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    USACE Buffalo District receives $41.859 million in FY19 Work Plan

    Buffalo River Dredging

    Photo By Andrew Kornacki | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District contractor dredges the Buffalo River,...... read more read more

    BUFFALO, NY, UNITED STATES

    11.27.2018

    Story by Andrew Kornacki 

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has received $41.859 million in the Fiscal Year 2019 Work Plan, to complete projects across the District’s area of responsibility. This is in addition to the $54.956 million the District has already received in the Fiscal Year 2019 President’s Budget.

    “This is a critical time for investments in our nation’s infrastructure,” said LTC Jason Toth, USACE Buffalo District Commander. “I am encouraged that such a large investment is being made across the lower watershed of lakes Erie and Ontario, directly contributing to economic growth, quality of life, environmental health and national security for the American people.”

    Additional information regarding the entire Corps of Engineers’ Fiscal Year 2019 Work Plan can be found here:
    https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/News-Release-Article-View/Article/1696707/us-army-corps-of-engineers-releases-work-plan-for-fiscal-2019-civil-works-appro/

    Projects to be completed by the Buffalo District include:

    Formally Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program

    Joslyn Mfg. Site - Field Sampling Activities -$1,000,000

    Niagara Falls Storage Site - Remedial Investigation Contract, Complete Record of Decision for Interim Waste Containment Structure (IWCS) Operable Unit - $1,400,000

    Tonawanda Landfill - Prepare Scope of Work & Award Remediation Contract. Make Physical Preparations Prior to Start of Remediation - $1,800,000

    Luckey Site - Conduct Soils Remediation Activities, Conduct Fieldwork Oversight, Perform Annual Groundwater Sampling, Testing & Reporting Activities - $7,200,000

    Construction General and Operations & Maintenance:

    Presque Isle, PA - Sand Nourishment - $1,500,000

    Barcelona Harbor, NY - Sediment Sampling & Analysis - $70,000

    Black Rock & Tonawanda Channel, NY - Engineering & Design of Motor Control Center & Mitre Gate - $550,000

    Buffalo Harbor, NY - Dredging, Repair of North & South Breakwaters, CDF Repair, CDF Five-Year External Assessment - $12,445,000

    Cleveland Harbor, OH - Dredging, Design & Engineering of East Breakwater West End - $1,300,000

    Dunkirk Harbor, NY - Federal Standard Determination - $10,000

    Huron Harbor, OH - Dredged Material Management Plan, CDF Five-Year External Assessment, Environmental Studies & Monitoring for Dredging Purposes - $245,000

    Lorain Harbor, OH - Operations and Maintenance Activities - $2,934,000

    Mount Morris Dam, NY - Recreation Operations - $11,000

    Ogdensburg Harbor, NY - Sediment Sampling & Analysis - $125,000

    Oswego Harbor, NY - Dredging, Sediment Sampling & Analysis, & Repair of West Arrowhead Breakwater - $5,950,000

    Rochester Harbor, NY - Repair East Pier - $4,750,000

    Sturgeon Point, NY - Annual Sand By-Pass - $20,000

    Toledo Harbor, OH - Preparation of DMMP - $250,000

    Erie Harbor, PA - Dredged Material Management Plan, Environmental Studies & Monitoring for Dredging Activities - $299,000

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    Date Taken: 11.27.2018
    Date Posted: 11.27.2018 07:50
    Story ID: 301290
    Location: BUFFALO, NY, US

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