Environment

Seventeen scallop fishermen sued Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and the National Marine Fisheries Service in Trenton Federal Court, claiming enforcement of the Magnuson-Stevens Act's Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan, planned for July 1, will put scallop fishermen out of business.

Southwestern Electric Power Co.'s planned coal-fired power plant will violate federal emissions standards, the Hempstead County Hunting Club claims in Texarkana, Ark., Federal Court.

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