RCRA Suit Against California Official Over Homeless Waste Dismissed By Federal Judge

Mealey's (July 20, 2021, 12:02 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An environmental group could not use the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to hold the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) director responsible for the failure to prevent a homeless population living on state-owned property from disposing of human waste and trash in the Mokelumne River, a California federal judge ruled July 14, concluding that a sovereign immunity exception did not apply....