Solid Waste Agency of N. Cook County v. Corps of Eng'rs

ELR Citation: ELR 20382
No(s). 99-1178 (U.S. Jan 9, 2001)

The Court holds that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers exceeded its Clean Water Act (CWA) §404(a) authority to regulate the discharge of dredged or fill material into U.S. navigable waters, when, under the Migratory Bird Rule, it extended the definition of "waters of the United States" to include no...