Thu April 05, 2018
Port of Savannah Building $127M Rail Hub to Target Midwest
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Port of Savannah began construction March 27 on a $127 million rail terminal designed for longer trains that can take advantage of bigger cargo ships arriving at the busy seaport and target new customers in the Midwest....
Russ Bynum – ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon March 12, 2018
Savannah Harbor Deepening Nears Halfway Point
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) A dredging ship on the Savannah River emptied another load of sand and mud capable of filling roughly 170 dump trucks as officials overseeing the $973 million deepening of the shipping channel to the Port of Savannah declared the project had nearly reached its halfway point....
Wed January 24, 2018
Rising Great Lakes Water Levels Keep Michigan Firms Busy
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) Rising water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are keeping shoreline stabilization, dock and hoist companies in Michigan busy. The Army Corps of Engineers said water levels for the two lakes averaged 580 ft....
Mon January 15, 2018
Coast Guard Plans to Salvage Sunken Mississippi River Tug
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The Coast Guard said it is coordinating operations to salvage a tugboat that sank on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tenn. In a news release Dec. 12, the Coast Guard said the Army Corps of Engineers is surveying the location where the 66-ft....
Wed January 10, 2018
Foxconn Won't Need Approval to Fill Wetlands
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Foxconn Technology Group won't need federal approval to fill wetlands for its new flat-screen plant in Mount Pleasant. A $3 billion incentives package Gov. Scott Walker signed to lure the plant to Wisconsin allows Foxconn to fill state wetlands....
Tue January 09, 2018
Federal Agency Drops Appeal Over Ruling on Cleveland Harbor Dredging
CLEVELAND (AP) The federal agency that maintains shipping channels along Lake Erie has dropped its appeal of a federal judge's ruling over the dredging of Cleveland's harbor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it won't try to overturn the ruling that said the agency was wrong to delay its dredging of the harbor in 2015....
Janet McConnaughey – Associated Press - Tue January 02, 2018
Suit Asks for Governor's Office, Sheriff's Pipeline Records
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A human rights law firm has sued the Louisiana governor's office and a sheriff's office to get records involving a crude oil pipeline proposed to cross the Atchafalaya (uh-CHAF-uh-LY-uh) Basin....
Wed December 27, 2017
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Help Restore Patch of Rare Habitat in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to seek bids to restore a patch of rare habitat at a forest preserve district in a southwest suburb of Chicago. The Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve said it features wet and wet-mesic dolomite prairie, which are among the most critically endangered natural communities on EarthMore than half of the high quality wet dolomite prairie in the world is located at the Lockport preserve, a home to endangered and threatened species, the Daily Southtown reported....
Wed December 13, 2017
Task Force Seeks Stamp, Sand Solution in Mich.
SHERMAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) An Environmental Protection Agency task force is working to address stamp sand erosion along Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The sands are leftover waste from a stamp mill in Gay, The Daily Mining Gazette reported ....
Blake Nicholson – Associated Press - Wed December 13, 2017
Judge Grants Tribal Request for Dakota Access Plan
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers and the developer of the Dakota Access pipeline must complete an oil spill response plan for the stretch of pipe beneath the Missouri River in North Dakota, a federal judge ruled Dec....
