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On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:50:41 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:35:04 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:27:36 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:42:56 -0500, wrote:

Maybe they'll even get around to dredging the ICW properly. They could
start tomorrow.
They could start applying for the permits tomorrow but I doubt any
muck will move for a couple years ... at last around here.
Nope, they could start VERY quickly. All they lack is funding. As the
trickle of money comes in, they have been doing what they can.
You must not have Department of Environmental Protection there.
You can't do anything in the water here without a permit and that
process drags on forever. If you dig up the bottom somewhere they
usually want some kind of mitigation somewhere else. Dredging projects
usually get coupled to sea grass restoration or something. All of that
negotiation takes a lot of time.

Army Corps of Engineers is not a private party wanting to do some new
development. Dredging the ICW is part of their REGULAR functions
whenever they have the resources to go and do it. There is no
permitting delay, as this is ongoing maintenance that is already
cleared. In fact, it's federally mandated work. The highway department
similarly does not need any permits to fill pot holes or replace
damaged stop signs.

But, the Corps needs a permit to deposit the dredgings someplace. And,
they don't get permits with open ended dates. Besides every
environmental organization will take any and every opportunity to stop
the dredging to save any and all wild life.