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  • March

    A backhoe removes trees and debris from one of two sites that will house the dissolved oxygen system on the Savannah River.

    Workers prepare site for dissolved oxygen system

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Just like a nurse who swabs an arm before injecting vaccine into a patient, workers began clearing debris and underbrush from land set to house dissolved oxygen injection equipment for the Savannah River.
  • Simon Sauceda, a construction control representative from the Pyongtaek Resident Office, pointing out corrections to contractor's employees.Sauceda is verifying coolant lines are pressurized properly on a military construction project on Camp Humphreys on Feb. 2, 2016. Sauceda's job includes inspecting the job sites for safety and quality assurance concerns, a responsibility he has wholeheartedly embraced as a reflection of his personal values of honesty and integrity.

    Spotlight: Simon Sauceda

    A glimpse into the life-long legacy of integrity embodied by Simon Sauceda, a quality assurance representative for the Pyeongtaek Resident Office of the Far East District.
  • Col. David Caldwell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District (third person from the left), joins other elected, state, and federal officials for the Environmental Protection Agency announcement of the $1.4 billion Superfund Project for the Lower Passaic River in Newark, N.J., March 4, 2016. The Lower Passaic River Superfund project will remove 3.5 million cubic yards of toxic sediment, in an effort to revitalize the lower eight miles of the Passaic River. (Photo by Hector Mosley, public affairs specialist, New York District)

    New York District joins U.S. EPA at announcement of Superfund project for Lower Passaic River, NJ

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 recently announced a $1.38 billion Superfund project for the cleanup of the Lower Passaic River. The event featured keynote speakers Sen. Bob Menendez, Sen. Cory Booker, Judith Enck, regional administrator, EPA, Col. David Caldwell, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District, Bob Martin, commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and other participants. Each talked about the importance of the cleanup of the lower Passaic River.
  • Col. David Caldwell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District (third person from the left), joins other elected, state, and federal officials for the Environmental Protection Agency announcement of the $1.4 billion Superfund Project for the Lower Passaic River in Newark, N.J., March 4, 2016. The Lower Passaic River Superfund project will remove 3.5 million cubic yards of toxic sediment, in an effort to revitalize the lower eight miles of the Passaic River.

    Army Corps and U.S. EPA Announce Superfund project for Lower Passaic River, NJ

    New York District –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional 2 recently announced a $1.4 billion Superfund project for the cleanup of the Lower Passaic River. The event featured keynote speakers Sen. Bob Mendez, Sen. Cory Booker, Judith Enck, regional administrator, EPA, Col. David Caldwell, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District, Bob Martin, commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and other participants. Each talked about the importance of the cleanup of the lower Passaic River.
  • Omaha District Commander, Col. John W. Henderson provided remarks March 9 at the Yellowstone River symposium in Billings, Montana. The two-day symposium was hosted by the Yellowstone River Conservation District Council to discuss completion of the Yellowstone River Corridor Study and determine a path forward now that the cumulative effects assessment has been developed.

    Yellowstone River Symposium wraps USACE-led corridor study

    The Omaha District participated in a two-day symposium, hosted by the Yellowstone River Conservation District Council, last week in Billings, Montana, to discuss completion of the Yellowstone River Corridor Study and determine a path forward now that the cumulative effects assessment has been developed.