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"A dredging company launched with $15 million in state money must cease its work in the Oregon and Hatteras inlets after digging deeper and wider than permits allowed hundreds of times, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday. EJE Dredging Service is led by an influential North Carolina Republican who is under scrutiny by a federal grand jury."
"Data pulled from sensors on EJE’s shallow-draft hopper dredge showed it had dredged as far as 445 feet beyond a 100-foot wide channel in the Oregon Inlet."
"“I have been with the Corps for 22 years and I have never seen anything like this,” said Tommy Fennel, the regulatory chief for the Wilmington district, which covers North Carolina. The Corps expects to meet with Dare County within the next two weeks to go over the noncompliance and make sure they have a plan that is enforceable, said Col. Brad Morgan, the Corps district commander. If that doesn’t happen, the Corps could revoke the permits."
"Dare County Manager Bobby Outten said he couldn’t comment until he’s seen the Corps’ information."
"Hennessy has been named in two subpoenas linked to a federal criminal investigation for his work on another project funded by state lawmakers in 2020. Subpoenas issued over the past three months show a grand jury seeks information about Hennessy and one of his businesses as it investigates a domestic violence prevention program funded with $3.5 million also appropriated by state lawmakers."
"Its proposal to Dare County listed an experienced captain from a Corps dredge as the operations manager. Fennel said Wednesday he believed that individual no longer works for the company."
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