ORANGE ENVIRONMENT, INC. v. COUNTY OF ORANGE

No. 91 Civ. 8688(GLG).

860 F.Supp. 1003 (1994)

ORANGE ENVIRONMENT, INC. and Arthur E. Soons and Sandra Soons, Plaintiffs, Hudson Riverkeeper Fund, Inc., Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE, Joseph G. Rampe, County Executive, and Orange County Department of Public Works, J. Daniel Bloomer, Commissioner, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

August 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Sussman, Scott A. Thornton, Goshen, NY, Elizabeth Barbanes, Mt. Kisco, NY, for plaintiff Orange Environment.

Jeffrey P. Soons, Goshen, NY, for plaintiffs Arthur E. and Sandra Soons.

Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae by Robert J. Alessi, Elise N. Zoli, Albany, NY, for defendants.


OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge.

This case involves the on-going efforts on the part of the state, environmental groups, and private plaintiffs to force a county landfill to comply with the federal environmental laws. The result has been a long and complicated battle fought on both legal and political fronts. From the outset, the county's effort to obey the environmental laws has been less than vigilant. Indeed, early on, the county showed a reprehensible...

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