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The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed a federal lawsuit to restore required public review of the proposed $35 million cruise terminal slated for construction.More >>
The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed a federal lawsuit to restore required public review of the proposed $35 million cruise terminal slated for construction.More >>
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Environmental groups
say a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina's planned $35 million
cruise terminal should be heard in Washington because the issue is of
national importance.
The groups oppose a request by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the suit be moved to Charleston.
Environmental and
preservation groups sued in July to invalidate a corps' permit for the
project in which the State Ports Authority plans to renovate an old
warehouse as a new terminal.
The corps has said it should be heard in Charleston where the plaintiffs are based.
But the plaintiffs say the
case has national significance because the corps' permitting should
consider the impacts of projects on historic areas. They say that
applies not only in Charleston but nationwide.
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Proposed cruise terminal (File)
