The "Sweedens Swamp" Controversy -- Focusing on EPA's Role in the Clean Water Act 404 Program

Few environmental controversies have raised the kind of significant institutional and programmatic issues as the battle over a 50-acre Massachusetts wetland known as Sweeden Swamp. Indeed, the issues surrounding this controversy go to the very heart of the respective roles of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers in developing and implementing the Clean Water Act 404 program.