Army Corps Drops Full Environmental Impact Study for Port of Iberia Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn its earlier plan to prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement, a detailed study of a project's environmental effects, for a navigation feasibility study at the Port of Iberia in Louisiana. The agency now says a lighter Environmental Assessment is the right level of review because conditions have changed since the original notice was published.
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What does it mean?
The Army Corps of Engineers will not do the big, detailed environmental study it first planned for the Port of Iberia project. It will do a smaller review instead.
Who is affected?
People and groups interested in the Port of Iberia navigation study, including local residents and stakeholders.
What changes?
Earlier, a full Environmental Impact Statement was planned; now an Environmental Assessment will be used instead.