Army Corps of Engineers

Water Infrastructure

Changes in Corps Project Benefit-Cost Analysis Sought for New WRDA

Tom Ichniowski

July 28, 2021

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Senate hearing shows wide support for revamping key Army Corps of Engineers metric.

Florida, Corps reach agreement on Everglades reservoir

State Pact Allows Corps to Move Ahead On $3.4B Everglades Reservoir Project

Thomas F. Armistead

April 28, 2021

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Corps is set to begin construction on 10,500-acre storage facility, its portion of the cost-shared $3.4-billion project.

Biden Administration

Biden Picks Ex-Interior Dept. Official for Top Army Civil Works Post

Tom Ichniowski

April 28, 2021

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Nominee Michael Connor also was commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation in the Obama administration.

UPDATE: Fla. Governor Closes Leaking Phosphate Waste Site, $15.4M for Emergency Cleanup

Mary B. Powers Bruce Buckley

April 13, 2021

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Legislature will earmark $100M to start closure, a project one legislator estimated could cost double that; crews are removing more than 35 million gallons of contaminated liquid per day from the pond

UPDATE: Biden Administration Will Review Dakota Access Pipeline Operation

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

February 8, 2021

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Court extends to April 9 project status update after appellate judges uphold order for new Corps scrutiny of water crossing permit, but allow pipe to pump oil; new battle lines emerge over line's future

Maj. Gen. 'Bo' Temple, Who Primed Army Corps for Big Jobs, Dies at 67

Debra K. Rubin

November 10, 2020

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Former Corps leader led a major agency 'transformation' to tackle an estimated $73-billion global military building expansion launched more than a decade ago.

Federal Contracting

Construction Firm's Ex-CEO Faces Fraud Charges on Corps, NAVFAC Contracts

Tom Ichniowski

October 14, 2020

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The defendant is Micheline Pollock, who was CEO of construction company Dover Vantage.

Corps Issues Favorable EIS for Controversial Alaska Mine

Pam Radtke Russell

Mary B. Powers

July 24, 2020

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If a favorable record of decision is issued for the Pebble project, developers say it will take two to three more years to obtain necessary state permits.