Wetlands permit approved in South Carolina for proposed van plant

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - The U.S. Army Corpos of Engineers has approved a permit to fill 100 acres of wetlands on a site in South Carolina under consideration for a van plant. <br> <br> Pooler, Georgia, near Savannah, also is in the running for the $700 million van plant to be built by DaimlerChrysler. <br> <br> The South Carolina Coastal Conservation League withdrew its objections to issuing a state permit for the fill. The league dropped its objections after state Commerce Department Chief of Staff Jim Morris -- agreed to pay for an extended environmental impact study on the entire 1,500-acre tract. <br> <br> Sources close to the negotiations have said a decision on where to build the plant could be made at a meeting Tuesday in German. But the Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, reports that other sources suggest that the decision will be delayed.