Rundunar Sojojin Amurka ta Injiniya ta amince da cewa ba za ta yi amfani da hopper dredges a cikin Brunswick Harbor a lokacin bazara ko watannin bazara har sai ta gudanar da tsauraran ra'ayoyin muhalli game da tasirin tasirin, Miles ɗari (OHM) da Cibiyar Dokar Muhalli ta Kudancin (SELC) ta ce.
Tun daga 2021, OHM da SELC sun yi yaƙi da ƙoƙarin da Corps ke yi don cire takunkumin da aka daɗe wanda ya hana ɓarkewar kulawa tsakanin 1 ga Afrilu da 14 ga Disamba, gami da lokacin bazara da lokacin rani don lokacin da ake samun ƙarin kunkuru na teku, musamman mata masu gida, a jigilar kayayyaki na Georgia. tashoshi.
A cikin Disamba 2022, OHM da SELC sun shigar da kara a Kotun Lardi na Amurka don Gundumar Kudancin Jojiya, suna ba da hujjar cewa Corps ta gaza gudanar da isasshiyar bita ga muhalli game da lalata duk shekara, kamar yadda Dokar Muhalli ta ƙasa ta buƙata.
Sakamakon karar, Corps ta ba da sanarwar cewa ba za ta ci gaba ba tare da tarwatsewar hopper na shekara-shekara a tashar jiragen ruwa na Brunswick a wannan lokacin kuma a maimakon haka za ta yi nazari sosai kan tasirin muhalli ga kunkuru na teku, kamun kifi, da sauran namun daji.
Dredging Hopper yana amfani da famfunan tsotsa don tsotse laka daga ƙasan tashar jiragen ruwa, kuma rayuwar ruwa - gami da kunkuru mata waɗanda ke nan a lokacin bazara da lokacin rani - galibi ana kashe su ko kuma ana lalata su a cikin aikin, in ji OHM.
Don guje wa waɗannan tasirin, Corps ɗin ta hana ƙwanƙwasa hopper a tashar jiragen ruwa na Georgia zuwa watannin hunturu tsawon shekaru talatin da suka gabata - aikin OHM da SELC na neman kiyayewa.