“Most oppose SC passenger cruise terminal at hearing”- an Associated Press article in P&C.
About 100 people turned out at a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed $35 million South Carolina passenger cruise terminal and most who spoke urged regulators not to issue a required state permit fo ...
In P&C: “Plaintiffs: SC cruise case should be heard in DC”-
"...the plaintiffs say the case has national significance because the corps’ permitting should consider the impacts of projects on historic areas. They say that applies not only in Charleston but nati ...
Third public hearing set for Charleston cruise terminal.
The public will get another chance to weigh in on a new cruise ship terminal being proposed for the Charleston peninsula. Read more and get information on time and location of DHEC hearing.
“Our seafood scene — will it continue to thrive?” by Peg Moore in Charleston Mercury: “Owners and chefs of our most important downtown restaurants have spoken to us and written to us…(and P&C)…, urging that cruise ships be regulated and located outside of the fragile historic district.”
Will our seafood continue to thrive? Along with the price of fuel and competition from cheap, possibly polluted imports, our seafood economy also faces the threat — perceived and real — of water poll ...
“Corps wants terminal lawsuit heard here”- in today’s P&C, The State and The Sacrameto Bee
By BRUCE SMITH - The Associated Press The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has asked that a federal lawsuit over South Carolina’s planned $35 million cruise terminal be heard in Charleston, not Washingto ...
Breaking AP report: Cruise terminal permit delayed as state seeks additional information from ports- “Any delay is the fault of the State Ports Authority, which has, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, refused to recognize that cruise operations impact local citizens’ health and the integrity of Charleston’s economically vital historic area,” (Blan Holman, attorney representing the Southern Environmental Law Center said).
...The terminal is also a focus of suits in both state and federal court. Preservation groups, environmentalists and neighborhood residents sued in state court saying the cruises are a public nuisance ...