PR Newswire – Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), and Sierra Club Maine are challenging the Army Corps for failure to rigorously assess impacts of the controversial transmission corridor on Western Maine. – The Corps’ inadequate assessment was completed July 7 but not released to the public. The groups received the document only after filing a federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. – Documents received by FOIA request show the Corps and CMP closely coordinated on the analysis behind closed doors and away from public scrutiny
AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A trio of Maine’s leading environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Maine challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for its failure to rigorously assess the significant environmental impacts of Central Maine Power Company’s (CMP) controversial transmission corridor, as was done for similar projects in Vermont and New Hampshire. The lawsuit challenges the Corps’ Environmental Assessment (EA) and “Finding of No Significant Impact,” which was completed on July 7, 2020, but not released to the public. The groups were only able to obtain a copy after they submitted a FOIA request seeking […]
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