Emeritus Day at the Corps of Engineers – 2022
Dawson & Associates takes great pride in the experience and expertise provided by our US Army Corps of Engineers alumni. Our Senior...
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Mar 31, 2022
A brief history of WOTUS
Dawson colleague Larry Liebesman, who was a federal environmental litigator for 11 years at the US Justice Department, was a featured...
Mar 22, 2022
Hydropower – Vision and Opportunity
The US Army Corps of Engineers recently sponsored a Pacific Northwest regional outreach program for retired Corps leaders, including...
Mar 20, 2022
Former Commander of Corps of Engineers New Orleans & Charleston Districts joins Dawson & Associates
Dawson & Associates is proud to announce that Col. (Ret) Edward Fleming, whose 25 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers included...
Mar 17, 2022
Clean Water Act debate – gaping loophole or safeguards in place?
Our colleague Dave Barrows, who joined our firm in 1999 has more than 40 years’ experience working on Section 404 regulatory issues, of...
Mar 1, 2022
Congress gears up for 2022 Corps of Engineers water legislation
This spring, the Senate and House will unveil draft language for the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022. WRDA is Congress’...
Feb 10, 2022
Understanding Congressional and Corps of Engineers funding processes
Recently, the Programs Division of the Army’s Civil Works Directorate issued its Work Plans for both the Emergency Supplemental and the...
Jan 19, 2022
Assessing the impact of Navigable Waters Protection Rule Vacatur
On January 5, 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a “Navigable Waters Protection Rule Vacatur” (NWPR) press release stating in...
Jan 16, 2022
Engineer Regimental Icon Col. (ret) Edward C. Gibson, RIP
On December 26, 2021, the country and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lost a great man. Ed Gibson, former Commander of the Army Engineer...
Dec 15, 2021
Why “Engineering With Nature” Is Increasingly Important to Army Corps of Engineers Policies
Our colleague Rob Vining spent 32 years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and served as Chief of Civil Works Program Management...
Dec 13, 2021
WOTUS deliberation enters a new phase. Will a durable rule ever happen?
Since 2015, the legal definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) has changed 3 times and there is still no end in sight....
Nov 10, 2021
Thoughts on Veterans Day
On November 11, the Dawson & Associates family once again salutes our nation’s Veterans. This annual Veterans Day commemoration holds a...
Nov 9, 2021
Congress gears up to approve water projects
Earlier this fall, the U. S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee announced that it would accept requests from Senators for water...
Oct 15, 2021
White House announces changes to the NEPA regulations and what that means for infrastructure
This week, the Biden Administration proposed changes to the Council on Environmental Quality’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),...
Sep 9, 2021
Federal water projects and steps to permit approvals
The National Waterways Conference (waterways.org) does excellent work promoting Federal policies that sustain this nation’s water...
Sep 1, 2021
Federal Judge tosses Trump WOTUS rule citing “fundamental, substantive flaws.” The likely impact:
On August 30, 2021, Federal Judge Rosemary Márquez of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona found “fundamental,...
Jul 11, 2021
U.S. Rep. Sonny Callahan, RIP
Recently we received the sad news that our former colleague Sonny Callahan, who ably represented Alabama's First Congressional District...
Jun 30, 2021
DC Circuit’s Spire STL pipeline decision: Judging the likely impact
The recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decision to withdraw the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC)...
Jun 21, 2021
Considering a USACE Civil Works Project? Think twice before going it alone.
As Congress and the Biden Administration continue negotiating a $1+ trillion infrastructure bill, focus will inevitably shift to how...
May 25, 2021
Corps of Engineers implements new EPA Section 401 “neighboring jurisdiction provision” on permitting
Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule, which became effective last fall, has...
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