed to be 27 feet deep but shoaling, or sediment buildup, has rendered it as shallow as 10 feet… Read More
All major work within the Grand River has been completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District of the Harpersfield Dam Sea Lamprey Barrier project located on the Grand River, in the town of Geneva, Ohio, with funding through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the non-federal partners, April 17, 2020. In partnership… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District announced April 16 that it will prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the Yazoo Area Pump Project in the Yazoo Backwater Area in Mississippi. The public is invited to read the notice of intent for the SEIS, which is published in… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released a draft environmental assessment, or EA, for the proposed rehabilitation of its Big Sandy Lake Dam, near Libby, Minnesota, today, Apr. 16. Corps staff will accept comments through May 18. The Corps’ rehabilitation work would include concrete repairs, refurbishing the existing… Read More
Canada’s Pieridae Energy said on Thursday it postponed a final investment decision to build the Goldboro LNG export plant in Nova Scotia due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The liquefied natural gas export project will be delayed beyond September 30, 2020. Pieridae Energy previously expected to take a decision to build the $10… Read More
North Topsail Beach recently completed its $5.4 Million Hurricane Matthew dune restoration project, a task that Mayor Joanna McDermon said was done in time. The project was wrapped up April 1. It was funded through FEMA for damages from Hurricane Matthew in 2017 while another $1.6 million was used from the state for repair dunes… Read More
Rock Products magazine has released an exhaustive directory of sand & gravel and crushed stone operations in conjunction with its April edition. The 2020 Aggregates Industry Atlas maps more than 6,000 crushed stone, sand & gravel, and dredging operations state-by-state; plus, a companion directory provides contact details and parent company references where applicable. “The Atlas… Read More
CHATHAM — A private dredging company is now clearing the Stage Harbor entrance channel, continuing the work started by the Army Corps of Engineers’ dredge Currituck in January. In light of severe shoaling, the work was essential to keep the channel open for this summer’s boating traffic, but the job is costing significantly more than… Read More
By Dan Ginolfi (waterlog.net) In this Issue: R.D. James Announces Corps Project Benefits Reformulation Latest from Congress What Coastal Communities Need Public Comments Sought on new Mitigation Rules Hurricane Season Forecast Mother Nature Doesn’t Care We start with some good news from Washington, DC. Responding to complaints from leaders of both coastal and inland communities, the Administration… Read More
Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Clean Economy Act which requires at least 5.2 GW of offshore wind power to be developed in this U.S. state by 2034. The Virginia General Assembly passed this House Bill 1526 and Senate Bill 851 Clean Economy Act in March. The act provides that 5.2 GW of offshore… Read More
The Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB 14-20) noting that, in some instances, disruptions to supply chains and workforce availability due to the COVID-19 pandemic make it difficult for owners and operators to bring their vessels into compliance with the Coast Guard Ballast Water Management Regulations. The Coast Guard says that… Read More
The City of North Myrtle Beach has furloughed some part-time and full-time employees because there is currently “no demand for the services they provide.” “At this point in time, some City departments have had to furlough more employees than others. That is simply because there is no current demand for some of the services offered… Read More
ATLANTIC — The contractor has begun dredging on the long-awaited project to make Atlantic Harbor and its entrance channel safer and more usable for commercial fishermen and other boaters. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, said in an email Thursday the contractor for the project, T.D. Eure, “began bucket and barge… Read More