NORTH BATON ROUGE ENVIRONMENTAL v. LA. DEQ

No. 2000 CA 1878.

805 So.2d 255 (2001)

NORTH BATON ROUGE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION, and the Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Babich, New Orleans, for Plaintiff-Appellant North Baton Rouge Environmental Association and the Louisiana Environmental Action Network.

James B. Thompson, III, Baton Rouge, for Intervenor-Appellee City of Baton Rouge / Parish of East Baton Rouge.

Meredith Hoag Lieux, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellee Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

Maureen N. Harbourt, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellee Exxon Chemical Americas.

Robert H. Harrison, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellee Exxon Companies, U.S.A.

William L. Schuette, Jr., Baton Rouge, Amicus Curiae Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce.

R. Michael Lyons, Baton Rouge, Amicus Curiae Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association.

Henry T. Graham, Jr., Baton Rouge, Amicus Curiae Louisiana Chemical Association.

Before: FOIL and PETTIGREW, JJ., and KLINE, J. Pro Tem.


PETTIGREW, Judge.

North Baton Rouge Environmental Association ("NBREA") and the Louisiana Environmental Action Network ("LEAN") sought judicial review of a decision by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") that granted a permit to Exxon Chemical Americas ("Exxon") for the construction of a new polypropylene plant adjacent to its existing facility in East Baton Rouge Parish. The Nineteenth Judicial District Court upheld the permit grant and NBREA...

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