NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit partially reversed a Texas federal court’s dismissal of property owners’ lawsuit against Dallas and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which allegedly failed to provide a supplemental environmental impact statement in connection to an ongoing floodway extension project. The last impact statement for the project was completed in 1999, and a supplement is called for in light of climate change and adjustments to guidance since Hurricane Katrina.
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