The headlines for June 21, 2018 weren’t much different from most over the past 18 months. Immigration dominated the headlines, with the major story being the presidential decision to end the forced separation of immigrants crossing into the U.S. It was also the day the Trump administration announced its plan for a major reorganization of parts of the Federal…
Many of you have been to the beach this summer while others of you have worked in your offices. Your play places and workplaces have one thing in common: sand. Last October, we highlighted the critical issue of the dwindling world supply of sand. Recently, I’ve seen several articles on the subject, including this one…
Hurricane Season: June 1st marks the beginning of hurricane season with a bunch of named storms predicted this year. Until Maria hit Puerto Rico last year, it was fairly accurate to say that the U.S. is good at responding to disasters. Not that responses to Katrina and Ike were faultless by any means, but we…
Let’s start with the Good News! The House will act on its WRDA bill next week. The time for filing amendments has passed, although we don’t yet know which will be allowed. HR 8 is the bill number WAIT, THERE’S MORE. Because you’ve been so patient, we also expect that the House will act on…
The birthing watch remains on for the Corps’ FY18 Work Plan. Unspecified Issues between ASA & OMB continue to hold this up. It could come out any day this week.
As we send this message, it’s after Midnight ET and the FY18 Corps Work Plan has not been posted. Our sources reported Tuesday afternoon that it was being worked on with plans to go well into the evening at the Assistant Secretary’s office. We think they were having a tussle with the folks at the…
WRDA The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman, Bill Shuster (PA), has introduced a WRDA 2018 (props for having no silly name). It’s text can be found here: HR 8 Among the provisions that may be of interest to WaterLog subscribers are these: A produce that would automatically appropriate all Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund revenues…
Expect the Draft House Water Resources Development Act (whatever it’s name may be) to be introduced tomorrow, Friday the 18th with action by the full committee next Wednesday. We hope you watched ASA R.D. James WRDA testimony today before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. It was enlightening for what he said about his…
Please read this if you follow the Corps’ Budget for Coastal Risk Management Projects and Studies While we wait a few more days before we get the Corps issues a Work Plan for FY18, the House Appropriations Committee will act Wednesday morning (watch here), on its recommendations for the Corps budget for FY19. Click here…
A Senate committee will be holding its second hearing on a key water resources bill on May 17th. Assistant Secretary of the Army, R.D. James will be providing the Administration’s views about the bill. You can watch the hearing here. My colleague Dan Ginolfi has prepared this analysis of some of the bill’s key provisions.…
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