Attorney General Chris Koster is going to federal court to block plans to open a Mississippi River levee in southeast Missouri.
Koster wants a court order telling the Corps of Engineers not to breach the Birds Point Levee, a 35-mile long levee between Birds Point and New Madrid County. The state says breaching the levee will flood more than 100,000 acres and will affect hundreds of Missourians.
The Attorney General’s Office says the suit will be filed at 1 p.m., which is also when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Memphis is set to meet with the Mississippi River Commission to make a decision whether to blow out the levee.
Koster wants a court order telling the Corps of Engineers not to breach the Birds Point Levee, a 35-mile long levee between Birds Point and New Madrid County. The state says breaching the levee will flood more than 100,000 acres and will affect hundreds of Missourians.
The Attorney General’s Office says the suit will be filed at 1 p.m., which is also when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Memphis is set to meet with the Mississippi River Commission to make a decision whether to blow out the levee.
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