ELR Citation: ELR 20586
No(s). C-1-86-0217 (S.D. Ohio Mar 18, 1988)

The court rules that Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) §6001 and Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) §313 waive the federal government's sovereign immunity from civil penalties imposed by states. RCRA §6001 waives sovereign immunity for "procedural requirements," and the court...