Law09/23/2026@LawDesk
Judge Geck Upholds the Injunction Blocking Sable's Onshore Pipeline Restart
Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United StatesSable Offshore…
Starts 02/27/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE208 days agoStated as a completed action, per biologicaldiversity.org^[1]: "A Santa Barbara Superior Court today upheld its July preliminary injunction" in a release dated February 27, 2026.
A Santa Barbara Superior Court upheld its July preliminary injunction blocking Sable Offshore Corp. from restarting the Las Flores onshore pipeline system that ruptured at Refugio State Beach in 2015, requiring 10 court days' notice before any restart. The ruling also clarifies that the Trump administration's December move to seize control of the system and issue an emergency special permit does not affect the court's prior decision.
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Law09/23/2026@LawDesk
Judge Geck Upholds Injunction Against Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart
Sable Offshore…Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United States
Starts 04/17/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE159 days agoStated as a completed event, per independent.com^[1]: "On Friday morning, in the Santa Barbara courtroom of Judge Donna Geck... Geck refused to lift the injunction," with the article dated Fri Apr 17, 2026.
Santa Barbara County Judge Donna Geck refused to lift the injunction blocking Sable Offshore Corp. from restarting its Santa Ynez Unit pipelines, rejecting for the first time the company's claim that a federal Defense Production Act order overrides California law. She set a May 22 hearing on whether Sable, which resumed moving oil in March, should be held in contempt.
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Law09/23/2026@LawDesk
Ninth Circuit Rejects Bid to Block Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart
Sable Offshore…US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Starts 12/31/2025CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE266 days agoStated as an accomplished fact, per independent.com^[1]: "The December 31 court ruling was terse, offering no insights as to how the judges arrived at their conclusion."
A two-judge Ninth Circuit panel turned down an emergency appeal by the Environmental Defense Center and Center for Biological Diversity seeking to block the federal restart permit granted to Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Unit pipelines, sending the company's stock surging. The terse December 31 order is not the end: the court put the case on an expedited schedule, with its first deadline on January 26.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
PHMSA Issues Emergency Special Permit for Santa Ynez Pipeline Segments
Sable Offshore…Las Flores Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, 93463, United States
Starts 12/23/2025CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE274 days agoStated as a completed action, per sableoffshore.com^[1]: "on December 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration ... issued an emergency special permit".
The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued an emergency special permit for segments 324 and 325 of the interstate Santa Ynez Pipeline System, approving Sable Offshore's enhanced integrity management practices and setting operational conditions. It is a step toward restarting the onshore transportation that has kept Sable's restarted Santa Ynez Unit oil in storage rather than on sale.
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Law09/23/2026@LawDesk
Federal Judge Rules the DPA Order Overrides California on the Santa Ynez Pipeline
Sable Offshore…United States Courthouse, 350, West 1st Street, Civic Center, Downtown, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90012, United States
Starts 08/19/2026CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE35 days agoStated as done, per E&E News (19 Aug 2026): the court "allows Sable Offshore to keep carrying oil"; Noozhawk^[3] and Bloomberg Government date the ruling to the same day, two days before the Justice^[1] Department's 21 August release.
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied California's bid to suspend a Defense Production Act order requiring operation of Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Pipeline, holding the federal order lawfully preempts state efforts to shut it down. The court also shifted pipeline safety oversight under the consent decree from California's Office of the State Fire Marshal to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Sable Restarts Santa Ynez Pipeline Oil Flow Under DPA Order
Sable Offshore…Las Flores Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, 93463, United States
Starts 03/14/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE193 days agoStated as accomplished fact, per sableoffshore.com^[1]: "on March 14, 2026, the Company resumed the transportation of hydrocarbons (oil) produced at the Santa Ynez Unit ... through the ... Santa Ynez Pipeline System".
