Legal Opinion
Julio Quinonez-Lopez v. Coco Lagoon Development Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 26, 1984No. 83-1353PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns the validity of the Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant Coco Lagoon Development Corp. (“CLDC”) a permit to fill a wetland area for the construction of housing on the northern coast of Puerto Rico. The Corps granted the permit on the basis of an “Environmental Assessment.” It concluded that the filling project would have no significant adverse environmental impact. Thus, there was no need to go further and prepare a full environmental impact statement (“EIS”). See 42 U.S.C. § 4332(C) (EIS required only for “major Federal actions significantly…
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