ELR Citation: ELR 21188
No(s). 91-2635 (4th Cir. Jun 23, 1992)

The court holds that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has jurisdiction under the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 over streams that are subject to the tide's ebb and flow, and the Corps' order to remove barriers to stream access is not a compensable taking. The court first holds that determining wheth...