Company Operating Nuclear Laboratory Awarded Judgment On Group’s RCRA Claims

Mealey's (June 15, 2020, 10:05 AM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A private contractor that operated and managed a laboratory that designed and tested nuclear weapons was awarded partial judgment on June 9 on a group’s claims accusing it of violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by failing to comply with a 2005 consent order over its handling of hazardous waste after a federal judge in New Mexico ruled that the defendant no longer possessed an RCRA permit and that it was in the process of winding down its operations (Nuclear Watch New Mexico v. U.S. Department of Energy, et al., No. 16-cv-00433-JCH-SCY, D. N.M., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101754)....