DeQuincy City Council Punts on Hazardous Waste Ordinance

The American Press reports that the DeQuincy City Council decided yesterday to let its residents decide the fate of a proposed hazardous-waste ordinance. The citizen-proposed ordinance "would require a recommendation from the city zoning board and approval from city voters before any business requiring a hazardous-waste permit would be allowed to operate in DeQuincy." Eston Singletary, the attorney representing the group seeking to pass the ordinance, recommended the City disapprove the ordinance because it is invalid as written and will likely be thrown out if challenged in court. He points out that courts have repeatedly found that local governments are prohibited from regulating hazardous materials.

Posted by AJR at March 11, 2003 10:47 AM