Bostick to Become Corps of Engineers' Deputy Chief
Changes are coming in several top positions at the Corps of Engineers, including the agency's number-two position. Brig. Gen.Thomas P. Bostick, the Corps' director of military programs, will become deputy
Publication Date: 03 June , 2005
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Federal Judge Sends Salmon Plan Back to the Drawing Board
In the long-standing battle for water in the over-allocated Columbia River watershed, a federal judge in Portland ruled May 26 that the 14 dams of the Federal Columbia River Power System are not immutable
Publication Date: 31 May , 2005
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California Rock Has Builders Stepping Up Dust Abatement
Builders will continue as planned with more than 11,000 homes in California’s El Dorado Hills east of Sacramento despite a recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study showing that construction a
Publication Date: 30 May , 2005
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EPA Sewer Overflow Decision Opens Gates for Water Work
Municipalities face estimated capital expenditures of $90 billion to bring their wastewater systems into full compliance with the Clean Water Act following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s d
Publication Date: 30 May , 2005
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DOE Insider Nominated to Lead Cleanup Program
President Bush has nominated James A. Rispoli, who heads the Dept. of Energy's engineering and construction management office, to lead the department's massive environmental cleanup program. Rispoli's nomi
Publication Date: 23 May , 2005
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New EPA Rule Will Generate $15 Billion in Retrofit Work
Engineers and constructors are preparing for further growth in the air-pollution-retrofit market following publication of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s latest rule to cut powerplant emiss
Publication Date: 23 May , 2005
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Woodley Confirmed to Top DOD Civil Works Post
After weathering a delay in the Senate, John Paul Woodley, Jr., has been confirmed as assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, the Pentagon's top official overseeing the Corps of Engineers' non-mi
Publication Date: 13 May , 2005
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Louisville Agrees on $600-million Sewer System Upgrade
Louisville, Ky., and the Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District must complete up to $600 million in repairs to its wastewater collection system by 2024 under a federal consent decree to reduce milli
Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Prosecutor: Ready Mix Supplier Pleads Guilty
The former president of an Indiana ready-mix supplier has agreed to plead guilty to fixing the price of concrete sold in three Indiana counties in 2003 and 2004.
Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, SRCSD, J.T. Long, Lower Northwest Interceptor, Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, LNWI, MWH, Neil Mann, New Natomas Pump Station
The pipeline, which will serve the fast-growing Natomas and West Sacramento areas. SRCSD parceled out the work to assure competition and contracting capacity. Tasks are spread among nine projects, including two new pump stations, five pipeline p
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Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Sacramento Sewer Expansion Deals with High Water Table
The pipeline, which will serve the fast-growing Natomas and West Sacramento areas. SRCSD parceled out the work to assure competition and contracting capacity. Tasks are spread among nine projects, including two new pump stations, five pipeline p
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Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Cal/OSHA Imposes Maximum Fine in Fatal Pipeline Explosion Aftermath
California state regulators imposed the maximum fine against pipeline owner Kinder Morgan Energy Partners May 5 for knowingly misrepresenting the placement of a gas line in connection with a November 2004
Publication Date: 06 May , 2005
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Contractors Coalition Bores Ahead to Expand Sacramento Sewer System
The pipeline, which will serve the fast-growing Natomas and West Sacramento areas. SRCSD parceled out the work to assure competition and contracting capacity. Tasks are spread among nine projects, including two new pump stations, five pipeline
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Publication Date: 04 May , 2005
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ASCE Study Finds Seawalls Were Effective in Tsunami
ASCE’s Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (COPRI) studied the effects of the giant wave as it came ashore and surveyed damage at five beaches in Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. The on-site study team of nine engineers found that the
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Publication Date: 02 May , 2005
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Stephen Johnson, Sen. Thomas Carper, Clean Air Act, Clear Skies, Environmental Protection Agency, nominees, Sen. James Inhofe, Sen. Christopher Bond, Sen. George Voinovich, Sen. James Jeffords, Tom Ichniowski
Overcoming a "hold" by one Democrat, the Senate has confirmed Stephen L. Johnson as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Senate's approval came in the early hours of April 29
