The Army Corps of Engineers is reconsidering the permit for Formosa Plastics.
Jan 6th, 2021
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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 white area that were omitted from earlier analysis because of incorrect predictions that they wouldn t meet air quality standards.
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.
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 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’t meet air quality standards.
LDEQ investigation determines smell origin
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BATON ROUGE - The state says it s narrowed down a stench to a business along Airline Hwy. In early October, 2 On Your Side started receiving calls about a strong smell invading homes and drivers along Airline Hwy near Prescott Road.
Following a months-long investigation, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality says it s determined the main source to be Quala Tank Wash in the 6700 block of Airline Hwy. They re a solid waste disposal company, whatever they haul in those trucks they clean it out, said Greg Langley with LDEQ. It can be solid waste from porta-potties, it can be solid waste from other companies.
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For Darilyn Turner and her neighbors, living in the bottomlands along the banks of the Mississippi River south of New Orleans is particularly perilous from June through November.
Those months encompass the Atlantic hurricane season. Even in a normal year, people are on edge, she said, worried about storms that blow over the Gulf of Mexico, bringing walls of water, high winds and, often, widespread destruction when they find land.
But 2020 was no normal year.
A record Atlantic basin hurricane season was fueled by warmer than normal ocean and Gulf waters that scientists say were, at least in part, caused by climate change. In all, there were 30 named storms, the most on record and almost three times the typical number. The basin includes the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.