ELR Citation: ELR 21507
No(s). 86-C-714-C (N.D. Okla. Jul 18, 1988)

The court holds that the Environmental Protection Agency may not enforce Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) financial responsibility requirements against underground injection facilities. Such facilities are exempted from RCRA's financial responsibility requirements by 40 C.F.R. §§265.1(b) and 265.430. Oklahoma's requirement for liability insurance is a state requirement in excess of the federal minimum, and is not incorporated into federal law by RCRA §3005(e)(3)(B)'s requirement that operators certify compliance with all applicable financial responsibility requirements.

Counsel for Plaintiff
Nancy Blevins, Ass't U.S. Attorney
3600 U.S. Courthouse, Tulsa OK 74103
(918) 581-7463

Counsel for Defendants
Burt C. McElroy
2520 Mid-Continent Tower, Tulsa OK 74103
(918) 583-7766

Roger R. Scott
1111 Parkcenter, 525 S. Main, Tulsa OK 74103
(918) 583-8201