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Civil Rights

Jul. 13, 2011

Groups File Suit Over 17-Year-Old Complaint

Central and Southern California community groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seeking to force the agency to respond to a civil rights complaint filed 17 years ago.

By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Central and Southern California community groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seeking to force the agency to respond to a civil rights complaint filed 17 years ago.

The original complaint alleges that the permitting of toxic waste dumps only in low-income and predominantly Latino communities violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the bas...

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