Sierra Club v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

ELR Citation: 48 ELR 20198
No(s). 18-1173 (4th Cir. Nov 27, 2018)

The Fourth Circuit vacated the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' verification that construction of a natural gas pipeline could proceed in West Virginia under the terms and conditions of CWA Nationwide Permit (NWP) 12. Environmental groups argued that the Corps improperly incorporated the state's condit...