A two-week trial is set to begin today to determine who pays to clean up Big Spring Creek outside of Lewistown — decades after cancer-causing chemicals were first detected in wild trout in that area. The renowned trout stream was contaminated for years as paint laden with polychlorinated biphenyl… Source:greatfallstribune,April 19,2010;
SHARING Wyong Council’s dredge is not a viable option for ongoing maintenance of the Ettalong Beach channel, Gosford councillors have been told… Source:express-advocate,April 15,2010;
In good news for contractors nationwide, the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently ruled that the contractors who dredged the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) are not liable for damages caused by Hurricane Katrina (Ackerson et al. v. Bean Dredging LLC et al.). Source:blr,February 12,2010;
Mumbai: A major portion of the Arabian Sea has been reclaimed near Badhwar Park in south Mumbai’s Backbay Reclamation — the stretch which came into focus as the landing spot for Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab and his aides on the night of November 26, 2008. Source:dna, January 12,2010;
