ELR Citation: ELR 20096
No(s). 07-15659 (9th Cir. Apr 29, 2009)

The Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in granting developers a Clean Water Act (CWA) §404 permit to fill certain ephemeral washes as part of a large-scale development project in Arizona. Both the U.S. Environmental Protect...