Last Friday, September 6, Major General Diana Holland, Commander of the South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the Record of Decision for the Mobile Harbor General Reevaluation Report (GRR) with Integrated Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).
The recommended plan modifications consist of the following:
The recommended plan also includes a minimum of 1.5 million cubic yards of suitable new work dredged material for beneficial use projects that have been approved and permitted by the proponents through the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012, (RESTORE), NOAA’s Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA), or National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) programs.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will next execute a Design Agreement with the Alabama State Port Authority to begin the Preconstruction, Engineering, and Design phase.
Construction on the modifications could begin in late 2020.