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New Diamondhead sewage treatment plant goes online WLOX
The notice over the weekend shocked scientific and technical researchers on environmental issues: The
Environmental Protection Agency’s 5-year-old open data website, a trove of data on air, water and ground pollution and the sources of toxic chemical releases, was about to be shut down.
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-epa-opendata-20170424-story.html Press Releases
Council Votes to Approve Two Amendments to the Initial Funded Priorities List
On April 19, 2017, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) voted to approve two amendments to the
Initial Funded Priorities List (FPL), one regarding the State of Louisiana Lowermost Mississippi River Management project (LMRM) and the other regarding the State of Florida Palm River Restoration Project Phase II, East McKay Bay project (Palm River).
With respect to LMRM, the FPL was amended to allocate the full $9,300,000 in approved funding to the State of Louisiana. The Initial FPL had provided that LMRM funding was to be equally allocated between the State of Louisiana and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
With respect to Palm River, the FPL was amended to move the implementation phase of the project from FPL Category 2 (further Council consideration) to Category 1 (Council approval) and to reallocate $87,750 from the Palm River planning activity (already in Category 1) to implementation. $856,430 is now available for Palm River implementation. These funds will be used for construction of three stormwater ponds, exotic vegetation removal, native planting, monitoring, management of exotic species and maintenance of culverts and stormwater ponds along the river at the mouth of McKay Bay.
Learn more about
Initial Funded Priorities List or the
RESTORE Council.
Please send any questions or comments to:
Keala J. Hughes
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations
(504) 717-7235
keala.hughes@restorethegulf.gov