Publication Date: 29 April , 2005
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Senate 'Holds' Dropped, Clearing Path for Civil Works Nominee Woodley, Paul Woodley Jr., Corps of Engineers, Richard Shelby, Jeff Sessions, Lt. Gen. Carl Strock, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa, Michael Walsh, Johnny Isakson, Saxby Chambliss, Mel Martinez, Apalachicola-Chattahoochie-Flint
After a meeting with top Army officials, Alabama's two senators have released their "holds" that had stalled the nomination of John Paul Woodley Jr., President Bush's choice to be assistant secre
Publication Date: 28 April , 2005
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Corps Is Testing Concrete at Seven Oaks after Scour Problem
After prematurely halting tests in March during a trial of the Seven Oaks Dam’s flood release system in Southern California, the Army Corps of Engineers wants to know why a 30-ft-sq patch of concrete
Publication Date: 25 April , 2005
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Civil Works Nominee on Hold in Senate
Alabama's two Senators have blocked the nomination of John Paul Woodley, Jr., President Bush's choice to be assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, the Pentagon official who oversees the Army Corp
Publication Date: 20 April , 2005
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Corps Runs New Seven Oaks Dam Tests, After March Halt, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seven Oaks Dam, Robert Kwan, Odebrecht Construction, Army Corps of Engineers, Hydraulics and Hydrology, Forensics
According to Project Design Engineer Robert Kwan, "unusual" noise and vibration prompted Corps personnel to cut short tests on a main regulating gate. Engineers were testing an outlet tunnel section repaired in 1999. At that time, debr
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Publication Date: 19 April , 2005
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Sky Seems To Be the Limit For Ethanol Plants and Production
The U.S. currently has 83 plants producing ethanol, an oxygenate distilled primarily from corn that is blended with gasoline to create a cleaner burning fuel. To meet federal Clean Air Act requirements, areas with smog problems must have 2% oxyg
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Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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Tunnels-Detroit Files Insurance Claim And Will Try Again on Outfall
The agency filed a $66-million insurance claim in March on the builder’s risk policy issued by St. Paul to the tunnel contractor, Traylor-Jay Dee, a joint venture of Traylor Bros. Inc., Evansville, Ind., and Jay Dee Contractors Inc., Livoni
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Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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Senate Committee Approves Major Corps Water Resources Bill, Corps of Engineers, Environment and Public Works Committee, Water Resources Development Act, Sen. James Jeffords, Sen. Christopher Bond, upper Mississippi, fish passages
A big water resources measure that authorizes more than $6 billion for new Corps of Engineers lock improvements, environmental restoration work and other projects has advanced in the Senate. The Environmen
Publication Date: 14 April , 2005
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EPA Nominee Clears Senate Committee, Stephen Johnson, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Thomas Carper, pesticides, toxic substances
Stephen Johnson, President Bush's choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, moved closer to confirmation as the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved his nomination. The panel cl
Publication Date: 13 April , 2005
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Environment, Senate Democrat Blocks EPA Nominee, Clean Air, Stephen Johnson, Sen. Thomas Carper, Environmental Protection Agency, Clear Skies
Stephen Johnson, President Bush's choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency faces a new hurdle in his quest to win Senate confirmation. Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.) announced April 14 that he would
Publication Date: 13 April , 2005
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A Tsunami Hit on California Could Be Quick and Costly
An undersea landslide off the Southern California coast near Los Angeles could trigger a tsunami that would hit the shore in less than a minute, close a major port and cause economic losses in addition to
Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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Infighting Swamps Everglades Cleanup
Florida has broken with the Corps’ serial approach to project design, approval, bid and build. The state’s streamlined process conducts multiple preliminary steps concurrently with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969’s o
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Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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California Approves Biological Perchlorate Removal System
California Dept. of Health Services (CDHS) gave conditional acceptance In early March to a new biological perchlorate removal process for drinking water. The fixed-bed biological treatment by Fountain Vall
Publication Date: 29 March , 2005
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Who Wants To Pay for Diesel Retrofits?
