Legal Opinion
Weyerhaeuser v. Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided August 24, 2004No. 29622-5-IIPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBridgewater, J.
Concerned Residents on Waste Disposal (CROWD) appeals from a declaratory judgment in favor of Land Recovery, Inc., (LRI) and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) concerning the application of Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5729 to the construction of a landfill. We hold that the trial court correctly construed the phrase “landfill facility” and the term “construction.” We also hold that LRI’s activities in drilling *62permanent wells in 1998, prior to bill’s passage on April 27, 1999, constituted “construction” such that LRI was not a “wholly new solid waste landfill” facility and…
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