Paul reintroduces bill to prioritize smaller harbors
Date Posted: December 2, 2019
Source: SurfKY

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul reintroduced the Harbor Equity Act (S. 2923), which modifies the existing criteria used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge smaller harbors.

Currently, the Corps prioritizes dredging solely for larger harbors that see 1 million or more tons in traffic per year, often forcing small community harbors to fund their own dredging or be forced to shut down operations, according to a press release.

This legislation drops the minimum tonnage requirements to 500,000 tons, prioritizing smaller harbors for dredging.

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