Home / Media / News / NewsSearch
Results:
Tag: USACE
Clear

  • Corps seeks comments on draft environmental assessment

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comments on the draft Environmental Assessment for the Western Snowy Plover Site Management Plan in Coos County, Oregon.

  • Administration’s Fiscal 2017 Budget - New York District’s Civil Works Program

    The President's Fiscal 2017 Budget was released Feb. 9, 2016 and includes funding for the Civil Works Program for the USACE New York District.

  • NR 16-005: Small Business Forum at TSU highlights woman owned businesses

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 12, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is participating at the 5th Annual Small Business Training Forum at the Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus March 17, 2016. The event is being sponsored by the Tennessee State University Small Business Development Center and the Procurement Technical Assistance Center at the University of Tennessee.

  • Corps employee takes to the slopes to assist adaptive skiers

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 12, 2016) – Individuals with special needs from the southern region of the United States spend time on the mountainous ski slopes every winter thanks to the help of many volunteers. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers electrical equipment mechanic often spends a portion of the winter at an eastern Tennessee ski resort supporting the free ski clinic for dozens of adaptive skiers.

  • President’s 2017 Budget: $157.9 Million for regional Corps projects

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, reports that the President’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget includes $157.9 million in new federal funding for the district’s civil works program.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to extend Public Scoping comment period for the Mobile Harbor General Reevaluation Report

    MOBILE, Ala. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District will extend the public scoping comment period to February 29, 2016 for the General Reevaluation Report to determine the feasibility of widening and deepening the Mobile Harbor channel to its authorized dimensions based on the request of several different entities.

  • Commentary: Corps working to ensure storage rights for Lake Cumberland water users

    A recent article in the Commonwealth Journal alleged that I said (in the author’s words) that water users around Lake Cumberland would soon have to dig a well or take a bucket to the creek to get water as the result of an ongoing Army Corps of Engineers water storage reallocation study. The Commonwealth Journal article titled “Corps plans to begin charging for lake water” was in response to a letter I recently sent to municipal and industrial water supply users drawing from Lake Cumberland. I genuinely appreciate the concern that the article represents but the misrepresentation of my tone and of the project’s intended benefit troubles me, so I wanted to respond explaining why we’re doing what we’re doing and the benefit to us all.

  • Budget, USACE Work Plan provide $64 million for Virginia efforts

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Tuesday delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2016 (FY 2016) work plan for the Army Civil Works program just hours after the president released his proposed FY 17 budget. The proposed budget and work plan include a total of $64 million for Norfolk District civil works projects in Virginia through FY16-17.

  • Army Corps employee honored for stopping runaway vehicle at Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Command Sgt. Major Antonio Jones and Baltimore District

  • NR 16-004: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District updates Old Hickory Lake Master Plan

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 10, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has updated the Old Hickory Lake Master Plan. The 2016 Master Plan, associated environmental assessment, and signed finding of no significant impact are posted on the Old Hickory Lake website.