An environmental group says it will sue Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA and an Alabama city over plans for a $1.6 billion factory that the group says will damage a habitat of a rare fish.
News media report that the Center for Biological Diversity told a federal court Wednesday that the Huntsville-area project threatens to pollute springs in one of two sites where spring pygmy sunfish live.
The automakers’ joint venture resumed construction Tuesday, saying construction had been suspended since July 9 to work with the city, the group and others on protections for the fish.
The company said it showed the group what it is doing to ensure there was no harm to the sunfish.
Wednesday’s filing is a required step before filing a lawsuit under the Endangered Species Act.
(Associated Press, copyright 2018)
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