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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers no longer plans to expand its Southeast Side dump for polluted sediment following a lawsuit from neighborhood environmental activists and opposition from state officials. The agency in 2020 opted for the expansion over new construction at four other sites — all of which are also in the 10th Ward.
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“It’s a “tremendous victory for all Chicagoans who care about protecting Lake Michigan,” and should signal the end of a plan that “was legally flawed and contrary to common sense,” said Howard Learner, lead attorney for the Alliance of the Southeast and Friends of the Parks.” The alternative is going to be dumping it in some county outside the Chicago Metro area while Chicago environmentalists pat themselves on the back.