Legal Opinion
US Ecology, Inc. v. United States Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 14, 2000No. 99-5192PublishedCited by 279 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:
This case involves a dispute over the availability of the so-called “Ward Valley Site” for potential use as a low-level radioactive waste (“LLRW”) facility. Ward Valley is a 1.7 square mile plot of the Mojave Desert located just off 1-40, 25 miles west of the Colorado River separating Arizona from California. Appellee the Federal Government owns the site and appellant US Ecology wants to develop, build, and operate a LLRW facility on the site as a licensee for the State of California. The Federal Government,…
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