Herald.com | 10/06/2005 | Federal judge denies activists' Scripps plea
Herald.com | 10/06/2005 | Federal judge denies activists' Scripps plea

Herald.com | 10/06/2005 | Federal judge denies activists' Scripps plea


Federal judge denies activists' Scripps plea

A federal judge declines initial pleas from environmentalist groups to halt construction on the Scripps Research Institute.

BY JOHN PACENTI AND STACEY SINGER

Palm Beach Post


WEST PALM BEACH - Building a biotech village west of Palm Beach Gardens will ''eviscerate'' the state's growth management act by forever changing rural communities and wilderness, environmentalists argued Wednesday to an appellate court.

Opponents of placing a branch of California's Scripps Research Institute on a former citrus grove are looking for their second significant legal victory.

Last week, a federal judge said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers erred by not performing an extensive environmental study of the entire project. On Wednesday, however, the judge, U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, denied environmentalists' request to stop construction until he considers further arguments.

The dispute revolves around whether the Palm Beach county commissioner's 2004 decision to change the land-use designation of the Scripps site -- called Mecca Farms -- to allow the massive biotech development violated state growth-management requirements.



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