Legal Opinion
Synagro-WWT, Inc. v. Rush Tp., Penn.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 7, 2002No. 4:CV-00-1625PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
McCLURE, District Judge.
BACKGROUND:
This case involves numerous federal and state challenges to the validity of a municipal ordinance. Plaintiff Synagro-WWT, Inc. (Synagro) is a company that applies sewage sludge to land sites that were formerly used for surface mining. Defendant Rush Township, Pennsylvania has enacted an ordinance (the Ordinance) that requires companies that apply sewage sludge to comply with certain procedural requirements if they wish to apply sewage sludge in Rush Township. The Ordinance also places a partial ban on the transportation of sewage sludge within the…
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