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Environmental Assessment, Permanent Electric Barrier I

6/18/2013
Environmental Assessment, Permanent Barrier I, Lockport Pool, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Will County, Illinois, June 17, 2013. Assessment with Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the environment, of upgrading the existing electric Demonstration Barrier with electric Permanent Barrier I to deter the movement of Asian carp and other fish species from the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes Basin via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Draft Environmental Assessment, Permanent Electric Barrier I

4/2/2013
Draft Environmental Assessment, Permanent Barrier I, Lockport Pool, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC), Will County, Illinois for the proposed construction of electric Permanent Barrier I, an upgrade of the electric Demonstration Barrier.

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New home for Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District Headquarters

6/18/2013
The Chicago District Headquarters will move to a new location at the Bank of America Building, effective approximately July 15, 2013.

Officials mark construction start for East Chicago pipe lining project

5/13/2013
Today, Rep. Peter Visclosky (IN-1), officials from East Chicago, Ind., and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction for the East Chicago pipe lining project.

Officials mark construction start for Gary Black Oak phase II sewer improvement project

5/3/2013
Today, Rep. Peter Visclosky (IN-1), officials from Gary, Ind., and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a groundbreaking ceremony in Gary, Ind., to mark the construction start for the Gary Black Oak phase II sewer improvement project.

Officials to mark construction start for Gary Black Oak phase II sewer improvement project

5/1/2013
Rep. Peter Visclosky (IN-1), officials from Gary, Ind., and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction for the Gary Black Oak phase II sewer improvement project.

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On 16 August 2012, Lt. Col. James Schreiner spoke at a press conference for Phase I of the Northerly Island restoration project, along with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Michael Kelly, General Superintendent of the Chicago Park District. The press conference was held at the Field Museum to announce plans to create a urban camping area for families, children, and at-risk youth along the 91-acre manmade peninsula found on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois.
In an effort to restore riverine conditions, notching of Hoffman Dam began on June 20, 2012 as part of the Hoffman Dam Project. The purpose of the project is to alleviate the ill effects of three low-head dams along the Des Plaines River near the Villages of Lyons and Riverside, Illinois. These dams no longer serve their original purpose of creating recreational pools and currently impede the migration of fish, impair water quality (dissolved oxygen, high temperatures) and have converted riverine habitat to stagnant reservoir habitat.
Chicago Botanic Garden Restoration Project Manager Jeff Zuercher and Construction Representative Dan Kein discuss plans to refill North Lake. The lake was drained in November 2011 in order to rejuvenate the shoreline with the addition of shallow water planting "shelves" as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Ecosystem Restoration Program.
New gates were installed at the Chicago Harbor Lock in December 2010 as part of the Chicago Lock Major Rehabilitation Project.
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on October 7th, 2010 to celebrate the completion of the Chicago Shoreline Diversey Revetment Project. Before work on the project began in 2003, the limestone protection barriers along the shoreline were crumbling and unsafe for pedestrians.
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