Posted on July 17, 2023
- Project’s permit suspended while environmental impact analyzed
- Corps seeks to save judicial resources while study proceeds
Facing a lawsuit over the environmental impact of the project it approved to dredge the Lower Newport Bay in California, the Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to rescind its approval and take another look at the project.
The Corps told Judge David O. Carter of the US District Court for the Central District of California Tuesday that it has suspended the permit for the project and requested that the suit be stayed while it undertakes additional environmental compliance under the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
The suit was filed in May by Orange County Coastkeeper.
