Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Van Antwerp
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 9, 2008No. 07-13297PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
Sierra Club brought this action against the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) after the Corps granted Rinker Materials and other mining concerns (“Miners”) Clean Water Act (“CWA”) permits. 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. The Miners sought to extract high-quality limestone from the “Lake Belt” area — a stretch of wetlands between the Florida Everglades and the northwest edge of metropolitan Miami. To mine the Lake Belt wetlands, however, the Miners had to first secure CWA permits from the Corps. The Corps, in reviewing whether to issue permits, had to follow procedures required…
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