Precon Development Corporation v. US Army Corps of Engineers

<> Precon Development Corporation v. US Army Corps of Engineers - 3/10/15. In the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Case No. 13-2499 (unpublished). In a thirteen-year battle between Precon Development Corporation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about whether the Corps has jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act over Precon's Edinburgh development in Chesapeake, VA.       The Panel said, "This episode involves 4.8 acres of wetlands that Precon wants to fill to build ten homes. The Corps asserted jurisdiction over these wetlands and denied Precon's permit application.2 We previously remanded this case after concluding that the Corps had not provided sufficient evidence to support its jurisdiction. Finding that the Corps has now amassed adequate evidence, we affirm." Corps' jurisdiction over Virginia wetlands upheld by Fourth Circuit - The Fourth Circuit has affirmed a lower court decision that upheld an Army Corps of Engineers' permit denial for a planned development affecting 4.8 acres of wetlands