Advocates Challenge Corps of Engineers Over Wetlands Fill Permit in South Carolina

摘要

Environmental groups are challenging a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit to fill in a wetland in South Carolina, arguing in a lawsuit filed March 24 in federal court that the wetland qualifies for federal protection under the Clean Water Act (South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, D.S.C., No. 2:09-CV-741, 3/24/09).rnThe lawsuit is seeking to halt a permit approved by the corps to fill in a wetlands area near Murrells Inlet, S.C., affecting about 32 acres of wetlands, for construction of a commercial development.