Legal Opinion
Anacostia Riverkeeper v. Washington Gas Light Company
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 24, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2011-1453Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Anacostia Riverkeeper and Anacostia Watershed Society bring a citizen suit under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to abate the endangerment to the environment caused by the Washington Gas Light Company’s former gas manufacturing plant at a site adjacent to the Anacostia River in Southeast, Wash ington, D.C. Because the United States has already selected and is implementing removal and remedial actions at the same site under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, Plaintiffs’ Complaint is barred…
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