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Residents press DOTD and consultants on process, cypress loss and data omissions at CARBD hearing
Summary
Landowners and residents criticized the project's public-record treatment, alleged the Planning and Environmental Linkage (PEL) omitted comments, questioned a letter that mentioned an EIS, and warned that Site F14 would remove extensive old-growth cypress and forest on Plaquemines Point.
At a lengthy public-comment session, residents and landowners asked DOTD and Atlas Technical to clarify the NEPA path, documentation of public input and the project’s environmental footprint.
"NEPA regulations require that the public be involved early and continued in the scoping and phasing," said Laura Comer, who urged DOTD to update the PEL and public records to include comments submitted between June 2022 and December 2023. Comer and other commenters said an initial cultural-resources letter incorrectly referenced…
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