Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the appellants had standing to challenge the canal design and alignment.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Standing existed only as to the request to change the construction method to a fully underground press-boring technique; it did not exist for demands to reduce wastewater discharges upstream in Germany.
Extrahierte Begründung
They were directly affected by construction emissions near their property, but the requested upstream water-quality measures concerned a general interest shared with many others and did not affect them more than the public at large.