Judge lifts ban on waste wells (in an urban area) -- GHWB appointee

[Bozita]

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060122/METRO/601220348/1003

Judge lifts ban on waste wells
Ruling allows disposal of toxic sludge near Metro Airport over protests of neighboring firm, county.

David Shepardson / The Detroit News

January 22, 2006

ROMULUS -- A federal judge has lifted a restraining order that had barred two deep-injection hazardous waste wells near Interstate 94 and Detroit Metropolitan Airport from operating since Jan. 4.

U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds also rejected a permanent injunction by Sunoco Partners Marketing and Terminals LP to block Bingham Farms-based Environmental Disposal Systems from operating its 4,500-foot-deep wells on a 15-acre site. And she ordered Sunoco to forfeit a $100,000 surety bond it had posted with the court; the money will be given to EDS.

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More than 35 western Wayne County and Downriver municipalities formally opposed the plan.

Opponents have argued the wells would pose regional risks from toxic fumes, hazardous waste spills or even earthquakes. But they have lost repeated battles with state and federal regulators to block the project. They've spent more than $1 million to challenge the venture.

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I did some checking on Judge Edmunds. Poppy Bush appointed her.

http://www.pacegroup.org/edmunds_info.htm

Biography
 
The Honorable Nancy G. Edmunds was appointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan bench on February 10, 1992, by President George Bush. From 1978 until the time she took the bench, Judge Edmunds practiced law in the Detroit law firm of Dykema Gossett. A partner since 1984, she was a member of the firm's commercial litigation section and had acquired extensive trial experience in both state and federal courts. Prior to joining Dykema Gossett, Judge Edmunds served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ralph Freeman, U.S. Senior District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
 
Judge Edmunds earned her J.D. from Wayne State University Law School in 1976, graduating summa cum laude. She was editor-in-chief of the Wayne Law Review. In 1971 she earned her Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University of Ithaca, New York, in 1969, graduating cum laude with distinction in all subjects. She was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

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[ConcernedCanuk]

1. Not suprised it's just about money . . .

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From the posted Atricle

"The public interest would be harmed if a company like Sunoco is allowed to come in at the 11th hour and challenge a project that is fully permitted, fully constructed and has even begun operations," she wrote.

"In order for this state to attract and keep businesses, particularly in this difficult economic climate, it must not only ensure that federal and state regulatory guidelines are followed, but also that once those guidelines are satisfied an entity can in fact begin to operate."

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I don't see alot of environmental concern in that reasoning

Well think about it

they even got "god" on all the Murikkan $$ don't they?

so "god" = $$ in the brainwashed masses - -

(sigh)

[SoCalDem]

3. and when jesus comes back in a few years, he will make it all pretty again

:)

[WhiteTara]

2. I'd like to see her investment portfolio

and may there be no toxic spills in Detroiit. My suggestion to the people who live there...run for your lives. Flee