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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | Back issues
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Hazardous waste handling

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A federal judge in New Mexico dismissed the federal government’s challenge to New Mexico regulations governing how hazardous waste produced at Cannon Air Force Base must be handled. The New Mexico Hazardous Waste Act requires permit challenges to be brought in state court; sovereign immunity does not circumvent this requirement.

Read the ruling here.

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