Yankton Sioux Tribe v. EPA

ELR Citation: ELR 20802
No(s). Civ 96-4268 (D.S.D. Dec 11, 1996)

The court upholds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) decision to waive, under 40 C.F.R. §258.40(e), the composite liner requirement of §258.40(a)(2) for a municipal solid waste landfill on non-Native American land located within the boundaries of the Yankton Sioux Reservation in So...