Sable Offshore resumed shipping crude from Las Flores Canyon to Pentland Station through the Santa Ynez Pipeline System on March 14, 2026, complying with a Defense Production Act order issued by Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The company expects first sales by April 1, 2026 at a gross oil rate of 50,000 Bbls/d, which it says would raise domestic crude supply into the California market by about 17%.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Sable Offshore Reports Q2 2026 Results, Its First Full Quarter of Oil Sales
845, Texas Avenue, Downtown, Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77002, United StatesSable Offshore…
Starts 08/10/2026 9:23PMCONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE44 days agoStated as done: the release, datelined "Houston, August 10, 2026", says Sable "today announced its second quarter 2026 financial and operational results"; timed to the Item 2.02 8-K carrying it, accepted by EDGAR at 21:23 UTC.^[1]
Sable Offshore reported $137.1 million of revenue and $9.4 million of operating cash flow for the second quarter of 2026, its first full quarter of sales since the Santa Ynez Unit restart, and ended June selling about 40,000 net barrels of oil a day.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Sable Offshore Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
845, Texas Avenue, Downtown, Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77002, United StatesSable Offshore…
Starts 05/06/2026 8:08PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE140 days agoStated as done, per sableoffshore.com^[1]: dated "05/06/2026", Sable "today announced its first quarter 2026 financial results"; timed to the Item 2.02 8-K carrying the release, accepted by EDGAR at 20:08 UTC.
Sable Offshore posted a $197.0 million net loss for Q1 2026 after resuming oil sales from the Santa Ynez Unit under a U.S. Department of Energy Defense Production Act order, and ended the quarter with $956.3 million of short-term debt against $52.2 million in cash.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Sable Restarts Platform Hondo, the Third Santa Ynez Unit Platform
Platform Hondo, Santa Ynez Unit, Santa Barbara Channel, California, United StatesSable Offshore…
Starts 09/30/2026DELAYED3 months late68% CONFIDENCEin 7 daysDelayed, per offshore-energy.biz^[1][4] (12 Aug 2026): Sable "anticipates the Hondo platform to come online in September 2026" after the June target it gave in April; the month alone is its last day.
Sable Offshore expects the Hondo platform offshore California to come back online in September 2026, the third Santa Ynez Unit platform restarted after Heritage and Harmony. Hondo is expected to produce lower-sulfur crude that should bring field-wide sulfur content back to normal levels.
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Infrastructure09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Panama Canal Wins Approval for Rio Indio Reservoir
Río Indio, Capira, Panamá Oeste, PanamaPanama Canal Authority
Starts 06/30/2024CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE2.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "In 2024, a Supreme Court ruling overturned a law that had blocked the creation of the Indio River reservoir."
Panama's Supreme Court overturned a 2006 law blocking new reservoirs, clearing the way for a dam on the Rio Indio meant to secure the Panama Canal's water supply against worsening droughts.
$1.6B
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Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
Réunion's Nouvelle Route du Littoral Set for Full Completion
Nouvelle Route du Littoral, La Grande Chaloupe, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France
Starts 06/30/2030ESTIMATED 67% CONFIDENCEin 3.8 yearsThe route has already been delayed for years by court rulings, redesigns and rework, so this remains a target rather than a firm date. Given as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "for a complete opening mid-2030."
The final offshore-viaduct section of Réunion's storm-battered coastal highway replacement, plagued by quarry bans and redesigns, is now due to fully open by mid-2030.
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Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk
The Houston Ship Channel's Project 11 Widening Finishes
Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay reach near Morgans Point, TexasPort Houston
Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED 63% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsPort Houston's project page describes "expediting the process to complete the work in 2029", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]
Project 11 widens the channel by 170 feet along its Galveston Bay reach, from 530 to 700 feet, and deepens upstream segments to 46.5 feet so the largest container ships can pass one another. Dredging began in 2022; Port Houston finished its own segments in October 2025 and the US Army Corps of Engineers is completing the rest, with the spoil building bird islands, marsh and oyster reef.
