Washington, D.C…. U.S. Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller, both D-W.Va., along with Congressman Nick Rahall (WV-3), today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will allocate $36 million to accelerate the stabilization of Bluestone Dam in Hinton, West Virginia. The funding is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). “I have been working with the Huntington District of the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure that full funding is available for the stabilization of the Bluestone Dam for almost 10 years now,” Byrd said.