Clean Ocean Action v. York

ELR Citation: ELR 21236
No(s). 94-5489 (3d Cir. Jun 12, 1995)

The court affirms a district court order denying citizen groups a preliminary injunction to stop ocean dumping of dioxin-contaminated materials dredged from the New York-New Jersey Port Authority's Newark/Port Elizabeth facility. The court first holds that the plain meaning of the U.S. Environmental...