News Releases

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  September 4, 2010
  RCC release 04SEPT2010.docx (357.25 KB)
  Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal vessel restrictions set to begin Sept. 7, 2010 are delayed
  
  ACRCC press release announcing that vessel restrictions on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in the vicinity of the electric fish barrier set to begin September 7, 2010 have been delayed.
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  September 2, 2010
  ACRCC Waterway Closure notice (357.4 KB)
  ACRCC Waterway Closure Notice
  
  Press release from the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee announcing an October 4-8 waterway closure for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
• June 23, 2010
  PHOTO: Bighead Asian Carp Found in Chicago Area Waterway System
  
• June 23, 2010
  Media teleconference call scheduled for June 23, 2010
  
• June 4, 2010
  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases results of Dispersal Barrier Efficacy Study
  
• May 25, 2010
  Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee concludes fish sampling operation
  
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  May 20, 2010
  Asian carp sampling effort officially underway on section of the Little Calumet River (111.59 KB)
  
  CHICAGO, IL - A five-mile section of the Little Calumet River in South Chicago is now closed to all traffic for a period of four to six days as sampling efforts for Asian carp get underway. The closure is necessary for biologists to safely and effectively apply the fish toxicant Rotenone to a more than two-mile stretch of the waterway at T.J. O'Brien Lock and Dam as a part of ongoing Asian carp sampling efforts by the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC).
• May 17, 2010
  Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee holds press event
  
• May 5, 2010
  Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Announces Three-Month Monitoring and Sampling Plan
  
• April 16, 2010
  Asian Carp sampling operation anticipated near O'Brien Locks in next 4 to 8 weeks