Ankhondo a US Army Corps of Engineers avomereza kuti sagwiritsa ntchito ma hopper dredges ku Brunswick Harbor m'miyezi yachisanu kapena yachilimwe mpaka atawunikira mozama za zomwe zingachitike, One Hundred Miles (OHM) ndi Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) adatero.
Kuyambira 2021, OHM ndi SELC akhala akulimbana ndi zoyesayesa za a Corps kuti achotse zoletsa zomwe zakhala zikuletsa kukonza pakati pa Epulo 1 ndi Disembala 14, kuphatikiza nthawi ya masika ndi nyengo yachilimwe pomwe pali akamba am'nyanja ambiri, makamaka akamba aakazi, potumiza ku Georgia. njira.
Mu Disembala 2022, OHM ndi SELC adasumira mlandu ku Khothi Lachigawo la US ku Southern District of Georgia, akutsutsa kuti Corps idalephera kuwunikiranso bwino zachilengedwe pakuwononga chaka chonse, malinga ndi National Environmental Policy Act.
Chifukwa cha mlanduwu, a Corps adalengeza kuti sichingapite patsogolo ndi kuwomba kwa hopper chaka chonse ku Brunswick Harbor panthawiyi ndipo m'malo mwake awunikanso bwino momwe chilengedwe chimakhudzira akamba am'nyanja, usodzi, ndi nyama zina zakuthengo.
Hopper dredging imagwiritsa ntchito mapampu oyamwa kuti ayamwe matope pansi pa doko, ndipo zamoyo zam'madzi - kuphatikiza akamba achikazi omwe amakhala nthawi yachilimwe ndi nyengo yachilimwe - nthawi zambiri amaphedwa kapena kulumala panthawiyi, adatero OHM.
Kuti mupewe izi, a Corps aletsa kugwetsa ma hopper m'madoko aku Georgia kwa miyezi yozizira kwazaka makumi atatu zapitazi - mchitidwe wa OHM ndi SELC womwe udafuna kuteteza.