CITIZENS' COMMITTEE, ETC. v. U. S. COAST GUARD

Civ. A. No. 77-1719.

456 F.Supp. 101 (1978)

The CITIZENS' COMMITTEE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, an unincorporated association, Delaware & Raritan Canal Coalition, a non-profit corporation, New Jersey Citizens for Clean Air, Inc., a non-profit corporation, the League for Conservation Legislation, an unincorporated association, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, a non-profit corporation, and Lake Nelson Association, a non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, United States Army Corps of Engineers, New Jersey Department of Transportation, and United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

June 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine K. White, Plainfield, N. J., for plaintiffs.

Robert J. Del Tufo, U. S. Atty. by Carl R. Woodward, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Environmental Protection Div. Newark, N. J., for defendants U. S. Coast Guard, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.

John J. Degnan, Atty. Gen. of the State of New Jersey by Steven A. Tasher, Deputy Atty. Gen., Trenton, N. J., for defendant New Jersey Dept. of Transp.


INTRODUCTION

OPINION

BARLOW, Chief Judge.

On August 18th, 1977, the plaintiffs initiated this lawsuit seeking injunctive and declaratory relief concerning the construction of a two and one-quarter (2¼) mile freeway extension of New Jersey Route 18 from the foot of the Albany Street Bridge in New Brunswick to Metlars Lane-Leupp Lane in Piscataway Township. The defendants are the United States Coast...

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