Magistrate Judge Refuses To Consolidate Suits Over Landfill’s Emissions

Mealey's (December 26, 2019, 9:51 AM EST) -- ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A federal magistrate judge in New York on Dec. 16 refused to consolidate two lawsuits brought under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Clean Air Act (CAA) against the operator of a landfill over noxious emissions, holding that it would be prejudicial to the plaintiffs (Fresh Air for the Eastside Inc. v. Waste Management of New York LLC, et al., No. 18-cv-6588, W.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 216168)....