Connecticut Coastal Fishermen’s Association v. Remington Arms Co.
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
989 F.2d 1305 (1993)

- Written by Sarah Hoffman, JD
Facts
Remington Arms Company, Inc. (Remington) (defendant) operated a skeet-shooting club in Stratford, Connecticut, near the Long Island Sound. Operation of the club resulted in millions of pounds of lead-shot and clay-target fragments falling on the land around the club and into the Long Island Sound. The Connecticut Coastal Fishermen’s Association (CCFA) (plaintiff) filed a citizen’s suit against Remington under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in which it claimed that the lead-shot and clay fragments were hazardous waste under the RCRA and posed a substantial danger to the environment and human health. The CCFA requested that Remington be ordered to clean up all of the lead-shot and clay fragments. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court held that under the RCRA the lead shot and clay targets were solid waste but that only the lead shot was hazardous waste.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Cardamone, J.)
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