ATLANTIC COAST DEMOLITION v. CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS

Civil Action Nos. 93-2669 (JEI), 94-3244 (JEI).

931 F.Supp. 341 (1996)

ATLANTIC COAST DEMOLITION & RECYCLING, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF ATLANTIC COUNTY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

July 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mesirov Gelman Jaffe Cramer & Jamieson by Mark R. Rosen, Haddonfield, NJ, for Plaintiff Atlantic Coast Demolition & Recycling, Inc.

Steptoe & Johnson by William T. Hassler, Betty Jo Christian, Paul J. Ondrasik, Jr., F. Franklin Amanat, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs C & A Carbone, Inc., National Solid Waste Management Association, Waste Management Association of New Jersey.

Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey by Gail M. Lambert, Deputy Attorney General, Stefanie A. Brand, Kevin A. Auerbacher, Deputy Attorneys General, Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Att'y. Gen., of Counsel, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Law, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Robert Shinn, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Robert G. Millenky, Camden County Counsel, Camden, NJ, for Defendant Board of Chosen Freeholders of Camden County.

Murshell J. Bland, Bergen County Counsel by Barbara H. Parker, Assistant County Counsel, County of Bergen, Hackensack, NJ, for Defendant Bergen County Department of Health Services.

DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick & Gluck by J.S. Lee Cohen, Hackensack, NJ, for Intervenor-Defendants Hudson County Improvement Authority, Mercer County Improvement Authority, Essex County Utilities Authority, and Passaic County Utilities Authority.

Wolff & Samson, P.C. by Gage Andretta, David Samson, Roseland, NJ, for Intervenor-Defendant Camden County Energy Recovery Associates, L.P.

Sinisi, Van Dam, Sproviero & Sokolich by Stephen P. Sinisi, Scott G. Sproviero, Paramus, NJ, for Defendant Bergen County Utilities Authority.

Higgins, Slachetka & Long by Thomas S. Higgins, Joseph J. Slachetka, Laurel Springs, NJ, for Intervenor-Defendant Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority.


OPINION

IRENAS, District Judge:

Plaintiffs have brought challenges under the dormant Commerce Clause1 to portions of the New Jersey Solid Waste Management Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 to -207, the Solid Waste Utility Control Act, N.J.S.A. 48:13A-1 et seq., and regulations promulgated thereunder, N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.1 et seq., a group of statutes and regulations that the Court shall refer to collectively as the "waste flow...

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