RCRA's First Citizen Suit Provision Ruled Appropriate Only for Ongoing Contamination

摘要

Neighbors of a seating factory that dumped toxic chemicals onto the ground may not sue under the first citizen suit provision of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act because the contamination is not ongoing, a federal court in Indiana held in a case of first impression (Browning v. Flexsteel Industries Inc., N.D. Ind., No. 3:11-cv-480, 3/25/13).