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Public Works Digest, Volume XXIX, No. 4, October/November/December 2017

This Issue: Energy, Water and Waste Leader Commentaries 3 Energy 6 Water 20 Waste 25 Environment 29 News & Technology 33 Awards 38

The Corps Environment, October 2017 edition

This issue of The Corps Environment features articles about the Alaska National Guard hosting the Pacific Environmental Security Forum; Energy Action Month; the Corps working to manage Hurricane Harvey runoff; EnviroPoint commentary on the Environmental Operating Principles; the Wilmington District helping to preserve seabird habitats; Sturgis decommissioning hits major milestone with nuclear reactor; U.S., Sri Lanka partnership increases oil spill preparedness; video news releases and environmental news clips; and more.

First Blue Roof being installed in the Virgin Islands

Department of Planning and Natural Resources Office Manager for Business and Administration Services talks to a home owner, helping Operation Blue Roof team members as they walk house-to-house. With five team members on the island, the Temporary Roofing Planning and Response Team is currently going house-to-house gathering Right of Entry forms. The forms allow Corps personnel on private property to assess homes and Corps contractors authority to repair the roofs. More Temporary Roofing team members are on their way. Operation Blue Roof’s purpose is to provide homeowners in disaster areas with fiber-reinforced plastic sheeting to cover their damaged roofs until arrangements can be made for permanent repairs.

Soldiers, USACE Civilians Restore Power in St. Thomas, USVI

Sergeant First Class Ben Knibbe, front, and Staff Sgt. Nathan Womelsduff, right, of Fort Belvoir-based 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) team up with USACE Power Planning and Response Team member Kevin Pigott, rear, to connect a generator to the Nisky Communications Center on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday, Sept. 14th.

Damage to Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria

Coastal Engineers Assess Status of Beaches Post Hurricane Irma

Coastal engineers Doug Wall, left, and Kevin Conner refer to a Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) notebook on Wrightsville Beach during their spot checks of specific sections of the beach. They uploaded data to the District's GIS server to be analyzed for any potential damage. (USACE photo by Hank Heusinkveld)

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Mobile District campsites host thousands displaced by Hurricane Irma

The White family was relieved to call Carters Lake campground home over the weekend while she and her family rode out Hurricane Irma after being forced out of their southern Georgia homes.

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USACE establishes Debris Removal Information Line following Northern California wildfires

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District (USACE) has established a Debris Removal Information Line for property owners affected by last month’s devastating wildfires in Northern California. The number for the USACE Debris Removal Information Line is 877-875-7681 and will be staffed from 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. every day.

Published: 11/20/2017

Protecting NASA from wildfires critical role for Mobile District’s forester at Stennis

One man stands between a potential wildfire and NASA’s largest rocket engine test facility, the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. That man is Quinn Kelly, a forestry technician with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.

Published: 11/17/2017

Nashville District officials give real estate career advice to college STEM students

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 15, 2017) – Nashville District officials gave real estate career advice today to a class of college STEM students at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Published: 11/16/2017

Diving in the St. Lawrence River to better understand Lake Erie and Ontario

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District Dive Team, accompanied by USACE Detroit District Hydraulic Engineers, traveled north to the St. Lawrence River and installed an Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meter (ADVM) 4-miles upstream of Morristown, New York.

Published: 11/15/2017

New York District hosts a Joint Armed Forces ribbon cutting ceremony at the Times Square Recruiting Center

On November 10th, 2017 a contingent of joint armed forces recruiting commands joined the Army Corps’ New York District and the North Atlantic Division for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Center at Times Square. The ribbon was cut by a joint service group of commanders that included Major General Garrett Harencak, Commander, Air Force Recruiting Service, Lieutenant Colonel Judd Floris, Commander, NYC Army Recruiting Battalion, Colonel Ivan Monclova, Commander, 1st Marine Corp District, Colonel Robert Hailey, Acting Deputy Commander, North Atlantic Division, and Commander Christian Gaskill, Commander, Navy Recruiting District New York.

Published: 11/10/2017