Judge Trims Claims From City’s Suit Over Manufactured Gas Waste Contamination

Mealey's (January 18, 2017, 1:01 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois city cannot seek civil penalties under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) against two companies that owned a manufactured gas facility, a federal judge in Illinois ruled Jan. 17, holding that the city did not allege that the companies violated subchapter III of the RCRA (City of Evanston, Ill. v. Northern Illinois Gas Company, et al., No. 16-C-5692, N.D. Ill.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5771)....