ELR Citation: ELR 20220
No(s). 98-1215 (2d Cir. Dec 8, 1999)

The court reverses a district court holding that the Clean Water Act (CWA) only allows the Secretary of the U.S. Army to delegate authority to issue CWA §404's discharge permits to the Chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The district court dismissed indictment counts against a pipeline compa...