The federal government only regulates emissions on new machines. But some state and local jurisdictions are specifying retrofits for older models. This fix costs thousands of dollars per unit and is not simple. Few firms will do it without finan
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Publication Date: 28 March , 2005
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CH2-WGI Team Snags Two Big Federal Cleanup Jobs
CH2M Hill and Washington Group International came up the big winners March 23 in two major Dept. of Energy environmental cleanup contract awards.
Publication Date: 24 March , 2005
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Everglades Cleanup Behind Schedule, and Over Budget, Corps's Memo Warns
The $7.8-billion Everglades restoration project is over budget and behind schedule, an internal U.S. Army Corps of Engineers memo says.
Publication Date: 24 March , 2005
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$2-Billion Pipeline Proposed To Keep Las Vegas Growing
Water officials in drought-racked southern Nevada are proposing to build a $2.04-billion, 461-mile pipeline network to import surface and underground water from Lincoln and White Pine counties, north of La
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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EPA Plan for Powerplants Will Push Pollution Control Work
New federal regulations to control emissions from coal-fired powerplants are spurring electric utilities to make big investments in pollution control equipment over the next decade, although some of the te
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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Report: Canadian Smelter Pollute
Decades of liquid effluent from the Teck-Cominco smelter in British Columbia contributed most of the zinc, lead, cadmium and other trace elements polluting Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, according to a U.S. G
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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Oil Drilling Plan in Alaska Wildlife Refuge Advances in Senate
After being stymied in the Senate before, advocates of oil and gas exploration in a federal wildlife refuge in Alaska have won a narrow Senate victory that moves their plans closer to reality.
Publication Date: 16 March , 2005
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Mississippi Sues Memphis to Protect Water Source
Mississippi is seeking an injunction to stop the city of Memphis from pumping 60 million gallons of water per day from an aquifer. The state is also seeking is for several hundred million dollars in damage
Publication Date: 15 March , 2005
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Big Fix for Five Midwest Plants
An energy conglomerate based in Houston reached a clean air agreement with the U.S. government that will trigger the installation of more than $500 million worth of scrubber retrofits to five coal-burning
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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Chloramine Spat Pits White Pipe Backers against Copper
Copper pipe advocates are turning a safety debate launched by California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors (CalPASC) into a question of the benefits of chloramine-treated water. Chloramines
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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Cleaner-Burning Biodiesel Finds Production Home
Houston is set to become a major player in clean burning fuel production, with three new eco-friendly "biodiesel" plants scheduled to open in the next two years.
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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DOE Pledges 'Fence to Fence' Cleanup of Los Alamos Site
After more than two years of negotiation and contentious wrangling, the U.S. Energy Dept. and the state of New Mexico have agreed on an estimated $800-million "fence to fence" cleanup of yet anot
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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Wyoming Finds Middle Ground Between Surface Land and Mineral Rights
Turbulent western United States history is checkered with wars over water rights, between Indians and white settlers, between cattle and sheep ranchers, over railroad rights-of-way.
Publication Date: 11 March , 2005
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Cold War Mega-Plant Is Prepped for Reuse
After nearly eight years, cleanup crews are about to wrap up one of the largest decontamination and decommissioning efforts in the Dept. of Energy’s former Cold War-era nuclear weapon production compl
Publication Date: 07 March , 2005
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Bush Nominates Environmental Protection Agency Veteran to Head Agency
President George W. Bush has turned to a career official at the Environmental Protection Agency to be the agency’s next administrator. If confirmed by the Senate, Stephen L. Johnson will be the first
Publication Date: 04 March , 2005
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Bush Nominates Environmental Protection Agency Veteran to Head Agency
President George W. Bush has turned to a career official at the Environmental Protection Agency to be the agency’s next administrator. If confirmed by the Senate, Stephen L. Johnson will be the first
Publication Date: 04 March , 2005
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ASCE Thai Tsunami Team Finds High-Density Poly Pipe Performed Well
In late January, the American Society of Civil Engineers sent three teams to the tsunami disaster zone to conduct damage assessments. Here is the final field report from the Thai team.
