[CPEO-BIF] Katrina debris lawsuit

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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