Wetlands: EPA Blocks Corps Yazoo Pumping Project - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction

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The Environmental Protection Agency has barred the Corps of Engineers from building a flood-control project in the Mississippi Delta on grounds that it would harm wetlands and wildlife. EPA’s final decision, announced on Sept. 2, blocks the Yazoo Backwater Project, which includes a 14,000-cu-ft-per-second pumping station to drain rainwater during Mississippi floods. The project was first authorized in 1941 and has an estimated construction cost of $220 million and operating costs of $2 million a year. EPA says it will work with federal and state agencies to find an alternative plan.

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