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  • Little Rock District to extend the public comment period for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System Master Plan revision

    Little Rock, Ark. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District is again extending the scoping comment period for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System’s Master Plan revision. Comments will now be accepted until Aug. 27.

  • Soo Locks Visitor Center now requires masks

    SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is requiring masks to enter the Soo Locks Visitor Center effective Aug. 13, 2021. Per Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Department of Defense (DoD) requirements the Visitor Center requires masks covering the nose and mouth for all visitors. Corps of Engineers officials also ask guests to help maintain a safe environment by practicing social distancing with those outside their group and not to enter the building if they are feeling ill.

  • Contract for various environmental services awarded

    The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded an environmental services contract on 30 July 2021 to DDC Construction Services LLC (DBA DDC 4C).

  • Pike-Levisa PPA Signing Ceremony

    The Huntington District participated in a Project Partnership Agreement Signing Ceremony for the Pike-Levisa Section 202 Project at the Pike County Fiscal Court in Pikeville, Ky. Colonel Jayson Putnam joined U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, Pike County Fiscal Court Judge Executive Ray Jones and other local and state leaders for the ceremonial signing of the agreement for flood proofing the City of Coal Run in Pike County.

  • Venue change: Joint public meeting set for Lansing, Calumet City levees

    The in-person and virtual public meeting scheduled for the Village of Lansing, Illinois, on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, is now canceled. The meeting will now be held outdoors on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, at Fox Pointe, 18138 Henry St., Lansing, IL 60438, from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. The joint meeting will be open to both City of Calumet City and Village of Lansing residents. Also, the public comment period is being extended from Sept. 6, 2021, to Sept 20, 2021, to accommodate the rescheduled public meeting.

  • Geotechnical Inspection and Technical Review of Santa Margarita River Marine Corps Air Station Levee, U.S. Marine Corps, Camp Pendleton, CA, 19-20 November 2019

    Abstract: This report describes activities performed, results obtained, and conclusions made from an independent technical review of past levee inspections and the proposed remediation plan for the Santa Margarita Levee that surrounds the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Camp Pendleton. In support of the technical review, ERDC personnel performed a supplemental levee inspection on 19 and 20 November 2019 with MCAS personnel. Previous levee inspections had rated the levee system as Unacceptable due to unwanted vegetation encroaching on the levee right-of-way, which prevents full inspection during flooding. Concerns were raised by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFW) about environmental impacts of the proposed remediation measures and the necessity of such actions. USFW personnel requested an engineering review from an independent party, and ERDC was tasked with performing the independent technical review. The following special report describes the tasks performed and results obtained from the independent technical review.

  • Trace Explosives Detection by Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS)

    Abstract: We built three successive versions of a thermal decomposition cavity ring-down spectrometer and tested their response to explosives. These explosive compound analyzers successfully detected nitroglycerine, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), pentaerythryl tetranitrate, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine and triacetone triperoxide (TATP). We determined the pathlength and limits of detection for each, with the best limit of detection being 13 parts per trillion (ppt) of TNT. For most of the explosive tests, the peak height was higher than the expected value, meaning that peroxy radical chain propagation was occurring with each of the explosives and not just the peroxide TATP.

  • Division commander makes initial visit to Louisville District

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District welcomed Great Lakes and Ohio River Division

  • ERDC researcher’s detective work helps ship channel improvement project stay on track

    A construction effort as massive as the Houston Ship Channel Expansion Improvement Project — designed to accommodate the wider and deeper ships now carrying goods back and forth between Asia and the U.S. — has many regulatory requirements that need to be met.

  • Carter named Nashville District Employee of the Month for June 2021

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 12, 2021) – John Carter, security specialist in the Security Office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for June 2021. He is recognized primarily for his efforts to identify the need for and detail a low-cost solution to obtain security signage for project sites across the district’s area of responsibility.