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Stated as a completed event, per independent.com^[1]: "Late this past Wednesday afternoon, Anderle stuck to his tentative ruling" in an article dated Fri Oct 17, 2025.

Start: Oct 15, 202593% CONFIDENCEfrom santabarbara.courts.ca.gov
End: Oct 15, 202593% CONFIDENCEfrom santabarbara.courts.ca.gov

Judge Rules Sable Offshore Needed Coastal Permits for Pipeline Repairs

Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle finalized his tentative ruling against Sable Offshore, holding that the company's repair work at 121 sites along its 135-mile Gaviota Coast pipeline required California Coastal Commission development permits and violated the Coastal Act. The ruling leaves intact the injunction halting further repairs and keeps the Commission's $18 million fine a live issue.

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Thomas P. Anderle ruled against Sable Offshore Corp. and Pacific Pipeline Company and in favor of the California Coastal Commission on Sable's petition for a writ of mandate, case 25CV00974, at the hearing on 15 October 2025^[1][3]
Anderle released the tentative ruling the day before and, after allowing Sable's attorneys two and a half hours of argument, stood by it unchanged^[1]
The ruling holds that Sable needed coastal development permits from the Commission for its pipeline repair work, so the work done to date violated the California Coastal Act, and it affirms the Commission's cease-and-desist orders and more than $18 million in penalties^[1][2]
In 27 pages the judge rejected Sable's argument that a 1986 county coastal development permit covered the work, finding repairs at 121 sites in under a year - with 4,500 to 7,200 dump trucks' worth of dirt excavated - far exceeded that permit and amounted to "reconstruction"^[1]
He also refuted the February letter from County Planning Director Lisa Plowman and energy planner Errin Briggs supporting Sable, and found the Coastal Act allowed the Commission to enforce after the county twice declined to do so^[1]
The Commission was represented by deputy attorney general Wyatt Sloan-Tribe of the state Attorney General's office, Sable by Jeffrey Dintzer of Alston & Bird^[1][3]
Sable "vigorously disagrees" and says it will appeal, insisting the decision does not change its strategy of resuming production through the Las Flores Pipeline System or selling Santa Ynez Unit petroleum via an offshore storage and treatment facility^[1][2]
The ruling leaves in place the injunction blocking further repair work, keeps the $18 million fine a live issue, and makes Sable's $347 million damages claim against the Commission unlikely to succeed^[1]
Remaining matters - Sable's motion to compel Commission documents and its motion for leave to file an amended petition - are set for 3 December 2025 at 10 a.m.^[1][3]

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independent.com/2025/10/17/sable-oil-loses-major-courtroom-battle-with-coastal-commission
independent.com· Posted Sep 23, 2026· Starts Oct 15, 2025· 65% of score
Stated as a completed event, per independent.com: "Late this past Wednesday afternoon, Anderle stuck to his tentative ruling" in an article dated Fri Oct 17, 2025.
[2]80%
Judge upholds coastal commission’s authority in Sable Offshore pipeline dispute
kcbx.org· Published Oct 20, 2025· 18% of score
KCBX (NPR member station) reports Judge Thomas Anderle ruled Sable's Las Flores Pipeline work was not authorized under decades-old permits and that the decision affirmed the Commission's cease-and-desist orders and "more than $18 million in penalties"; it links to the ruling but does not itself state the hearing date, so its date support is indirect.
[3]93%
Tentative Ruling: Sable Offshore Corp. and Pacific Pipeline Company v. California Coastal Commission
santabarbara.courts.ca.gov· Published Oct 14, 2025· Starts Oct 15, 2025 ✓· Ends Oct 15, 2025 ✓· 17% of score
The Santa Barbara Superior Court's own page for case 25CV00974 lists the hearing as "Wed, 10/15/2025 - 10:00" and states the court "finds in favor of Respondent California Coastal Commission" on Sable's writ of mandate cause of action, continuing the discovery motion to 12/3/25 - a primary official record of the ruling and its date.^[1]

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Law09/23/2026@LawDesk
Judge Geck Upholds the Injunction Blocking Sable's Onshore Pipeline Restart
Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United StatesSable Offshore…
Starts 02/27/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE208 days agoStated as a completed action, per biologicaldiversity.org^[1]: "A Santa Barbara Superior Court today upheld its July preliminary injunction" in a release dated February 27, 2026.
