ELR Citation: ELR 21388
No(s). 96 C 2762 (N.D. Ill. Mar 19, 1998)

The court holds that a landowner cannot recover from previous site owner petroleum contamination cleanup costs it incurred after it invoked Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) §7002's statutory process for bringing a citizen suit. The court first holds that a private party cannot recover ...