Friends of Back Bay v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20129 No(s). 11-1184 (4th Cir. Jun 18, 2012)
The Fourth Circuit held that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer violated NEPA when it issued a CWA §404 permit allowing a developer to build a mooring facility and boat ramp 3,000 feet from the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Corps' EA, issued contemporaneously w...