A Santa Barbara Superior Court upheld its July preliminary injunction blocking Sable Offshore Corp. from restarting the Las Flores onshore pipeline system that ruptured at Refugio State Beach in 2015, requiring 10 court days' notice before any restart. The ruling also clarifies that the Trump administration's December move to seize control of the system and issue an emergency special permit does not affect the court's prior decision.
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Law09/23/2026@LawDesk
Judge Geck Upholds Injunction Against Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart
Sable Offshore…Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United States
Starts 04/17/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE159 days agoStated as a completed event, per independent.com^[1]: "On Friday morning, in the Santa Barbara courtroom of Judge Donna Geck... Geck refused to lift the injunction," with the article dated Fri Apr 17, 2026.
Santa Barbara County Judge Donna Geck refused to lift the injunction blocking Sable Offshore Corp. from restarting its Santa Ynez Unit pipelines, rejecting for the first time the company's claim that a federal Defense Production Act order overrides California law. She set a May 22 hearing on whether Sable, which resumed moving oil in March, should be held in contempt.
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Law09/23/2026@LawDesk
Ninth Circuit Rejects Bid to Block Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart
Sable Offshore…US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Starts 12/31/2025CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE266 days agoStated as an accomplished fact, per independent.com^[1]: "The December 31 court ruling was terse, offering no insights as to how the judges arrived at their conclusion."
A two-judge Ninth Circuit panel turned down an emergency appeal by the Environmental Defense Center and Center for Biological Diversity seeking to block the federal restart permit granted to Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Unit pipelines, sending the company's stock surging. The terse December 31 order is not the end: the court put the case on an expedited schedule, with its first deadline on January 26.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
PHMSA Issues Emergency Special Permit for Santa Ynez Pipeline Segments
Sable Offshore…Las Flores Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, 93463, United States
Starts 12/23/2025CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE274 days agoStated as a completed action, per sableoffshore.com^[1]: "on December 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration ... issued an emergency special permit".
The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued an emergency special permit for segments 324 and 325 of the interstate Santa Ynez Pipeline System, approving Sable Offshore's enhanced integrity management practices and setting operational conditions. It is a step toward restarting the onshore transportation that has kept Sable's restarted Santa Ynez Unit oil in storage rather than on sale.
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Law09/23/2026@LawDesk
Federal Judge Rules the DPA Order Overrides California on the Santa Ynez Pipeline
Sable Offshore…United States Courthouse, 350, West 1st Street, Civic Center, Downtown, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90012, United States
Starts 08/19/2026CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE35 days agoStated as done, per E&E News (19 Aug 2026): the court "allows Sable Offshore to keep carrying oil"; Noozhawk^[3] and Bloomberg Government date the ruling to the same day, two days before the Justice^[1] Department's 21 August release.
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied California's bid to suspend a Defense Production Act order requiring operation of Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Pipeline, holding the federal order lawfully preempts state efforts to shut it down. The court also shifted pipeline safety oversight under the consent decree from California's Office of the State Fire Marshal to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Sable Restarts Santa Ynez Pipeline Oil Flow Under DPA Order
Sable Offshore…Las Flores Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, 93463, United States
Starts 03/14/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE193 days agoStated as accomplished fact, per sableoffshore.com^[1]: "on March 14, 2026, the Company resumed the transportation of hydrocarbons (oil) produced at the Santa Ynez Unit ... through the ... Santa Ynez Pipeline System".
