Legal Opinion
Sarah E. Frey, Kevin Enright, and Protect Our Woods, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency, Christie Whitman, Administrator, and Viacom, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 6, 2001No. 00-2748PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This case involves efforts to clean up three old dumps in the Bloomington, Indiana, area, that became contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxin, and other toxic chemicals over the years. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and CBS Corporation (formerly Westinghouse, and now Viacom — but we will call it CBS as the parties have done) reached agreement on a remediation plan. The task of cleaning and restoring toxic waste sites is a complex one, and it is subject to numerous federal and state laws. Some Bloomington area residents,…
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