The Omaha (Neb.) Engineer District announced that it has awarded a $58.3 million construction contract to Aptim Federal Services LLC of Alexandria, Va., on December 23. This contract is the… Read More
Environment
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed on October 23 removing the interior least tern from its list of endangered species. The agency said the least tern population—estimated as… Read More
The Peoria Beneficial Use Dredged Material Workshop was held by the tri-county regional planning commission in early September in Peoria, Illinois. The event addressed the beneficial use of dredged material… Read More
On September 30, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Bloomington, Minn., Corps of Engineers Civil Works Director James Dalton will join the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA) in… Read More
For 123 days this year, the Mississippi River’s flood waters roared through the Bonnet Carré Spillway, located in Norco, La., close to 30 miles upriver from New Orleans. At its… Read More
This spring’s unprecedented flooding across most river systems shut down commercial navigation over large stretches of the waterways. One thing it didn’t shut down was the cleanup work of Living… Read More
In June, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded Partrac GeoMarine Inc. a three-year contract to test a new tool for mapping contaminated sediments. The technology will be used at… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Environmental Commission Chair Craig Vogt will present his idea for a WEDA-TechNotes program at the Environmental Commission meeting on Tuesday, June 4 at the WEDA… Read More
The international shipping market is just seven months away from implementation of IMO 2020, the new requirement from the International Maritime Organization that will require oceangoing vessels to burn diesel… Read More
The recently passed Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate federal standards of performance for marine pollution control devices and best management practices, and… Read More
