Center for Community Action & Environmental Justice v. BNSF Railway Co.

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20191
No(s). 12-56086 (9th Cir. Aug 20, 2014)

The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of environmental groups' RCRA citizen suit against a railroad company seeking to enjoin the emission of particulate matter found in diesel exhaust from the company's railyards. RCRA’s citizen suit provision permits any person to sue the owner or operator of a...