Dredging

South Sudan suspends dredging of Naam river, Sudd wetlands

By DENG MACHOLJuly 12, 2022 GMT

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's president ordered the suspension Saturday of all dredging-related activities in the country until evidence-based studies are carried out on their impact on surrounding communities and the ecosystems they rely on.

Amazon tribes turn the tables on intruders with social media

By FABIANO MAISONNAVEMay 7, 2022 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It was dusk on April 14 when Francisco Kuruaya heard a boat approaching along the river near his village in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. He assumed it was the regular delivery boat bringing gasoline for generators and outboard motors to remote settlements like his.

Ruling: Port owes grain terminal owners $124.5 million

March 16, 2022 GMT

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A Louisiana port owes $124.5 million to owners of a $50 million-plus grain export terminal because the port failed to get federal permits for dredging required by its lease, a federal magistrate judge has ruled.

Savannah harbor deepening finished; dredging began in 2015

By RUSS BYNUMMarch 9, 2022 GMT

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A $973 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel that links Savannah's busy seaport to the ocean has been completed 6 1/2 years after dredging began, the agency overseeing the project said Wednesday.

Dredging starts for $32M southwest Louisiana marsh creation

December 4, 2021 GMT

HOLLY BEACH, La. (AP) — Dredging has begun for a marsh creation project in southwestern Louisiana.

The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority said the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock is expected to complete the 308 acres (125 hectares) of marsh in January in Cameron Parish northwest of Holly Beach.

Portland Harbor dredging project doesn’t win federal grant

November 24, 2021 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition of public and private entities that applied for a federal grant to support a major dredging project around Portland Harbor was not selected.

US judge rules against Idaho suction-dredge gold miner

By KEITH RIDLERJune 8, 2021 GMT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A suction-dredge gold miner who operated in an Idaho river containing federally protected salmon and steelhead without required permits is facing what could be substantial fines.

Judge halts Georgia dredging plan over threat to sea turtles

By RUSS BYNUMMay 20, 2021 GMT

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge ordered an immediate halt on Thursday to plans to dredge a shipping channel on the Georgia coast, citing a threat to sea turtles nesting on nearby beaches.

NY suit against EPA over GE’s Hudson River cleanup dismissed

March 12, 2021 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from New York state against the federal Environmental Protection Agency over its 2019 decision that General Electric had completed a Hudson River dredging remediation project...

Judge throws out EPA decision on California salt ponds

October 6, 2020 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from allowing the dredging and filling of salt ponds near San Francisco without going through a permitting process that could stall redevelopment of the area...

Answer Man: Silver Lake dredging will await bridge work

Staff WriterDecember 1, 2017 GMT

Dear Answer Man, what is on the bottom of Silver Lake? About 20 years ago, they dredged Silver Lake and hurriedly and conveniently brought it out and dumped it across the road from me and only yards from my neighbor at the time, on city land.

Silt traps to go with dredging at Greenwich’s Binney pond

Peregrine FrissellJanuary 17, 2017 GMT

GREENWICH — When Greenwich announced in December plans to dredge the silt-clogged pond in Binney Park, residents familiar with the pond’s condition wondered whether the town would also take steps to slow the flow of silt into it so it doesn’t just fill back up again.