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  • EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers clarify protection for nation’s streams and wetlands

    WASHINGTON (March 25, 2014) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today jointly released a proposed rule to clarify protection under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands that form the foundation of the nation’s water resources. The proposed rule will benefit businesses by increasing efficiency in determining coverage of the Clean Water Act. The agencies are launching a robust outreach effort over the next 90 days, holding discussions around the country and gathering input needed to shape a final rule.

  • Corps, EPA, DOJ resolve Chesapeake Energy permit issue

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced today that Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy, will spend an EPA-estimated $6.5 million to restore 27 sites damaged by unauthorized discharges of fill material into streams and wetlands, and to implement a comprehensive plan to comply with federal and state water protection laws at the company’s natural gas extraction sites in West Virginia.

  • EPA chief visits LA River

    Newly appointed EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visited Los Angeles Nov. 21 to see first hand plans for the LA River's restoration. The EPA chief said she was pleased to view the work that's been done to connect the community to the natural world.

  • FNOD Restoration Advisory Board meets Sept. 5

    Community members can learn more about the ongoing restoration efforts at the formerly used defense site in Suffolk, during the project’s quarterly restoration advisory board meeting Sept. 5.

  • Building green: Corps of Engineers explores overseas LEED alternative

    WIESBADEN, Germany -- Think global, act local. The phrase, popularized in the 1970s on the back bumpers of hippies' Volkswagens and on the front of their T-shirts, has evolved through the years and taken on a wider meaning. The slogan is used by urban planners, environmentalists, government officials and business executives to describe a global mindset with a local focus.

  • ERDC enters into educational partnership with N.H. school

    ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) recently entered into an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) with New Hampshire's Kearsarge Regional School District.

  • Corps Helps Creek Regain Its Curves

    Approximately 50 years ago, a creek blew out during a storm on a Colorado man’s property in the San Luis Valley, just south of Poncha Pass, and started to realign itself. At the time, the landowner saw an opportunity to straighten about a mile of the creek, and he intervened. However, in a few years, the creek turned into a ditch and remained that way until recently.

  • District Takes Environmental Project Management to Next Level

    Taking the environmental investigations and remediation work from about $20 million in fiscal year 2010 to $54 million in fiscal year 2011 was no miracle. It was customer responsiveness, plain and simple.

  • Corps Team Wins Superfund Award

    A team of Corps employees working on EPA’s Brown and Bryant Superfund Project recently won a Superfund award for Virtual Teams.