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EPA heard citizens' comments and concerns about Formosa at a public meeting in Edgard, which is the first step in a year-long process on doing an EIS; article notes how site of Whitney Planation wa

Notes that St. John Parish Planning and Zoning commissioners voted 6-0 to rezone 1,800 acre site to allow for the construction of Formosa's proposed petrochemical complex.

In the lawsuit brought by Save Our Wetlands, parish officials claimed that economics, not environmental protection, were the main reason they voted to rezone 1,800 acres of land last year.

All nine St. John the Baptist Parish councilmen and the parish president took to the witness stand in Edgard to defend their rezoning decision in the lawsuit brought by Save Our Wetlands.

Notes Save Our Wetlands lawsuit against the parish and the South Louisiana Port Commission. Article lists what the suit asserts.

Article notes that environmentalists may file a lawsuit to get St. John the Baptist Parish officiasl to reconsider their controversial rezoning decision.

Save Our Wetlands filed a lawsuit at St.

Article is about how St. John the Baptist Parish Council approved controversial rezoning request so that proposed Formosa plant can go ahead being built.

Trial to judge whether parish officials acted outside their last year in rezoning 1,800 acres in Wallace will commence in Edgard before Judge Remy Chaisson.