Sable Offshore resumed shipping crude from Las Flores Canyon to Pentland Station through the Santa Ynez Pipeline System on March 14, 2026, complying with a Defense Production Act order issued by Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The company expects first sales by April 1, 2026 at a gross oil rate of 50,000 Bbls/d, which it says would raise domestic crude supply into the California market by about 17%.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Sable Offshore Reports Q2 2026 Results, Its First Full Quarter of Oil Sales
845, Texas Avenue, Downtown, Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77002, United StatesSable Offshore…
Starts 08/10/2026 9:23PMCONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE44 days agoStated as done: the release, datelined "Houston, August 10, 2026", says Sable "today announced its second quarter 2026 financial and operational results"; timed to the Item 2.02 8-K carrying it, accepted by EDGAR at 21:23 UTC.^[1]
Sable Offshore reported $137.1 million of revenue and $9.4 million of operating cash flow for the second quarter of 2026, its first full quarter of sales since the Santa Ynez Unit restart, and ended June selling about 40,000 net barrels of oil a day.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Sable Offshore Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
845, Texas Avenue, Downtown, Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77002, United StatesSable Offshore…
Starts 05/06/2026 8:08PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE140 days agoStated as done, per sableoffshore.com^[1]: dated "05/06/2026", Sable "today announced its first quarter 2026 financial results"; timed to the Item 2.02 8-K carrying the release, accepted by EDGAR at 20:08 UTC.
Sable Offshore posted a $197.0 million net loss for Q1 2026 after resuming oil sales from the Santa Ynez Unit under a U.S. Department of Energy Defense Production Act order, and ended the quarter with $956.3 million of short-term debt against $52.2 million in cash.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Sable Restarts Platform Hondo, the Third Santa Ynez Unit Platform
Platform Hondo, Santa Ynez Unit, Santa Barbara Channel, California, United StatesSable Offshore…
Starts 09/30/2026DELAYED3 months late68% CONFIDENCEin 7 daysDelayed, per offshore-energy.biz^[1][4] (12 Aug 2026): Sable "anticipates the Hondo platform to come online in September 2026" after the June target it gave in April; the month alone is its last day.
Sable Offshore expects the Hondo platform offshore California to come back online in September 2026, the third Santa Ynez Unit platform restarted after Heritage and Harmony. Hondo is expected to produce lower-sulfur crude that should bring field-wide sulfur content back to normal levels.
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Infrastructure09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Panama Canal Wins Approval for Rio Indio Reservoir
Río Indio, Capira, Panamá Oeste, PanamaPanama Canal Authority
Starts 06/30/2024CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE2.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "In 2024, a Supreme Court ruling overturned a law that had blocked the creation of the Indio River reservoir."
Panama's Supreme Court overturned a 2006 law blocking new reservoirs, clearing the way for a dam on the Rio Indio meant to secure the Panama Canal's water supply against worsening droughts.
$1.6B
0.60
Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
Réunion's Nouvelle Route du Littoral Set for Full Completion
Nouvelle Route du Littoral, La Grande Chaloupe, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France
Starts 06/30/2030ESTIMATED 67% CONFIDENCEin 3.8 yearsThe route has already been delayed for years by court rulings, redesigns and rework, so this remains a target rather than a firm date. Given as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "for a complete opening mid-2030."
The final offshore-viaduct section of Réunion's storm-battered coastal highway replacement, plagued by quarry bans and redesigns, is now due to fully open by mid-2030.
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Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk
The Houston Ship Channel's Project 11 Widening Finishes
Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay reach near Morgans Point, TexasPort Houston
Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED 63% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsPort Houston's project page describes "expediting the process to complete the work in 2029", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]
Project 11 widens the channel by 170 feet along its Galveston Bay reach, from 530 to 700 feet, and deepens upstream segments to 46.5 feet so the largest container ships can pass one another. Dredging began in 2022; Port Houston finished its own segments in October 2025 and the US Army Corps of Engineers is completing the rest, with the spoil building bird islands, marsh and oyster reef.
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