Parties Request Final Judgment In Environmental Disparate Impact Dispute

(April 5, 2024, 9:56 AM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — Louisiana, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requested an entry of final judgment after a Louisiana federal judge found, in partly granting Louisiana’s motion for a preliminary judgment, that the state showed that it would be irreparably harmed if its environmental agencies were required to perform disparate impact and cumulative impact analysis for their environmental grant and permitting decisions....