Legal Opinion
United States v. Larkins
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided January 16, 1987No. 84-0044-P(J)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHNSTONE, Chief Judge.
This action arises out of alleged violations of Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. § 1311(a), which prohibits the discharge of pollutants into “navigable waters”—defined as the “waters of the United States” and including adjacent freshwater wetlands 1 —unless authorized by permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) pursuant to Section 404, 33 U.S.C. § 1344. The United States contends that Defendants Thomas R. and Herbert M. Larkins, brothers who own and operate a farm in Carlisle County, Kentucky, constructed earthen dikes…
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