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As many families are still recovering from Hurricane Michael, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers traveled from Savannah and Virginia to assist with temporary emergency power for critical wastewater plants and lift stations in Albany. The group is here all week assessing what lift stations will need generators to keep waste flowing.
One year after wildfires devastated Northern California's wine country and destroyed thousands of homes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' first experience cleaning up after a wildfire has turned into an expensive bureaucratic mess. The state's top emergency official suspects fraud played a role.
U.S. Army Soldiers continue to support relief and recovery efforts as citizens who were in the path of Hurricane Florence begin cleanup from the storm damage. The National Guard is sending nurses and providing support to shelters.
On Wednesday, the county Planning and Economic Development Committee discussed the requested funding of $5,000 from the 2 percent occupancy tax reserves, which currently has $232,382, to assist Dunkirk with the cost to mitigate the weeds.
Hydroelectric generation releases cool, fresh water into the river. Without it, temperatures rise and oxygen drops, according to the manager of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission trout program.
The pulse will begin at approximately 6 a.m. and end at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. It will be conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in coordination with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers resumed releasing water Friday morning from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie Estua... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers resumed releasing water Friday morning from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie Estuary after discharges were suspended over that last few days. The Corps said in a written statement the water level in the lake is approaching 14.5 feet, up 1.65 feet from its 2018 low in May. "We will implement pulse releases with variable flows that simulate rainfall events in an effort to reduce some of the environmental impacts, said Jacksonville District Commander Col.
In an effort to protect New York's vulnerable areas from another Hurricane Sandy-like storm, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed building a huge barrier, constructed from steel and concrete, that would stretch more than 2,150 square miles along the New York Harbor, sectioning off the harbor from the Atlantic Ocean. According to WNYC , the Army Corps is in the process of explaining the proposal in a series of public information sessions that began on Monday and will carry on through Wednesday.
The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration broke ground today on a state-of-the-art facility for its workforce in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The $174.7 million Albuquerque Complex Project will provide modern, safe, and reliable workspace to approximately 1,200 employees who support NNSA's vital national security missions.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to suspend its environmental review of a proposed copper-and-gold mine near a major salmon fishery, saying he questions whether the project is ready to move forward. Walker's letter to the corps, also signed by Lt.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to suspend its environmental review of a proposed copper-and-gold mine near a major salmon fishery, saying he questions whether the project is ready to move forward. Walker's letter to the corps, also signed by Lt.
Aldermen approved the acceptance of a Mississippi Environmental and Infrastructure Protection and Development Program grant, funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, during their meeting Tuesday. The grant will provide a total of slightly more than $1 million, with a 75-25 percent match -- the grant will pay about $750,000 and the city will pay about $250,000.
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Hurricane Maria ripped away part of the steel roof from Carmen Lidia Torres Mercado's home in the Puerto Rican capital. Nine months later, she is still relying on a blue plastic tarp to protect her home, even with a new storm season already two weeks old.
About 345 cubic yards of soil were excavated by May 24 from a lagoon at the former Brush Beryllium site near the Village of Luckey and placed in a feed pile until enough soil is available for processing, Arleen Kreusch, an outreach program specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said last week in an update of the project. "Our primary activity now is ensuring our contamination control procedures are working as designed to prevent the movement of contaminants during the soils cleanup at the site.
Pt. Pleasant Beach officials; Councilman Andy Cortes, Mayor Stephen Reid, Council President Bob Santanello meet with Congressman Chris Smith and Ray Bogan, legal counsel for the Marine Trades Association of New Jersey, Recreational Fishing Alliance, and United Boatmen of New Jersey, at the Manasquan Inlet. June 1, 1018 Quick action by Pt.
At the start of hurricane season, U.S. Senator John Cornyn launched a page on his website where Texans will be able to access resources and information associated with hurricane preparedness and disaster aid. Last month, Senator Cornyn introduced the Coastal Texas Protection Act , a provision of which has been included in the America's Water Infrastructure Act .
Work by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Arkansas 178 over Bull Shoals dam in Baxter and Marion counties will require both lanes to be closed for five hours Tuesday, the Arkansas Department of Transportation said.
Work by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a section of Arkansas 177 on the Norfork dam in Baxter County will require a lane closing Tuesday, the Arkansas Department of Transportation said.
Eight months after being struck by Hurricane Maria, the island of Puerto Rico is bracing as another hurricane season while still cleaning up and restoring power. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season will see five to nine hurricanes with one to four major ones.