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"Corps Withdraws Decision Allowing Yazoo Pumps Flood Control Project"

"WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is withdrawing its support for the Yazoo Pumps project.

In a December 11 memo, Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, commanding officer for the corps, said the agency was withdrawing its decision backing the flood control project and that the corps’ decision was in error.

Last year, the corps determined the EPA’s 2008 Clean Water Act veto on the pumps did not apply for the revised 2020 plan.

“The corps remains deeply concerned about how flooding impacts the residents and the economy of the lower Mississippi Delta, including environmental justice issues affecting the population. The corps will work expeditiously to determine how to address these flooding impacts along with our federal, state, and local partners,” Holland wrote."

Anthony Warren report for WLBT December 15, 2021.

Source: WLBT, 12/16/2021