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Article: Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council.(United States. Environmental Protection Agency)(United States. Army. Corps of Engineers)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- June 24, 2009
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Originally published June 23, 2009
Keywords: Coeur Alaska, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Section 402, Clean Water Act, CWA, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, permit, pollutant, CWA grants, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Corps, performance standards,
Section 402 of the Clean Water Act ("CWA") grants the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") the authority to "issue a permit for the discharge of any pollutant" "[e]xcept as provided in [Section 404]." 33 U.S.C. s. 1342(a). Section 404 of the CWA grants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ("the Corps") the authority to "issue permits ... for the discharge of dredged or fill material." Id. s. ...