Environmentalist suits filed against recyclers mount

Nov 24, 2009 | 08:29 AM | Lisa Gordon

Another lawsuit has been filed by environmentalists against a scrap recycler, marking the second complaint of this nature to surface in the state of Massachusetts and at least the fifth filed in the country.

Clean Water Action filed the latest complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against State Line Scrap Co. Inc., Attleboro, Mass., alleging "that neither the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) nor the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has commenced or is diligently prosecuting a court action to redress the violations alleged in this complaint."....





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