United States Ninth Circuit
Bering Strait Citizens for Responsible Res. Dev. v. US Army Corps of Eng'rs, 07-35506
In an appeal involving a permit issued to Defendant-gold mining company by defendant-Army Corps of Engineers for a major gold-mining project in Alaska, denial of plaintiffs' motion for injunctive relief and dismissal of the suit on summary judgment is affirmed where the Corps complied with the requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/03/2008
- Published 01/03/2008
Judges
- Before: B. FLETCHER, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Victoria Clark, Brian Litmans, Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, AK; Roger Flynn, Jeffrey C. Parsons, Western Mining Action Project, Lyons, CO, for plaintiffs-appellants Bering Strait Citizens for Responsible Resource Development, Susan Steinacher and Jana Varrati.
- For Appellees:
- Ronald J. Tenpas, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Ryan D. Nelson, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Dean K. Dunsmore, Luther L. Hajek, Daniel Pinkston, Jennifer L. Scheller, Lisa E. Jones, Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees United States Army Corps of Engineers and Colonel Kevin J. Wilson., Michael A. Grisham, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Anchorage, AK, for defendant-intervenor Alaska Gold Company.