WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 16, 2024) - Limestone mining processor Linwood Mining and Minerals Corporation will pay $23,244 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the company discharged pollutants from its Davenport, Iowa, facility into Donaldson Creek, a tributary to the Mississippi River, in violation of   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs has awarded three grants totaling more than $3 million for community projects that strengthen law enforcement and public safety in the Southern District of Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee. The University of Southern Mississippi received $3 million to implement a rural digital fore  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Postal Service Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 24-125) on Sept. 9, 2024, entitled "Alabama-Mississippi District: Delivery Operations." Here are excerpts: * * * During the week of July 8, 2024, we performed a self-initiated audit at the Birmingham Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and Mail Processing Annex (MPA) and three delivery units serviced by the P&DC and MPA. The delivery units included the Center Point Branch, B  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Rock Island District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program partners are in the early stages of planning for a habitat rehabilitation project on the Mississippi River in Pool 18 and are seeking public input through Oct. 9. The Pool 18 Forestry project is part of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program and is being constructed in collaborat  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract for constructing a floodwall in Harvey, La. The contract was awarded September 13, 2024, to Buck Town Contractors & Company of Kenner, Louisiana in the amount of $3,669,807.00. This contract is part of the Mississippi River Levees (MRL) Construction Project. The contract was awarded under the Bipartisan Budget Act 2018  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District began construction of an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to arrest further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico. USACE awarded a contract to Weeks Marine for construction of the saltwater sill at approximately river mile 64 near Myrtle Grove, La. The initial phase   more