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Corps Engages Stakeholders for P3 Project Pilot Program

February 20, 2019

On February 1, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a Request for Information (RFI) about the conceptual delivery of a Corps Civil Works program via a public private partnership… Read More

Compromise Bill Adds Millions For Maritime Programs Washington Waves

Compromise Bill Adds Millions For Maritime Programs

February 15, 2019

Washington, D.C.—Maritime programs will receive millions of dollars in new funding under a $333-billion compromise reached by House and Senate conferees to avoid another shutdown for about 25 percent of… Read More

Hope Persists For Infrastructure Package Washington Waves

Hope Persists For Infrastructure Package

February 8, 2019

Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump once again used his annual State of the Union address to express his eagerness to work with Congress on delivering a major infrastructure investment package, and… Read More

Corps Seeks Comments for Port Tampa Bay Expansion

February 7, 2019

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has published a public notice for the proposed Port Tampa Bay expansion project. The permit applicant proposes to dredge and expand existing… Read More

Lawmakers Work To Avert Another Shutdown Washington Waves

Lawmakers Work To Avert Another Shutdown

February 1, 2019

Washington, D.C.—With the longest government shutdown in history over, attention turned to 17 lawmakers charged with coming up with a compromise on border security and preventing another funding lapse. The… Read More

Update: Government To Reopen For Three Weeks Washington Waves

Update: Government To Reopen For Three Weeks

January 25, 2019

Update: President Trump announced January 25 that he had agreed to reopen the government for three weeks, until February 15, giving Congress and the administration time to work out a… Read More

Corps Announces Ten Beneficial Use Projects, Following WRDA 2016, Section 1122 PEA-and-FONSI-for-implementation-of-Section-1122-of-the-WRDA-of-2016-4…-6

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Corps Announces Ten Beneficial Use Projects, Following WRDA 2016, Section 1122

January 22, 2019

At the end of December 2018, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced its selection of 10 pilot projects for the beneficial use of dredged material. The projects are part… Read More

NWC Opposes Using Corps Money For Border Wall Washington Waves

NWC Opposes Using Corps Money For Border Wall

January 18, 2019

Washington, D.C.—The National Waterways Conference (NWC) opposes using U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. “We are strongly opposed to the diversion… Read More

NMC Works To Mitigate Shutdown Effects On Mariners

January 11, 2019

Washington, D.C.—The National Maritime Center (NMC) announced several actions to mitigate the impact on mariners of the partial government shutdown. Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMC) (National Endorsements only) and Medical Certificates… Read More

Washington Waves: January 7, 2019

January 4, 2019

Washington, D.C.—So far, the waterways industry has avoided major impacts from the partial government shutdown despite funding lapses at the key departments of Transportation and Homeland Security. “The inland waterways… Read More