And the Louisiana berm is not the only example of rushed emergency permitting of a major project.    From Wordnik.com.  [Current Affairs] Reference

And he wants to build a huge sand berm, which isn't a bad idea.    From Wordnik.com.  [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference

I hope I’m wrong, but I fear that this permitted berm is not a viable solution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Current Affairs] Reference

The U.S. Marines have now come back up to the top of the berm, which is where we are now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2003] Reference

Manning said the berm, which is a raised barrier separating two areas, would be approximately.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Sentinel: News] Reference

The range was two hundred yards and the berm was all clay so no damage would come to the arrows.    From Wordnik.com.  [I am talking to a lot of Virginia hunters who are "ready to go crossbow" now that it is legal for all hunters.] Reference

"BP oil spill pushes Louisiana to desperate, massive 'berm' plan".    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

I sat on the "berm" grassy hill behind Orioles bullpen for yesterdays game.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blog updates] Reference

All the loose dirt goes on the downhill side of the swale, heaped up into what is called a 'berm'.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The FDICC took control of the failed berm yesterday.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2008] Reference

There's a grass berm there, there's some pine trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2002] Reference

It should never be more than 3 feet 4 inches below berm of parapet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Military Instructors Manual] Reference

It had a berm, a sand berm to prevent vehicles from coming through.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2004] Reference

HOLMES: But you had a levee breach and then you've got a berm issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2008] Reference

This berm runs pretty much the entire length of the beach down here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2006] Reference

Marines on the berm here and coordinating what they are going to do.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2003] Reference

If we look at this berm, this was a defensive berm built by the Iraqis.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2003] Reference

The first clip shows a military vehicle in a berm southeast of Baghdad.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2003] Reference

And we're just being told that we have to go back on the other side of the berm.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2003] Reference

HOLMES: And let us -- I want to be clear here, too, Sergeant Valdez, about this berm.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2008] Reference

You know, a temporary berm, something to back up the levee that had breached earlier.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2008] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If you think this three-foot berm is a lot, wait until next year.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2008] Reference

HOWARD LUSK, LOST HOME TO FIRE: There was a berm that started a fire around the house.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2006] Reference

They've literally created a sand berm, it's a division of sand between Iraq and Syria.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2008] Reference

With the help of the ladder they ascended the berm and measured the height of the wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference

No less than 2,000 sandbags had to be put on this berm in order to stop the floodwaters.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2005] Reference

HARDIN (on-camera): If you think this three-foot berm is a lot, just wait until next year.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2008] Reference

The water crept to the top of the massive berm that holds back the lake and then spilled over.    From Wordnik.com.  [Katrina plus five] Reference

It went from inside a compound, under two sets of wires, under a large sand berm, into a wadi.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2005] Reference

ARRAF: The berm is tied to rivers and mountains, designed to allow farmers access to their fields.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2005] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This berm, right before we get to the reed line, there's footprints in the mud.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2006] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This berm right before we get to the (INAUDIBLE), there's footprints in the mud.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2006] Reference

This is one of your choppers, I believe, that has landed down on, looks like on the berm of a levee.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2005] Reference

In the village of Shimshai, on the southeast corner of Mosul, the berm cuts through villagers 'fields.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2005] Reference

But you did have an original levee breach there in your area, and then this berm was being constructed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2008] Reference

Tonight, it's the top of a berm that provides an over watch of one of the main roads leading to their base.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2006] Reference

It also squares with the fact that they said it hit in a canal behind a berm, opposite the shopping center.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2003] Reference