Legal Opinion
Comite Pro Rescate De La Salud, Etc. v. Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 26, 1989No. 89-1091PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the meaning of an exception in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., a statute that regulates the disposal of solid wastes. The Act, among other things, permits both the federal government and private citizens to ask a court for injunctive relief against any person connected with the handling, storage, treatment, or disposal of
any solid waste or hazardous waste [which] may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment.
42 U.S.C. § 6973(a) (authorizing administrator to bring…
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