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Mile Board	Petit Bois Pass
Chart Number	none
Problem	Mooring buoys needed.
Recommendation	Place mooring buoys as recommended on either side of pass.
Status	Reported to Corps 10/03.

Mile Board	Escambia River
Chart Number	11378
Problem	Shoaling at the mouth of the river.
Recommendation	Survey and dredge to project dimensions.
Status	A meeting was held with all interests on Oct. 8, 1998 to develop dredging and dredged material placement options. July 2002, problem still exists. Three meetings have been held this year with the Corps, users and Escambia County representatives to develop a short range and long range Dredge Material Management Plan for this reach of the river. No solution, except thin layer disposal, has been identified. A State of Florida water quality certification application package has been resubmitted with this plan. April 2003: Two meetings have been held in the last 4 months on selecting an approved dredge material placement site for open bay area of Escambia River. Presently waiting Corps resubmittal of permit and Florida DNEP acceptance of proposal to use Mackey Island as a placement site. Last meeting held on 3/12/03. January 2007: Dredge placement permits have all been secured. Funding is needed for dredging. No money appropriated for FY06.

Mile Board	(various locations between Pascagoula, MS and Panama City, FL)
Chart Number
Problem	Need for additional mooring buoys at several locations
Recommendation	Place buoys
Status	Corps surveyed the locations requested for mooring buoy placement: Pensacola Pass - request is for 4 buoys at Mile 185 (Deer Point). Big Lagoon, Mile 177A - request is for 4 buoys across from Beacon 10 westward. Santa Rosa Sound, Mile 211 - request is for 6 buoys in cove at Manatee Point. Panama City, Mile 293 - request is for buoys west of DuPont Bridge. Petit Bois Island/Pass - request is for 2 additional buoys at Mile 118, for a total of 4, spaced about 1500 feet apart. Also request 4 buoys on the south side of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway west of Petit Bois Pass, Mile 106-108.