Tenn. Federal Judge Dismisses Contamination Claims Addressed In Consent Order

Mealey's (December 8, 2022, 9:22 AM EST) -- COLUMBIA, Tenn. — A property owner’s Clean Water Act (CWA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) claims brought against the operator of a neighboring landfill “do not respect the limited role of the citizen suit,” a Tennessee federal judge held in partially granting the operator’s motion for summary judgment and completely denying the claims as precluded by a consent order that was negotiated between the state and the landfill operator that resolved the contamination caused by the landfill....