Ohio v. Department of Energy

ELR Citation: ELR 20953
No(s). 89-3329 (6th Cir. Jun 11, 1990)

The court holds that the federal government's sovereign immunity from civil penalties is waived under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act's (FWPCA's) sovereign immunity provision, §313, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act's (RCRA's) citizen suit provision, §7002, though not RCRA's s...