Supreme Court Passes on Case Testing Limits of Dredging Permits

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear environmental groups’ challenge to a lower court’s ruling that the location of a Georgia wetland development project didn’t include federal waters.

Glynn Environmental Coalition and Center for Sustainable Coast asked the justices to consider whether a landowner must obtain a federal determination of their water resource’s classification as under state or federal jurisdiction before obtaining a dredging permit.

Justice Neil Gorsuch didn’t take part in the petition denial.

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit previously upheld dismissal of their Clean Water Act lawsuit against Sea Island Acquisition LLC, ...