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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 operat...
Jan 7, 2021 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a Taiwan-based conglomerate’s plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana because the Army Corps of Engineers is reconsidering its permit. Formosa Plastics Group plans to build 10 chemical plants and four other major facilities in Welcome, where the Census Bureau estimates that nearly 97% of the 880 residents are Black. The Corps said in November that it will study five possible sites in a predominantly white area that were omitted from earlier analysis because of incorrect predictions that they wouldn...
The Army Corps of Engineers is reconsidering the permit for Formosa Plastics. Jan 6th, 2021 iStock NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a Chinese conglomerate’s plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana because the Army Corps of Engineers is reconsidering its permit. Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group plans to build 10 chemical plants and four other major facilities in Welcome, where the Census Bureau estimates that nearly 97% of the 880 residents are Black. The Corps said in November that it will study five possible sites in a predominantly ...
Judge drops suit since Corps reconsidering plastics complex by Janet McConnaughey, The Associated Press Posted Jan 6, 2021 2:23 pm EDT Last Updated Jan 6, 2021 at 2:28 pm EDT NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a Chinese conglomerate’s plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana because the Army Corps of Engineers is reconsidering its permit. Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group plans to build 10 chemical plants and four other major facilities in Welcome, where the Census Bureau estimates that nearly 97% of the 880 residents are Black. The Corps said in No...