ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20095
No(s). 11-6083 (6th Cir. Apr 22, 2013)

The Sixth Circuit struck down the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' reissuance of nationwide permit 21, which authorizes surface coal mining operations to discharge dredged and fill material into waters of the United States. An environmental group challenged the permit, alleging that the cumulative-impa...