Legal Opinion
Supporters to Oppose Pollution, Inc. v. The Heritage Group
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 5, 1992No. 91-1247, 91-1728 and 91-2884PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Environmental Waste Control, Inc., operated the Four County Landfill in Indiana— poorly. The Environmental Protection Agency sued EWC under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901-87, and obtained an order requiring EWC to close the dump, take some corrective action, and pay a fine of $2.8 million. EPA v. Environmental Waste Control, Inc., 710 F.Supp. 1172 (N.D.Ind.1989), affirmed, 917 F.2d 327 (7th Cir.1990).
EWC has not paid the fine; it never could have paid such a sum. It is a thinly capitalized firm, almost a one-man band.…
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