Raritan Baykeeper v. NL Industries, Inc.

ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20308
No(s). 10-2591 (3d Cir. Oct 3, 2011)

The Third Circuit vacated a lower court decision dismissing, on grounds of abstention, environmental groups' RCRA and CWA citizens suit in which they sought an injunction requiring the current and prior owners of a contaminated site to remediate contaminated sediments in the Raritan River. The group...