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Port St. Joe dentist asks Bay County to back federal study of Gulf Intracoastal Waterway impacts
Summary
Dusty May, a Port St. Joe dentist and longtime local resident, asked the Bay County Board of County Commissioners on May 6 to write a letter of support for a joint U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–Florida DEP feasibility study into the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway's diversion of Apalachicola River water and sediment into St. Joe and St. Andrew bays.
Dusty May, a Port St. Joe dentist and longtime local resident, asked the Bay County Board of County Commissioners on May 6 to write a letter of support for a joint feasibility study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection into the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway's diversion of Apalachicola River water and sediment into St. Joe Bay and St. Andrew Bay.
May told commissioners the Corps has indicated responsibility for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and that a 2/16 feasibility study authorized by federal statute would be time‑limited to three years and capped at $3 million, split equally between state and federal funding (less in‑kind contributions). He said the Corps is willing to proceed but that DEP cooperation is…
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