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Conservation Law Foundation v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Conservation Law Foundation v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ↗

1884CV01431 Massachusetts Superior Court(Mass. Super. Ct.), State Courts3 entries
Filing Date
Document
Type
07/26/2019
Appeal denied.
On July 26, 2019, a Massachusetts state court upheld a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) decision authorizing expansion of a landfill in the Town of Saugus. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Town of Saugus had appealed the MassDEP’s decision. CLF’s allegations included that the landfill’s coastal location “makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts, including sea level rise and damaging storm surge, creating a significant risk of erosion and of pollution from the Landfill washing into the surrounding rivers and coastal wetlands.” News coverage of the court’s decision affirming MassDEP’s decision did not discuss the climate change-related allegations.
Decision
05/09/2018
Complaint filed.
Complaint
01/01/2018
Filing Year For Action
Filing Year For Action

Town of Saugus Board of Health v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ↗

1884CV01419 Massachusetts Superior Court(Mass. Super. Ct.), State Courts3 entries
Filing Date
Document
Type
08/26/2019
Notice of appeal filed by Board of Health.
Appeal
01/01/2018
Filing Year For Action
Filing Year For Action
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