Chicago, City of v. Environmental Defense Fund

ELR Citation: ELR 20810
No(s). 92-1639 (U.S. May 2, 1994)

The Court holds that §3001(i) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) does not exempt from RCRA Subtitle C regulation municipal waste combustion ash that is sufficiently toxic to qualify as hazardous waste. Under the plain meaning of §3001(i), so long as a facility recovers energy by ...