6. FINAL BRIEFS FILED IN CLEAN WATER SUIT

Final legal briefs have been filed in a lawsuit that pits environmental
groups against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and could decide whether
Corps operations are the cause of water temperatures and dissolved gas
levels in the lower Snake River that exceed Washingtons water quality
standards.
Environmentalists say they want the Corps to operate the dams in a way
that would result in compliance with the Clean Water Act, but James Buchal,
attorney for the Columbia River Alliance, …

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