Friday, June 27, 2003

Local Stuff

U.S. Army Corp of Engineers sued over a misleading environmental statement.

A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for issuing a "misleading" Final Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Bayport Container Facility.

The Galveston Bay Conservation and Preservation Association teamed up with nine other cities and organizations to file the suit, which would require the corps to stop progress, and correct the FEIS before issuing it again.

"The Final Environmental Impact Statement just doesn't cover all of the topics it needs to cover, and that is the document that is used to decide whether to issue a permit," Jim Blackburn, GBCPA chair, said. "It is very misleading, and it doesn't tell the truth about some of the issues we know the corps has information about. We are looking for the corps to stop, go back, get it right and then continue."

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