A three-judge panel from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan will hear arguments from three organizations that challenged the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of the $330 million Panama City-Bay County International Airport in late 2006.
The Natural Resources Defense Council, Defenders of Wildlife and Friends of PFN, a Panama City pilot’s organization, want to block the development of the new airport on a 4,000-acre site in West Bay, citing potential damage to the environment.
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