US judge drops FPG suit as permit is re-evaluated
NOT OVER:
US District Judge Randolph Moss said that it makes sense to dismiss the case, rather than keep it in court while the US Army Corps of Engineers reconsiders
AP, NEW ORLEANS
A US federal judge has dismissed a challenge to Formosa Plastics Group’s (FPG, 台塑集團) plans for a US$9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana because the US Army Corps of Engineers is reconsidering its permit.
The Taiwanese group plans to build 10 chemical plants and four other major facilities in Welcome, a predominantly black neighborhood in St James Parish.
The corps in November last year said that it would study five possible sites in a predominantly white area that were omitted from earlier analysis because of incorrect predictions that they would not meet air quality standards.