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Canton Township attorney reports progress in lawsuit seeking to block radioactive waste shipments to Wayne Disposal landfill
Summary
Township counsel and outside attorneys told Canton Township trustees that a preliminary-injunction hearing over shipments of Manhattan Project-era radioactive soil to Wayne Disposal in Van Buren Township concluded and the court will rule after closing arguments July 1; plaintiffs include Canton, Van Buren, Belleville, Romulus and Wayne County.
Brandon Grisco, an attorney with the Fosso & Grisco law firm representing Canton Township and several neighboring jurisdictions, told the board on June 24 that an evidentiary hearing over planned shipments of radioactive waste from the Niagara Falls Storage Site concluded in May and a judge will hear closing arguments July 1 on whether to keep an injunction preventing disposal while the case proceeds.
Why it matters: the shipments at issue are material characterized in court testimony as technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM/T-NORM) associated with Manhattan Project-era operations in New York. Plaintiffs argue the public and local officials have not been afforded full participation in EGLE’s licensing process and that fire-safety and public-health risks require judicial review and temporary relief while the litigation proceeds.
Grisco said the complaint filed in September 2024…
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