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ALASKA CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT v. WEST

No. 96-36190.

157 F.3d 680 (1998)

ALASKA CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT; Anchorage Audubon Society; National Audubon Society; National Wildlife Federation; Sierra Club; Wildlife Federation of Alaska, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Togo D. WEST, Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Army; Arthur E. Williams, Lt. General, Commander, Engineer; United States Army Corps of Engineers, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony N. Turrini, National Wildlife Federation, Anchorage, AK, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John T. Stahr, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees.

Before: FARRIS, O'SCANNLAIN, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

FARRIS, Circuit Judge.

Alaska Center for the Environment appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment to the Army Corps of Engineers under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. Alaska Center argues that the Corps violated the CWA by wrongfully issuing five general permits for construction on wetlands in Anchorage. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1994, the Corps announced that it would issue five general permits authorizing...

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