United States v. Ellen

ELR Citation: ELR 21282
No(s). 91-5032 (4th Cir. Apr 2, 1992)

The court upholds the conviction and six-month prison sentence of an environmental engineer who knowingly filled wetlands without the required Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) §404 permit. The court first holds that the 1989 Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional W...