Mitzelfelt v. Department of the Air Force

ELR Citation: ELR 21138
No(s). 89-2223 (10th Cir. May 21, 1990)

The court holds that Resource Conservation and Recovery Act §6001 does not waive the federal government's sovereign immunity from a state's administrative civil penalties. While §6001 waives immunity from state "requirements," the term does not unambiguously include civil penalties. "Requirements"...