Fla. Federal Judge: Clean Water Permit Approval Was Not Arbitrary Or Capricious

Mealey's (January 26, 2023, 4:11 PM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — An environmental group failed to show that the Army Corps of Engineers acted arbitrarily or capriciously when it approved a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit for a road project that would run through a wilderness preserve in Pasco County, a Florida federal judge held in overruling the group’s objections to a federal magistrate judge’s recommendation that the Corps’ and Pasco County’s cross-motions for summary judgment be granted....