Legal Opinion
Washington, Department of Ecology v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1985No. 83-7763PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., creates a comprehensive federal program of hazardous waste management administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). RCRA also authorizes the states to develop and implement their own hazardous waste management programs “in lieu of” the federal program. This case presents the question whether EPA violated the requirements of RCRA when it refused to permit the State of Washington to apply its state hazardous waste regulations to the activities of all persons, Indians and non-Indians, on…
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- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- White Mountain Apache Tribe v. BrackerSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. KagamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by14 opinions
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