Legal Opinion
Howmet Corp. v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 6, 2010No. 09-5360PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH. *547BROWN, Circuit Judge:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) says Howmet Corporation (Howmet) violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq. (collectively RCRA), and its implementing regulations. Howmet says its actions were permitted by the regulations. Whether viewed as a syntactical ambiguity or a semantic squabble, the dispute focuses on one question: when is a material no longer serving…
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