Judge Finds Radioactive Slag Not Hazardous Substance Under RCRA, Dismisses Suit

(May 11, 2021, 12:36 PM EDT) -- BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York on April 26 dismissed a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) lawsuit brought by landowners claiming that recycled radioactive material was disposed of on their properties, finding that the material was not a hazardous substance under the act and that the material did not present an imminent threat to human health and the environment....