Legal Opinion
National Solid Wastes Management Ass'n v. Alabama Department of Environmental Management
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided January 12, 1990No. Civ. A. 89-G-1722-WPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GUIN, District Judge.
During the last four decades the United States has had to reevaluate its attitude toward conservation of its natural resources and protection of the environment. As public awareness has increased, numerous laws to protect the health and welfare of the people and to protect the environment have been enacted. In the early 1950’s the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 241 (1970) was passed. By this legislation the Surgeon General was empowered to promote and to coordinate research and studies relating to the causes of pollution and the prevention of…
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