LAKE ERIE, ETC. v. U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Civ. A. No. 79-110 Erie.

526 F.Supp. 1063 (1981)

LAKE ERIE ALLIANCE FOR the PROTECTION OF the COASTAL CORRIDOR, Downwind Neighbors, George E. Limberty, John McNicol, Local 1330, United Steelworkers of America Local 1397, United Steelworkers of America Local 1462, United Steelworkers of America Tristate Conference of the Impact of Steel on Ohio-Pennsylvania-West Virginia, Concerned Citizens of Conneaut, Earl Weaver, Tom and Mary Meara, Gerald Specht and Chuck Gaukel, Plaintiffs, v. U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., Lt. Gen. John W. Morris, Daniel D. Ludwig, George P. Johnson, Paul G. Leuchner, Defendants, and U. S. Steel Corporation, Intervenor.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

November 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent English, Cleveland, Ohio, for Lake Erie Alliance for the Protection of the Coastal Corridor.

Staughton Lynd, Youngstown, Ohio, for TriState Conference.

James Denney, Youngstown, Ohio, for Locals 1330, 1397 and 1462, USWA and John McNicol.

Michael Healey, Pittsburgh, Pa., for USSW of America, Local U. 1397 of Homestead, Pa.

Thomas Kennedy, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Lake Erie Alliance, Downwind Neighbors and Concerned Citizens of Conneaut.

Craig McKay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for U. S. Army Corp. of Engineers, Clifford Alexander, John W. Morris, Daniel D. Ludwig, George P. Johnson and Paul G. Leuchner.

Thomas Wright, Pittsburgh, Pa., for U. S. Steel Corp., defendant-intervenor.


OPINION

WEBER, Chief Judge.

On July 19, 1979, plaintiffs filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief alleging numerous violations of federal laws in connection with the issuance of construction permit No. 77-492-3 granted to United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of piers in Lake Erie, dredging, the installation of intake and discharge structures into its waters, and diversion...

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