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Waterway cleanup grant applications due Jan. 26
2015-01-03 13:29:44| Waste Management - Topix.net
The state Department of Environmental Quality and Great Lakes Commission say $25,000 in grant money is available. A 25-percent minimum local match is required.
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Optimism on waterway reforms
2014-08-13 21:07:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Passage of WRRDA offers infrastructure hope, but funding mechanisms are needed. While the recently passed Water Resources Reform and Development Act moves the needle, far more needs to be done, says Paul Rohde, Midwest area vice president for the Waterways Council, Inc. He warns that by the end of this decade, 78% of waterway locks will have surpassed the end of their design life. read more
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Another Coal Chemical Spill Pollutes Public Waterway, This Time in Kentucky
2014-06-10 15:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On Friday, May 30, another coal-related chemical spill polluted a public waterway in Central Appalachia, killing hundreds of fish and alarming local residents. The chemical spill happened at a Cumberland Coal Company prep plant in Harlan County, KY. This time, the spill was not of coal slurry or a coal-washing chemical, but of a flocculanta type of compound usually used to control other substances in sediment ponds or clean up spilled material in creeks. Reminiscent of the slurry spill from the...
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Bellingham's waterway cleanup plan could affect barge shipments
2014-05-15 13:36:29| Paper - Topix.net
On Mother's Day, May 11, the crew at The Landings at Colony Wharf watched in frustration as a tug tried to nudge a big bargeload of gravel into their dock off C Street near the mouth of Whatcom Creek.
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Cleanup after Texas oil spill causes disruption major waterway
2014-03-23 18:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil that spilled into the Galveston Bay blocked traffic on Sunday between the Gulf of Mexico and one of the world's busiest petrochemical transportation waterways, affecting all vessels, even cruise ships. A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of marine fuel oil collided with a ship on Saturday afternoon, springing a leak. Officials believe only one of the barge's tanks which holds 168,000 gallons, was breached, though Coast Guard Petty Officer...