I-US Army Corps of Engineers ivumile ukuthi ngeke isebenzise ama-hopper dredges eBrunswick Harbour phakathi nezinyanga zasentwasahlobo noma zasehlobo ize iqhube ukubuyekezwa okuqinile kwezemvelo ngemithelela engaba khona, kusho i-One Hundred Miles (OHM) kanye neSouthern Environmental Law Center (SELC).
Kusukela ngo-2021, i-OHM kanye ne-SELC balwe nemizamo ye-Corps yokususa imikhawulo ehlala isikhathi eside eyenqabela ukwehliswa kwesondlo phakathi kuka-April 1 no-December 14, okuhlanganisa phakathi nenkathi yokuzalela entwasahlobo nehlobo lapho kukhona khona izimfudu zasolwandle eziningi, ikakhulukazi ezinsikazi ezizalelayo, ekuthuthweni kwemikhumbi yaseGeorgia. iziteshi.
NgoZibandlela wezi-2022, i-OHM kanye ne-SELC bafaka icala eNkantolo Yesifunda Yase-US Yesifunda EsiseNingizimu ye-Georgia, bephikisana ngokuthi i-Corps yehlulekile ukwenza ukubuyekezwa okwanele kwemvelo kokumbiwa konyaka wonke, njengoba kudingwa uMthetho Wenqubomgomo Kazwelonke Yezemvelo.
Ngenxa yaleli cala, abakwaCorps bamemezele ukuthi ngeke baqhubekele phambili ngokudilizwa kwe-hopper unyaka wonke eBrunswick Harbour ngalesi sikhathi futhi esikhundleni salokho bazocubungula kahle imithelela yezemvelo kwizimfudu zasolwandle, imboni yokudoba nezinye izilwane zasendle.
I-Hopper dredging isebenzisa amaphampu okumunca inhlabathi ngaphansi kwetheku, kanti nezilwane zasolwandle - okuhlanganisa nezimfudu zezinsikazi ezikhona ngesikhathi sokuzalela entwasahlobo nasehlobo - zivame ukubulawa noma zigogelwe kule nqubo, kusho i-OHM.
Ukuze ugweme le mithelela, i-Corps ikhawulele ukugezwa kwe-hopper emachwebeni ase-Georgia ezinyangeni zasebusika kule minyaka engamashumi amathathu edlule - umkhuba we-OHM kanye necala le-SELC obekufuna ukulondolozwa.