2006 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 10 Aug 2006 23:18:40 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Katrina debris lawsuit
 
Environmentalists sue DEQ over hurricane landfills

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
The Associated Press
New Orleans Times-Picayune
August 9, 2006	 	

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At least three landfills taking Hurricane Katrina debris violate federal clean air and water laws, environmentalists said in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday against Louisiana's secretary of environmental quality.

Secretary Mike D. McDaniel's authorization for the landfills allows what is essentially open dumping, forbidden under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the lawsuit said.

None of the landfills is lined to keep chemicals from seeping into the ground, making them unsuitable for waste that includes household hazardous wastes, it said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-26/1155166752308650.xml&storylist=louisiana
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