ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC. v. FROEHLKE

No. 72-1427.

473 F.2d 346 (1972)

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Robert F. FROEHLKE, Secretary of the Army, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Arnold, Texarkana, Ark., for appellants.

Glen R. Goodsell, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

G. D. Walker, Jonesboro, Ark., for intervenor.

Before HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The primary question raised on this appeal is whether an environmental impact statement, filed by the Corps of Engineers in connection with the Cache River — Bayou DeView Channelization Project, complied with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.1 Secondary questions are whether the project violates the Water Bank Act of 1970,2

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