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                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 98-1184



                          UNITED STATES,



                       Plaintiff, Appellee,



                                v.



                         PABLO HERNANDEZ,



                      Defendant, Appellant.

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                   JORGE E. RODRIGUEZ, ET AL.,



                      Defendants, Appellees.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                 FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



          [Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                     Torruella, Chief Judge,

               Boudin and Lipez, Circuit Judges.

                                

                                





     Pablo Hernandez on brief pro se.

     Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney and Isabel Munoz Acosta,

Assistant U.S. Attorney on brief for appellee.









November 16, 1998









            Per Curiam. We have reviewed carefully the record in

    this case, including the briefs of the parties and the opinion

    of the district court.  United States v. Hernandez, 979 F.

    Supp. 70 (D.P.R. 1997). We find no clear error in the

    determination that appellant's houseboat was a permanently

    moored vessel for purposes of the Rivers and Harbors Act and

    thus required a mooring permit from the Army Corps of Engineers

    to remain in La Parguera.  Furthermore, essentially for the

    reasons given by the district court in its opinion, we find no

    abuse of discretion in the decision by the Army Corps of

    Engineers to deny appellant a mooring permit due to

    environmental considerations.  Therefore, the district court

    order granting the government's request for injunctive relief

    is affirmed.  

              Affirmed.  See Loc. R. 27.1.