Why is Sierra Club Challenging Army Corps of Engineers – Ron Haines, Barbara Curtis, Kay Gates Have you been following our legal challenge in the local newspapers?
If you have, then you know Sierra Club and Florida Wildlife Federation have jointly filed suit in U.S. District Court against the Army Corps of Engineers for their permit to construct Scripps biotech facilities on the Mecca Farms property. The Corps decided arbitrarily and capriciously that no Environmental Impact Statement was required before issuing its dredge and fill permits on Mecca. They did not adequately measure the impact of the dredge and fill permits on the Everglades ecosystem, which the public is spending billions to restore under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). They did not adequately assess the impact of the dredge and fill permits on the Loxahatchee River, a federally designated Wild and Scenic River that has been woefully starved of a proper water flow for years. And they also disregarded possible affects of the permits on two nearby public properties, J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area and Hungeryland Slough. The Sierra Club will not stand idl
