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All permits are in place for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge channels in Lower Newport Bay and bury any contaminated sediment in a massive underwater pit at the heart of Newport Harbor.
A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday claims the information sought from the agency under the Freedom of Information Act in November has not been provided.
At Friday's hearing, the environmental organization OC Coastkeeper and the group Friends of Newport Harbor voiced their respective objections to the plan.