ELR Citation: ELR 20530
No(s). 74-1311 (2d Cir. Jun 11, 1974)

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirms a lower court ruling that Con Ed may not dump rock and fill material from its Storm King Project into the Hudson River without first obtaining a permit from the Corps of Engineers under §404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. An additional permit under §10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 is not necessary, and the court refuses to expand the lower court's limited injunction that allows construction activities other than filling to continue.

Counsel for Plaintiffs
Albert K. Butzel
Berle, Butzel, & Kass
425 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022

David Sive
Winer, Neuburger & Sive
425 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Angus MacBeth
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
15 W. 44th Street
New York, NY 10036

Counsel for Federal Defendants
Paul J. Curran U.S. Attorney
T. Gorman Reilly Asst. U.S. Attorney
Federal Building
641 Washington Street
New York, NY 10014

Counsel for Defendant Consolidated Edison
G.S. Peter Bergen
Carl D. Hobelman
Andrew Gansberg
One Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, NY 10005