Publication Date: 01 March , 2005
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McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR - Sri Lankan Policeman Recalls "40-ft of Black Water"
In late January, the American Society of Civil Engineers sent three teams to the tsunami disaster zone to conduct damage assessments. He
Publication Date: 01 March , 2005
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EPA Sandwiched Over Coal Cuts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to move on North Carolina’s request that powerplants in 13 states be required to cut emissions.
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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ASCE's Thai Team Inspects Damage Zone
In late January, the American Society of Civil Engineers sent three teams to the tsunami disaster zone to conduct damage assessments. Here are the second and third field repor
Publication Date: 17 February , 2005
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More ASCE Reports from India
In late January, the American Society of Civil Engineers sent three teams to the tsunami disaster zone to conduct damage assessments. This is another field report from the Ind
Publication Date: 17 February , 2005
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Pakistani Dams Fail in Torrential Rains
Faulty design and inability to stand the onslaught of torrential rains may be the reasons for the collapse of the small earthen dam on the Shadi Kor near the coastal town of Pasni in Baluchistan province o
Publication Date: 16 February , 2005
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ASCE's Reports 4 and 5 from Sri Lanka
February 2, 2005 Mind Over Matter
Publication Date: 14 February , 2005
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Conservation Summit Seeks Agreement on River Use
More than 12,000 MW of powerplants that rely on Missouri River water may be affected if prolonged drought forces the Army Corps of Engineers to reduce flows. And powerplants are only one of the water users
Publication Date: 14 February , 2005
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Performance Code May Be on the Way
Performance-based seismic design is coming, but there are still both code and societal obstacles in its path, said experts at the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s annual meeting.
Publication Date: 14 February , 2005
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Seattle's Brightwater System Moving Toward Construction
The Brightwater Regional Wastewater Treatment System, a $1.5-billion King County, Wash.,greenfields project that includes 12.6 miles of conveyance, a wastewater treatment plant and a 6,200-ft marine outfal
Publication Date: 14 February , 2005
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California Consultant Not Crying Over Spilt Gas
If this task order were a television show it would be LSI, Leak Scene Investigators. In the latest installment, Irvine, Calif.-based environmental engineering consulting firm England Geosystems, Inc., is
Publication Date: 07 February , 2005
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ASCE's Field Team Examines Sri Lankan Infrastructure Damage
In late January, the American Society of Civil Engineers sent three teams to the tsunami disaster zone to conduct damage assessments. This is their s
Publication Date: 04 February , 2005
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Wave Hit Thai Utilities Hard
In late January, the American Society of Civil Engineers sent three teams to the tsunami disaster zone to conduct damage assessments. This is their t
Publication Date: 04 February , 2005
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Losing Bidders Challenge Florida Phosphate Plant Pact, Alleging Conflict of Interest
Publication Date: 03 February , 2005
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ASCE's Reports 2 and 3 from Thailand
In late January, the American Society of Civil Engineers sent three teams to the tsunami disaster zone to conduct damage assessments. These are addit
Publication Date: 02 February , 2005
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An Engineer Reports from the Disaster Zone: Letter from Sri Lanka
Editor's note: Late last month, the American Society of Civil Engineers sent three teams to the tsunami disaster zone to conduct damage assessments.
Publication Date: 01 February , 2005
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ConocoPhillips Reaches Accord with U.S. to Cut Refinery Emissions
The U.S. government reached a deal with ConocoPhillips Jan. 27 that requires the largest domestic petroleum refiner to install more than $525 million in pollution controls at nine facilities to reduce emis
Publication Date: 28 January , 2005
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