Army Corps reconsidering permit for $9.4B plastics complex

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal lawyers say the Army Corps of Engineers is considering whether potential environmental impacts require it to change, suspend or revoke a Taiwan company’s permit for a $9.4 billion plastics complex planned in Louisiana. The complex would include 10 chemical plants and four other major facilities. Formosa Plastics Group’s Louisiana company says it has worked with the Corps and will keep doing so. Environmental and community groups sued to overturn the p