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Focus Column - By William D. Wick - California cities can enact and enforce their own hazardous-waste cleanup ordinances because the federal and state Superfund statutes do not pre-empt the field of hazardous waste remediation. So ruled the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in generally upholding a Lodi ordinance. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. City of Lodi, 2002 DJDAR 8899 (9th Cir. Aug. 6, 2002).
Focus Column
By William D. Wick
California cities can enact and enforce their own hazardous-waste cleanup ordinances because the federal and state Superfund statutes do not pre-empt the field of haza...
By William D. Wick
California cities can enact and enforce their own hazardous-waste cleanup ordinances because the federal and state Superfund statutes do not pre-empt the field of haza...