ELR Citation: ELR 20751
No(s). 76-1216 (D.D.C. Aug 12, 1977)

Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) and the Corps of Engineers' regulations providing for the issuance of permits to discharge dredged and fill material apply to unnavigable waters within Puerto Rico. The court rules that plaintiff has standing to sue under the Declaratory...