Legal Opinion
Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control v. Mountaire Farms of Delaware, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 25, 2019No. C.A. No. 18-838 (MN)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOREIKA, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE:
*525Presently before the Court is the motion of Gary and Anna-Marie Cuppels and more than 690 others similarly situated (collectively, "Intervenors") to intervene in this case pursuant to Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the rights of intervention afforded by the Clean Water Act ("CWA") and the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"). (D.I. 4). For the reasons set forth below, the motion to intervene is GRANTED.
I. BACKGROUND
The Intervenors are residents and property owners who reside within five miles of a poultry processing plant…
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