ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20201
No(s). 2:13-CV-02136 (N.D. Ala. Oct 20, 2015) (Acker Jr., J.)

A district court upheld the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to issue a general nationwide permit—NWP 21—authorizing discharges from certain coal mining activities into navigable waters. Despite environmental groups' arguments to the contrary, the Corps' issuance of NWP 21 was neither arbi...