Towns of Norfolk & Walpole v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MAZZONE, District Judge.

In this action, the Towns of Walpole and Norfolk, Massachusetts (“the Towns”), challenge the decision of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to issue permit no. 199000033. The permit in question approves various aspects within the Corps’ jurisdiction of a multi-billion dollar sewage treatment project intended to eliminate the pollution of Boston Harbor with untreated sewage from the greater metropolitan Boston area in violation of federal law. The Harbor clean-up is coordinated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the…