Environmentalists Challenge State-Issued Deep Dredge in Miami

The Port of Miamis dredging is on hold after a last-minute challenge to the state-issued permit for the deep dredge, the Miami Herald reported.

On Monday -- the deadline to formally oppose a final, state-issued permit for the 'deep dredge' -- a group of environmentalists filed a petition with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection contending that the project is prohibited, would badly damage Biscayne Bay and kill protected wildlife, the Herald reported.

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