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On March 12, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the president’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget. Assistant Secretary of the Army Rickey D. (R. D.) James, Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite, commanding general of the Corps and chief of engineers, and Major General Scott Spellmon, Corps deputy commanding general for civil and emergency operations, held… Read More
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study investigating coastal storm risk management problems and solutions in Norfolk, Virginia, has been recommended for congressional authorization by Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, Corps chief of engineers and commanding general. The Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management Study considered coastal storm risk management and resilience planning initiatives and projects… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District proposes to reissue Regional General Permit (RGP) 96-01 for work associated with emergency flood related activities. The Corps proposes to reissue this RGP for a period of five years, with the expiration date of April 30, 2024. The Corps is will receive public comments on the proposal… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District will host a public meeting to gather and consider public comments on the annual maintenance dredging project for Dillingham small boat harbor. The event will be held on Monday, April 1, at 6:30 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers, 141 Main Street, Dillingham, Alaska 99576. Corps… Read More
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The finish line is just inside the Key Bridge to complete a dredging project that started last December. “We call it shoaling up,” Jeremiah Spiga, of Army Corps Engineers, said. “Basically material settling out in the channels and over time it builds up.” The Army Corps of Engineers oversees the dredging project… Read More
The oversight board of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority on Wednesday approved CPRA’s plan to spend about $2.48 billion over the next three years. CPRA’s annual plan is not technically a budget. It is a request to spend anticipated revenue if the money is available. The authority spends money from various sources, none… Read More
While most of the sediment churned up in the Jekyll Creek dredging project will literally go down a hole — a naturally occurring one — north of the island, around 5,000 cubic yards of it is to be sprayed across the nearby marsh. Ben Carswell, conservation director for the Jekyll Island Authority, said it may… Read More
Hot Springs Village Lakes Ecology and Fisheries manager Brad Meredith told the lakes committee last week that mechanical dredging on Lake Balboa is completed. Drawdown of the lake began on Nov. 15 and the valve was closed last Friday. How quickly the lake will refill is up to Mother Nature. Meredith said some coves that… Read More
AUSABLE TWP. – A report commissioned by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) states that a section of the AuSable River mouth slated to be dredged by the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) “is not impacted” by polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). However, the report shows low levels of PFAS in surface water near the dredging… Read More
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — It’s a big blow for businesses and residents in Tarpon Springs who live and work on the Anclote River. $3.5 million dollars originally meant to be used for dredging the Anclote River is now being redirected to the Panhandle for Hurricane Michael relief efforts, according to the public information staff at… Read More
Attorney General Josh Kaul announced on March 15, a federal judge has approved a settlement to ensure all future costs related to the decades-long contamination of the Fox River will be paid by the responsible parties. “Generations of Wisconsinites have been affected by the contamination of the Fox River,” said Attorney General Kaul. “This settlement… Read More
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency are nearing a resolution with the city of Toledo over Ottawa River pollution caused decades ago by city-owned landfills operating along the river. The federal and state agencies have been seeking compensation for the damage to the natural resource, and a consent decree… Read More
Houston — Six United States Army Corps of Engineers and industry-controlled cutterhead and hopper type dredgers were working throughout Southwest Pass on Friday in an effort to restore the Mississippi channel to a 45-foot draft, according to Sean Duffy, executive director for the Big River Coalition. Duffy confirmed that two additional industry hopper dredges will… Read More
In Plymouth, town officials decide not to dispose of toxic dredge sediment in the Cedarville landfill site. Selectman Chair Ken Tavares announced the decision at the Cedarville Steering Committee meeting last week. The town considered depositing contaminated sludge from the Plymouth Harbor dredging project in the Cedarville landfill, but due to strong opposition from Cedarville… Read More
DEMOTTE — During last year’s record floods, a “levee” broke along the Kankakee River, causing ditches that normally flow into the river to back up and flood homes and fields. Jasper County Surveyor Vince Urbano said he hopes that won’t happen again this year, but the possibility is there. He and the county drainage board… Read More