Enviro groups threaten lawsuit

Two environmental groups - national Defenders of Wildlife and the New Orleans-based Healthy Gulf - threatened Jan. 27 to file a lawsuit suit against the Army Corps of Engineers (CoE), Mississippi River Commission and the U.S. Interior Department for failing to evaluate the impact of repeated openings of the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Louisiana. The groups cited the spillway's effects on nine endangered species, including sea turtles, birds, fish and marine mammals. The threat to sue is required by federal law to be delivered to federal agencies 60 days before a lawsuit is to be filed. The law gives the agencies time to correct any legal wrongdoing they may have committed before the suit is filed. The New Orleans District and Washington HQ of the CoE have not responded to a request for comment from NOLA.com. (Source: NOLA.com 01/28/20) https://www.nola.com/news/courts/article_27ca454e-4157-11ea-8e2c-97e7195fce75.html