In November 2015, the Fundão dam, owned by the Samarco mining company, collapsed in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This catastrophic event released millions

Tim Brown said the parish has about $700,000 in SRF grant funding and an additional $263,000 from the EPA for repair and rehabilitation of on-site sewage systems; separate EPA review must clear a quality-assurance plan before Pontchartrain Conservancy sampling can begin.

At the APIL opening session in Saipan, the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Pacific parliaments to use U.N. mechanisms and create permanent parliamentary human‑rights committees. The Marshall Islands’ special envoy pressed colleagues to support a national human‑rights commission and to back a change‑of‑circumstances push,

Residents pressed the board to act as fiscal sponsor to allow immediate fundraising and FEMA/BRIC applications for East Long Pond dam repairs; the board asked for a tightened MOU, clarified liabilities, and discussed a phased approach beginning with a $12,000 survey.

Staff told commissioners a corrugated‑metal storm outfall on 9th Avenue South will be repaired under a grant and that gravity interceptors in the south system are roughly 25% blocked by hardened grit; a contractor proposal to pressure‑clean and vacuum the lines is being negotiated and is likely to exceed $400,000.

Board approved the meeting agenda, unanimously approved a $250,000 IGA with the Oregon Department of Forestry for forest-road repairs, and unanimously adopted a preservation order to secure IT records related to the Lynn Coker email breach following executive session.

Multiple residents urged immediate work to stabilize Salt Brook bank erosion and fix a county-owned pipe; councilmembers and staff said funding and permitting (DEP) have driven the timeline but reported a permit has been received and on-site meetings are scheduled.

The Delaware County Stormwater Board voted Oct. 7 to authorize up to $20,000 from stormwater funds for repairs at 1200879 West Stoney Creek Lane after residents and staff described ongoing erosion and a risk to a homeowner's heat pump.