Council approved a cooperative agreement to accept county funds for North Cass Parkway. Staff said the TDD is constructing the road, the city pays bills and gets reimbursed, required environmental permits (USACE Nationwide Permit 14 and Missouri land‑disturbance permits) have been secured and construction is under way with an expected completion this fall.

GIS Engineering presented updates on Bayou Terrebonne dredging (award to Currault Co., work expected to begin in July), Homer power plant demolition and rebuild as an 80 MW natural‑gas facility, Bayou Lafourche 200 CFS pump station, miter‑gate designs and several pump station and levee projects; council members pressed on timelines, permits and funding.

After approving a $971,000 pump-station upgrade at the Central Landfill, county staff told commissioners that design for the next landfill cell is about 40% complete, monitoring wells are being installed and must be in place for a year before construction can begin, and current capacity projections extend out to roughly August 2028.

Finland has about 670 outdoor shooting ranges, far short of the government’s target of around 1,000 by the end of the decade, Yle reports. The number has not increased since the government announced its plans in spring 2024. Current legislation is slowing the creation of new ranges. Mika Lehtonen…

Samherja’s permit to operate a fish-drying facility at Laugum in Reykjadalur has been revoked, creating uncertainty for a business employing about 20 people, mbl.is reports. The facility has long been the subject of complaints from nearby residents about odours and noise. Samherji has responded b…

Staff said the commission must review and vote on the entitlement package needed for a Coastal Development Permit for the Seaside Lagoon improvement project at a special meeting on Aug. 25; staff advised the commission this is the commission's approval step for phase 1 entitlements prior to submission to the Coastal Commission.

Finland's Chancellor of Justice has found that the Permit and Supervisory Agency broke the law by requiring electronic identification to view online application documents containing personal data, Yle reports. In a decision issued on July 31, the Chancellor of Justice said the agency cannot gener…

County commissioners approved buying 7.6 wetland credits to meet mitigation obligations for the County Road 522 project and authorized the chair to sign related documents subject to legal review and the Army Corps permit extension.

Kittilä municipality has granted Icecube Levi Oy the right to begin off-road track operations, even though the company’s environmental and siting permits are not yet legally binding, Yle reports. The decision forces a neighboring nature tourism business, Halipuu, to halt its silence-based forest …

Minutes note correspondence that Beran Environmental Services, on behalf of EQT Production Company, intends to apply to PA DEP for permits related to well plugging and site restoration in Benezette Township; the notice states a 30-day public comment period and estimates 2.99 acres of disturbance including five wetlands and one stream.

GIS Engineering reported environmental-permit submissions and a roughly $7.8 million opinion of probable cost for a drainage project; Planis Design Group and Infiniti Engineering provided updates on pump‑station priorities, surveys and parishwide sewer plant progress.

Board grants Chairman Dove authority to negotiate significant permits with federal agencies.