ELR Citation: ELR 20206
No(s). 69-498 (D. Or. Feb 16, 1971)

Suit to invalidate Corps of Engineers' dredge-and-fill permit allowing the expansion of the Portland International Airport into the Columbia River dismissed. Plaintiffs, national and local conservation organizations, do not have standing to challenge the Corps' issuance of the permit, although they allege that the project threatens their continued existence by damaging their ability to achieve group purposes and to maintain membership and that it will cause economic, recreational and aesthetic injuries to their individual members who use the river.

Counsel for Plaintiffs:
Marvin B. Durning
Cary, Durning, Prince & Smith
1411 Fourth Avenue Building
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 624-8901

Counsel for Federal Defendants:
Sidney I. Lezak U.S. Attorney
Jack G. Collins First Assistant U.S. Attorney
506 Courthouse, Box 71
Portland, OR 97207
(506) 226-3361 ext. 1531

Counsel for Intervenor Defendant Port of Portland:
Lofton L. Tatum
Donald J. Morgan
Wood, Wood, Tatum, Mosser & Brooke
1505 Standard Plaza
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 224-5430