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10 Feb 7:42 am
Last week the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
requested further information from AES Sparrows Point regarding its proposed LNG regasification terminal and associated pipeline infrastructure. The request seeks information that
demonstrates compliance with a number of federal statutes, documents attempts at securing an alternative site for the project, and addresses several environmental issues. The
Corps' letter is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No. CP07-62.
1 Feb, 2007 9:06 pm
Press release: "After completing its notification of levee owners, the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers today released the locations of...
12 Apr, 2007 5:19 pm
D-2007-081 Financial Management of Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (04/06/2007)(D2006-D000FE-0010.001)...
10 Mar 4:40 pm
... projects in West Virginia. In Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 07-1355 (4th Cir. 2009), the court held ... impacts on surrounding upland areas from
associated mining activities. This decision highlights the ability of the Corps to focus its NEPA review of Section 404 permits on the impacts
associated with the fill of jurisdictional ... project covering hundreds of acres. Wetlands Action Network v. U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, 222 F.3d 1105 (9th Cir. 2000). The Ohio ...
10 Mar 4:40 pm
... projects in West Virginia. In Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 07-1355 (4th Cir. 2009), the court held ... impacts on surrounding upland areas from
associated mining activities. This decision highlights the ability of the Corps to focus its NEPA review of Section 404 permits on the impacts
associated with the fill of jurisdictional ... project covering hundreds of acres. Wetlands Action Network v. U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, 222 F.3d 1105 (9th Cir. 2000). The Ohio ...
31 Mar 3:08 am
In a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers involving allegations that the Army Corps was negligent in its
maintenance of the Mississippi Gulf River Outlet ("MRGO"), a federal district court in Louisiana recently ... agencies from prosecution for claims based on the execution of a statute or
regulation with which the government exercised due care. The Army Corps also argued that it was
protected by the discretionary function exception, which bars claims based on the performance of a ...
20 Nov 9:17 pm
The recent news that a federal judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and by extension, the U.S. Government, liable for at least some of the preventable disasters associated with Hurricane Katrina should
lead ... every possible procedural argument. First, they argued that they couldn't be responsible for the flood-induced breaches of levees that the Corps had built or maintained, because of the Flood Control Act of 1928. That Act does clearly provide governmental immunity in connection ...
17 Jun 2:07 pm
... brings to light Brigadier General Michael Walsh, Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, informed the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee the goal of providing
... system is stronger and more resilient than prior to Katrina or any other time in history". Despite Walsh's assurance of visible progress, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) argued
that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had
failed to properly focus on rebuilding the canal walls. "We are choosing ...
6 Feb, 2007 8:00 am
U.S. Federal District Judge Stanwood Duval has ruled that residents of areas flooded by water that traveled through a New Orleans navigation channel during Hurricane
Katrina can sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The judge ruled that the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (a/k/a MR GO) is a navigation channel, not a flood control project, and is, therefore, not
covered by a federal law that provides immunity from damages due to failed flood- ...
24 Aug, 2007 2:29 am
A former contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers entered a guilty plea to accepting almost $300,000 in bribe payments to direct a contract for sand and gravel related to rebuilding a levy in New
Orleans destroyed by Hurricane...
1 Feb, 2007 6:32 am
There's only so many ways to get out of a lawsuit, and the federal government holds the trump card: sovereign immunity. It works most of the time. But not when the government
agency is possibly grossly negligent. The allegations against the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and the way it built the dikes around New Orleans fall into that latter category. The USACOE tried to use the sovereign immunity
trump card to buy its way out of a lawsuit, but it didn't ...
22 Jun, 2006 3:09 pm
by Robert J. Uram, Esq.On June 19, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Rapanos v. United States, 547 U.S. ___ (2006), which consolidated two Clean Water
Act (CWA) challenges to U.S. Army Corps jurisdiction, vacated and remanded both the...
11 Jul, 2006 2:59 pm
... had challenged the U.S. Government's jurisdiction over certain wetlands in Michigan, and remanded the cases back to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court
of Appeals for a factual determination of whether the wetlands in question are "waters of the United States" as defined in the Act. By way of background, the Act gives the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the
"Corps") jurisdiction over wetlands to the extent that the wetlands can be classified as "waters of the United States," ...
31 Mar, 2008 3:41 pm
News release: "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released a new rule to clarify...
14 Mar, 2007 3:22 pm
By Ella Foley-Gannon and Julie AustinOn March 12, 2007, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers released new and modified Nationwide Permits (NWP), which authorize dredge and fill activities that will cause minimal individual and
cumulative adverse effects. The revised NWPs...
29 May, 2007 9:55 am
... Further Proactive Efforts (PDF 457 KB) Audit prepared by the Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General 05/29/2007 Draft G8 Declaration on Climate ...
Recovery, Sen. Mary Landrieu (PDF 1.84 MB) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Procurement of Pumping Systems for the New Orleans Drainage Canals 05 ... committee on June 7th regarding statements made about political
appointees who cooperated in the committee's investigation into allegations of misconduct at the GSA 05/29/2007 Letter to HHS ...
7 Sep, 2007 2:10 am
... . Paul Hodes (PDF 185 KB) Letter requests an investigation into whether the White House was illegally involved in New Hampshire's 2002 phone jamming scandal and whether the
Department of Justice purposely mishandled the subsequent investigation 09/06/2007 Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from Three Members of New Jersey's
Congressional Delegation Letter in Response to Recent Reports of Large Amounts of Garbage ...
27 Feb, 2007 10:39 am
... Shaw's use of a phosphoric acid method in hazardous waste remediation at a site owned by the United States and managed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Shaw moved for summary judgment, asserting that
28 U.S.C. §1498 granted ... to a contract with the government and for the benefit of the government, even if it is not a primary purpose of the contract. Shaw's use
of the allegedly patented method was in its capacity as a government contractor and pursuant to its contract for the benefit of the ...
7 Jan 1:12 am
... that's showing any immediate risk," explains the project manager of the EPA, Tamara Ohl. "But it's high enough. Clearly, we don't want a situation where benzene is
going into the lake ... health officials have found what is causing the exposure to the lake, repairing the wall would require a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit, would not fix the tainted groundwater
problem, said U.S. Steel spokesman Charles Rice.
U.S. Steel is expected to submit a treatment plan to state and federal environmental ...
1 Feb, 2007 12:00 pm
National Association of Homebuilders v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 01-274 JR (D. D.C. Jan. 30, 2007)By Robert J. Uram and Stephanie J. Helfrich On January 30, 2007, U.S. District Judge James Robertson
ruled in favor of several major trade...
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