Legal Opinion
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 21, 2007No. 06-35679PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question of whether the issuance of a permit by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violates the Clean Water Act. 1 The permit issued in this case authorizes Coeur Alaska, Inc., to discharge process wastewater containing tailings from its gold mine into a lake that is a navigable water of the United States. Coeur Alaska proposes to discharge daily 210,000 gallons of process wastewater containing 1,440 tons of tailings from its mine into Lower Slate Lake. The tailings in the discharge will raise the bottom elevation of the lake by 50 feet. A 90-foot high,…
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