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Governor signs oil tax, budget bills, vetoes $2.5M

...SB27 would allow the state to move toward taking responsibility for dredge-and-fill permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.It's not clear how much such a program ultimately might cost, and the state would still have to meet federal...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-22/governor-signs-oil-tax-budget-bills-vet
State
Governor signs oil tax, budget bills, vetoes $2.5M

...SB27 would allow the state to move toward taking responsibility for dredge-and-fill permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.It's not clear how much such a program ultimately might cost, and the state would still have to meet federal...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-22/governor-signs-oil-tax-budget-bills-vet
State
My Turn: For whom is the governor working? Not the people

...wants the public to know about this bill?SB27/HB78 is the Wetlands Handover Bill. It aims to eliminate the Army Corps of Engineers' role in 404 permitting in Alaska-permitting for dredging, draining, filling, rerouting, or development...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-02-27/my-turn-whom-governor-working-not-peo
Opinion
Senate passes permitting bill

JUNEAU - The state could move toward taking responsibility for dredge-and-fill permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under a bill passed by the Alaska Senate on Monday.SB27, one of several bills related to permitting that have...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-12/senate-passes-permitting-bill
State
Concerns raised over Gov.'s permitting bill

...the others, SB27, which would allow the state to evaluate and take steps to assume primacy from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the dredge and fill permitting program, was heard in the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday.SB26 is extensive...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-27/concerns-raised-over-govs-permitting-bi
State
Douglas Harbor remodel $3 million short

...assure the project's completion - options which include a stop to work while the city petitions the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete the project. The city could also dredge the harbor and finish what construction can be done with...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-11-28/douglas-harbor-remodel-3-million-short
Local
Anchorage mulls options for troubled port project

...of the new dock were damaged.Last year, the Maritime Administration, or MARAD, contracted with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to determine whether the cell sheet pile design could be constructed at the port site. The Corps hired CH2M...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-18/anchorage-mulls-options-troubled-port-p
State
Federal appeals court allows railroad extension

...development as an export-import facility for intermodal and bulk-material resources.In September, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit allowing the railroad to fill in nearly 96 acres of wetlands for the line.Opponents have argued...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-11-29/federal-appeals-court-allows-railroad-e
State
Senate's Hurricane Sandy relief bill contains cash for Alaska

...the government's flood insurance program. The Army Corps of Engineers would receive $5.3 billion to mitigate flood...amendment to reduce the federal share of costs for the Army Corps of Engineer projects to reduce future flooding risks also failed...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-30/senates-hurricane-sandy-relief-bill-con
State
Sullivan, AG testify on 'federal overreach'

...seeking permitting authority, as the governor has proposed for dredge and fill permits now overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The state also seeks to be a partner, where it can, with the feds, he said.Parnell recently asked the Interior...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-23/sullivan-ag-testify-federal-overreach
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