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A new Bureau of Reclamation report on a major mine wastewater spill in Colorado isn’t likely to halt criticism heaped on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its role in the Aug. 5 blowout.

In a move that appears to have surprised power-market observers, the U.S. Supreme Court last month agreed to decide whether a state can offer subsidies for powerplant construction to provide needed capacity—without infringing on the authority of federal regulators and distorting the wholesale price of electricity.

Millis Development & Construction Inc. completed construction of the 160-acre, 2.3-mile-long Buffalo Bayou Park in Houston in October.

Despite nail biting over predictions of 20-mph winds, crews on Aug. 22 erected the 200-ton center segment of the eastbound steel arch on the Margaret McDermott Bridge in Dallas.

It may seen ironic at first glance that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are fasttracking a $900-million effort to address flood-risk and dam-safety issues at Folsom Dam, located near Sacramento, Calif., amid a headline-making, ongoing drought.