Miss. files suit vs CoE, MRC

Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has filed a lawsuit Dec. 30 against both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Mississippi River Commission alleging they violated federal law by failing to study the consequences of diverting Mississippi River water into the Mississippi Sound through Louisiana’s Bonnet Carré Spillway. “This is not only unlawful, it is inexcusable,” the lawsuit suit reads. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport against the two agencies that are responsible for flood management on the river. The lawsuit also accuses the agencies of “willfully and obstinately” refusing to open the Morganza Floodway to relieve river flooding, despite the authority to do so. (Source: Sun Herald 12/30/19) https://www.sunherald.com/news/politics-government/article238824753.html?#storylink=cpy