ELR Citation: ELR 20259
No(s). 71-92-Civ-J (M.D. Fla. Jan 31, 1974)

The termination of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal, ordered by President Nixon in 1971, is held to violate the separation-of-powers doctrine and NEPA. The Forest Service's environmental impact statement, which recommended the partial draining of an artificial lake that is part of the project, was inva...