Kentucky Waterways Alliance v. Kentucky Utilities Company

ELR Citation: 48 ELR 20167
No(s). 18-5115 (6th Cir. Sep 24, 2018)

The Sixth Circuit held that seepage from a coal-fired power plant that reached a nearby lake violated RCRA, but not the CWA. Environmental groups argued that the chemicals being stored in coal ash ponds contaminated the surrounding groundwater, which in turn contaminated a nearby lake, in violation ...