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Caven Point hit hard by Sandy, supports NY/NJ Harbor and begins own recovery

1/16/2013
"It’s unprecedented the amount they’ve been bringing in," Lyness said. "I’ll give you an example. In the nearly three-week period between October 31st and today (November 19th), we’ve collected forty percent of our whole annual targeted goal."

NASA proclaims strategic partnership with Corps for support

12/20/2012
NASA Langley Research Center officials reached an agreement with the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to have the Corps support the research center’s facility-engineering needs.

Army Corps of Engineers continues ecosystem restoration work in Soundview Park

12/14/2012
Thirty years ago, Elbin Mena was repairing a hole on his father's roof in Harding Park, Bronx, New York City. "I looked out at neighboring Soundview Park. It was filled with abandoned cars and burnt out shacks and I said to myself - 'Boy, this park could look beautiful if given some money and attention,'" said Mena.

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Corps awards new Fire Island debris removal contract

2/8/2013
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $10.5 million debris removal contract to Custom Earth Recycling, LLC of Bay Shore, N.Y. as part of the cleanup mission from Hurricane Sandy.

Corps of Engineers releases Native Oyster Restoration Master Plan

2/6/2013
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia, along with their shared partners, has finalized the Native Oyster Restoration Master Plan. The master plan outlines the Corps’ strategy for large-scale oyster restoration throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

Army Corps awards $2 million contract for Phase II of Plumb Beach coastal storm risk reduction work in Brooklyn

2/6/2013
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has awarded a $2 million contract to Village Dock, Inc., of Port Jefferson, N.Y., to complete the second and final phase of construction at the coastal storm risk reduction project at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn along the Belt Parkway.

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An aerial view of the vent shaft on Governors Island, NY, Nov. 5, shows one of three sites where dewatering operations are taking place on the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, where 86 million gallons of water are being removed for the state of New York through FEMA by a joint operation by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and others. As of Nov. 6 pumping operations are complete at 7 of 14 critical locations in NY as determined by local officials.
To date, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has more than 38 FEMA Mission Assignments exceeding $134 million. Providing temporary emergency power to the nine buildings at the Redfern Housing Complex,in Far Rockaway, N.Y., as well as roughly 50 other buildings in six complexes throughout Far Rockaway, is one of those mission assignments. Some of the buildings, like four of the nine in the Redfern complex, must have water pumped out of the basements before power can be restored.
LEBANON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Ashley Kosmal (left), a Baltimore District project engineer, and Joe Hollshwander, a Baltimore District resident engineer, monitors a debris removal crew as they cut away fallen trees from power lines in preparation for power crews to begin to restore power to the area in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)
Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, U.S. Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographs the Corps
A generator is staged at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 3, before it departs to an area affected by Hurricane Sandy. USACE is working through FEMA to get needed supplies such as emergency power generators to areas throughout New York and New Jersey. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Bloodgood)
NEW YORK -- A contractor hooks up an outflow line from a second pump dewatering the Hugh Carey Tunnel also known as the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. The Corps is has been tasked by FEMA to dewater the impacted infrastructure in the City (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)
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