Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 27, 2018No. 18-1173; 18-1757PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYNN, Circuit Judge:
The Sierra Club, West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Indian Creek Watershed Association, Appalachian Voices, and Chesapeake Climate Action Network ("Petitioners") ask this Court to set aside Respondent U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (the "Corps") December 22, 2017, verification ("Verification") and July 3, 2018, reinstated verification ("Reinstatement") that construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (the "Pipeline") can proceed under the terms and conditions of Clean Water Act Nationwide Permit 12 ("NWP 12"), rather than an individual permit. For the reasons that follow, we…
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