Five attorneys general Monday issued a letter urging the Army Corps of Engineers to “broaden” the scope of its research into the issuance of a permit for a plastics plant in Louisiana. Myrtle Felton, from left, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of Rise St. James, conduct a live stream video on property owned by Formosa in St. James Parish, La., on March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) (CN) — Attorneys general from five states sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Monday urging the agency to conduct a broader evaluation of a permit for the operation of a controversial proposed Formosa Plastics site in a predominantly Black community in St. James Parish, Louisiana.