Court Precedent Grants Corps Broad Permit Power For Navigation Projects

A federal appellate court has upheld a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit for a Delaware River navigation dredging project in a precedent-setting ruling that could limit states' ability to challenge the permits just as many ports are looking to do similar dredging to accommodate a new class of massive vessels able to transit the widened Panama Canal. In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled July 3 in Delaware Department of Natural...