Legal Opinion
Louisiana Wildlife Federation, Inc. v. Dennis J. York, Colonel
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 31, 1985No. 84-4699PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Per curiam
Six environmental organizations object to the issuance by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of six individual permits allowing private landowners to clear and convert to agriculture approximately 5200 acres of bottomland hardwood wetlands. They also oppose the construction of the Sicily Island Area Levee Project (the Project), a federal flood control project to abate backwater flooding in a 75,000 acre area of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, without an additional Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to supplement the Corps’ 1981 EIS. As to the six individual permits, we agree with the district…
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