ARLINGTON, VA – In testimony before the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Tom Allegretti, President & CEO of The American Waterways Operators, urged Congress to push for the expeditious publication of U.S. Coast Guard regulations on towing vessel inspections, also known as Subchapter M.

For the first time in eight years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing routine maintenance dredging of a small quantity of sand to ensure continued safe navigation in a federally authorized channel.