Environmental
Mar. 30, 2011
High Court Punts on Garbage Dump Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to step into the long-running dispute over a plan to transform a spent mine near Joshua Tree National Park into a megadump for Los Angeles' garbage.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to step into the long-running dispute over a plan to turn an exhausted mine near Joshua Tree National Park into a massive landfill for Los Angeles garbage.
The court's denial preserves the 9th U.S. Circuit's 2009 finding that the Bureau of Land Management came up short on its environmental review of the project and didn't properly value...
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