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Interior Department Lacked Authority
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1988.tb03080.x
Subject(s) - supreme court , law , coal slurry , political science , pipeline (software) , coal , public administration , engineering , waste management , mechanical engineering
In a dispute over withdrawal of water from Lake Oahe for use in a coal slurry pipeline, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Secretary of the Interior did not have the authority to unilaterally remove water from the Army reservoir without the approval of the Secretary of the Army.