Legal Opinion
Environmental Defense v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 13, 2007No. Civil Action 04-1575 (JR)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JAMES ROBERTSON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Environmental Defense and National Wildlife Federation challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ authorization of a flood control project in the St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Flood- way on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the “bootheel” of southeastern Missouri. Plaintiffs ask the court to declare that the Corps, as well as the Secretary of the Army, Pete Geren, have violated the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (“1986 WRDA”), the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (“1974 WRDA”), the federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”),…
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