ELR Citation: ELR 20133
No(s). 07-984 (U.S. Jun 22, 2009)

The U.S. Supreme Court held that the Corps, not EPA, has the authority to permit slurry discharges from mining operations, and that the Corps complied with the law in issuing such a permit to a gold mine in Alaska. CWA §404 grants the Corps the power to "issue permits . . . for the discharge of . ....