摘要: |
A three-judge panel in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, made up of Chief Judge Priscilla Richman, Judge James C. Ho and Judge Kurt D. Engel-hardt, has ruled in favor of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding a lawsuit that challenged the usage and operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway on the Lower Mississippi River in Louisiana and sought to compel the Corps to prepare a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, which plaintiffs argued was required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The plaintiffs included Harrison and Hancock counties in Mississippi; the Mississippi cities of Biloxi, D'Iberville, Pass Christian and Diamondhead; the Mississippi Hotel & Lodging Association; and the Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United Inc. |