By Alton Wallace
The Center Square
A push to “Trump Speed” environmental permits has put the proposed $4 billion Blue Point ammonia plant in Ascension Parish on the edge of a mandated 45-day regulatory deadline on Friday.
The Trump administration's 45-day mandate, intended to fast-track new U.S. fertilizer production, applies to critical environmental reviews of the Blue Point ammonia project pending before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.