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DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES v. U.S. ARMY CORPS

Civ. No. 09-821-SLR.

751 F.Supp.2d 715 (2010)

State of DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, Plaintiff, State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, the Delaware Riverkeeper, Delaware Nature Society, National Wildlife Federation, New Jersey Environmental Federation, Clean Water Action, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACOE), the Honorable John McHugh, Secretary of the Army, in his official capacity, the Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army, in her official capacity, Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., Commander, USACOE, in his official capacity and Lt. Col. Thomas Tickner, Commander, USCOE, in his official capacity, Defendants, Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

November 16, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Biden, III , Attorney General, Jennifer D. Oliva , Deputy Attorney General, Kevin P. Maloney , Deputy Attorney General and Devera Breeding Scott , Deputy Attorney General of the Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for Plaintiff.

Allison E. Reardon , Deputy Attorney General and Patricia Davis Oliva , Deputy Attorney General of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for Plaintiff-Intervenor. Of Counsel: Anne Milgram , Attorney General, Rachel J. Horowitz , Deputy Attorney General, Eileen P. Kelley , Deputy Attorney General, Kristen D. Heinzerling , Deputy Attorney General and Lauren J. Trasferini , Deputy Attorney General of the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Trenton, New Jersey.

Mary A. Jacobson, Esquire , of the Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center, Wilmington, DE, for Plaintiffs-Intervenors. Of Counsel: Elizabeth Koniers Brown, Esquire , of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Bristol, Pennsylvania.

Patricia C. Hannigan , Assistant United States Attorney of the Office of the United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE, for Defendants. Of Counsel: Ignacia S. Moreno , Assistant Attorney General, Kent E. Hanson , Attorney, and Kristofor R. Swanson , Attorney of the United States Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia.

Beth Moskow-Schnoll, Esquire , and Sean J. Bellow, Esquire , of Ballard, Spahr , Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Wilmington, DE, of Counsel: Thomas W. Corbett, Jr. , Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Barry N. Kramer , Deputy Attorney General of the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General; Glenn L. Unterberger, Esquire , Harry Weiss, Esquire , and Marlene S. Gomez, Esquire of Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Barry P. Steinberg, Esquire , of Kutak Rock LLP, Washington, D.C.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control ("DNREC") brought this action pursuant to Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") section 706, 5 U.S.C. § 706, to challenge decisions made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps") pursuant to the Clean Water Act ("CWA"), the Clean Air Act ("CAA"), and the Coastal Zone Management Act ("CZMA") in...

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