Appeals Court Rejects Citizen Suit Challenge To Corps Enforcement of Dredging Permit

摘要

A federal appeals court in Louisiana has affirmed a lower court decision that said an environmental group cannot file a citizen suit to enforce the conditions of a Clean Water Act permit for dredging a bayou (Atchafalaya Basinkeeper v. Chustz, 5th Cir., No. 11-30471, 4/25/12). In an April 25 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a citizen suit challenging enforcement of the permit, issued under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1344).