Judge Refuses To Stay, Reconsider RCRA Ruling After Agency Issues Cleanup Order

Mealey's (July 20, 2020, 2:04 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on July 17 denied a motion to stay proceedings filed by a company accused of contaminating soil and groundwater in a former metal plating facility and denied a motion to reconsider filed by city of West Sacramento, finding that an order issued by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) in May about the cleanup of the site does not warrant the application of the primary jurisdiction doctrine or constitute newly discovered evidence that should prompt reconsideration of an earlier ruling (West Sacramento v. R&L Business Management, et al., No. 18-CV-00900, E.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126479)....