[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: "Court of Appeals hears dispute over proposed military site in North Gulfport, " MS

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Court of Appeals hears dispute over proposed military site in North Gulfport


by Alex Rozier
Mississippi Today
November 2, 2023

North Gulfport residents came to Jackson on Wednesday as part of a years-long effort to block the building of a military storage facility that would require construction on contaminated property and filling in wetlands that protect nearby homes from flooding.

The case goes back to 2019, when the state’s environmental permit board signed off on a Mississippi State Port Authority proposal for the project. The Port Authority wants to use its land in North Gulfport, near the historic Black community of Turkey Creek, to build a storage facility for the U.S. Department of Defense that would act as a link between the state ports and Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg.

After multiple failed attempts to appeal the permit board’s decision, the residents — along with a local church and nonprofit — have brought the case to the Mississippi Court of Appeals, which heard oral arguments on Wednesday afternoon.

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For the entire article, see
https://mississippitoday.org/2023/11/02/north-gulport-residents-go-to-state-appeals-court-to-try-to-stiop-military-facility/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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