New York State Department of Transportation - Thu May 23, 2019
N.Y. Releases Preliminary Draft Design Report for I-81 Project
The New York State Department of Transportation released a preliminary Draft Design Report/Environmental Impact Statement for the Interstate 81 Viaduct Project that will be subject to public and Federal Highway Administration review and comment prior to being finalized....
TxDOT - Tue May 21, 2019
TxDOT Releases FONSI, Final Assessment for FM 723 Project
TxDOT has issued a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the proposed FM 723 roadway widening project from Avenue D to FM 1093 in Fort Bend County, Texas. The proposed FM 723 roadway widening project would include four 11-ft....
ADOT - Tue May 21, 2019
ADOT, Partners Expand Healthy Forest Initiative to Reduce Wildfire Risk
After the largest wildfire in state history burned more than 538,000 acres of eastern Arizona forest, the Arizona Department of Transportation and other groups launched a partnership in 2014 that included easing weight restrictions on certain state highways to help timber companies remove small trees and other vegetation that could fuel catastrophic fires....
Associated Press - Mon May 13, 2019
U.S. Steel Plows More Than $1B Into Western Pennsylvania Operations
PITTSBURGH (AP) U.S. Steel will invest more than $1 billion on facilities in western Pennsylvania that it said will improve its steelmaking efficiency and reduce emissions at its Mon Valley Works operations, the company said on May 2....
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Thu May 09, 2019
Seacoast Reliability Project Seeks Permit for Line Work
Seacoast Reliability Project from Public Service Company of New Hampshire doing business as Eversource Energy Inc. is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct work in waters of the United States in conjunction with constructing a transmission line from Madbury to Portsmouth, N.H....
Associated Press - Wed May 08, 2019
Colorado Agencies Work to Minimize Impact on Eagles
BOULDER (AP) Colorado agencies overseeing a road construction project west of Boulder that includes blasting are taking care to not disturb golden eagles that nest in the area. The Daily Camera reported that rock blasting was set for the lower Boulder Canyon along Colorado 119....
Georgia Power - Thu May 02, 2019
Georgia Power Schedules Excavation for Ash Pond Cleanup
Georgia Power continues to make progress towards the closure of seven ash ponds at Plant Yates with the dewatering process scheduled to begin in mid-May. Dewatering marks a significant step towards completing the closure process, and Georgia Power's ash pond closure plan for Plant Yates is specifically designed for the site to help ensure water quality is protected every step of the way....
Associated Press - Wed April 24, 2019
Judge's Ruling: No Drilling North of Yellowstone Park
BOZEMAN, MONT. (AP) A Montana judge has blocked an exploratory gold mining project on private land in the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that the ruling by Park County District Judge Brenda Gilbert invalidated the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's approval of Lucky Minerals Inc.'s plans to drill for gold in a narrow canyon....
U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs - Wed April 24, 2019
EPA to Award $220M for Mine Cleanup on Navajo Nation
U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to award multiple contracts worth an estimated $220 million over a five-year period to address the legacy of uranium contamination from abandoned mines in the Navajo Nation area....
Associated Press - Wed April 10, 2019
Government OKs Road at Colorado Ski Resort
DENVER (AP) The U.S. Forest Service approved construction of a road across public land to reach private property where a developer plans to build condos and restaurants at a remote Colorado ski area. The decision was the latest milestone in a three-decade battle between the developer and environmentalists over the proposed Village at Wolf Creek in the southwestern corner of the state....
