COMITE PRO RESCATE DE LA SALUD, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
PUERTO RICO AQUEDUCT AND SEWER AUTHORITY, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard June 8, 1989.
Decided October 26, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Anthony Z. Roisman with whom Ann C. Yahner, Cohen, Milstein & Hausfeld, Washington, D.C., Michael E. Withey, Leonard W. Schroeter, Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, Wash., and Pedro J. Varela, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for appellants.
Donald A. Carr, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Randolph L. Hill, Office of General Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Susan B. Squires and Anne S. Almy, Land & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief, for U.S., amicus curiae.
Robert E. Zahler with whom Michael L. Stern, Margaret B. Bowman, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, D.C., Francisco G. Bruno, Sweeting, Gonzalez & Cestero, Hato Rey, P.R., Geoffrey Stewart, Hale & Dorr, Washington, D.C., Pedro A. Morell, Brown, Newsom & Cordova, Hato Rey, P.R., Dwight C. Seeley, Edward J. Burns, John L. Greenthal, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Albany, N.Y., Jose A. Cestero, Hato Rey, P.R., Andreu Garcia Law Offices, Zaidee Acevedo, Steven C. Lausell, Jimenez, Graffam & Lausell, San Juan, P.R., Enrique Alcaraz Micheli, Ferrer & Alcaraz, Laurie S. Gill, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, Mass., Encarnita Catalan Marchan, Santiago Mari Roca and Ribas, Biaggi & Mari, Irwin H. Flashman, Zadette Bajandas and O'Neill & Borges, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for appellees The Perkin-Elmer Corp. and Perkin Elmer Caribbean Corp., Storage Technology Corp. and Storage Technology de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Indus. Development Co., Bristol Myers Co., Bristol Caribbean, Inc. and Bristol Laboratories Corp., Mayaguez Air Conditioning and Syncor Indus. Corp., Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority and Sea Electronics Aids, Inc., Westinghouse De Puerto Rico, Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Corp.
John C. Chambers, Jr., Richard A. Flye, Susan Kunst, Boushell, McKenna, Conner & Cuneo, Washington, D.C., and Bruce Adler, on brief for Union Carbide Corp., amicus curiae.
Gerard Lederer, General Counsel, on brief for U.S. Conference of Mayors, amicus curiae.
Before BREYER and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the meaning of an exception in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., a statute that regulates the disposal of solid wastes. The Act, among other things, permits both the federal government and private citizens to ask a court for injunctive relief against any person connected with the handling, storage, treatment, or disposal of
any solid waste or hazardous waste...
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