Conservation Law Foundation v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Filing Date: 2018
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
Massachusetts Solid Waste Regulations, Massachusetts Site Assignment Regulations, Massachusetts Solid Waste Disposal Facilities Law
Description: Challenge to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's authorization of landfill expansion.
  • Conservation Law Foundation v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
    Docket number(s): 1884CV01431
    Court/Admin Entity: Mass. Super. Ct.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    07/26/2019 Order Appeal denied. Massachusetts Court Upheld State Approval of Coastal Landfill’s Expansion. On July 26, 2019, a Massachusetts state court upheld a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) decision authorizing expansion of a landfill in the Town of Saugus. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Town of Saugus had appealed the MassDEP’s decision. CLF’s allegations included that the landfill’s coastal location “makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts, including sea level rise and damaging storm surge, creating a significant risk of erosion and of pollution from the Landfill washing into the surrounding rivers and coastal wetlands.” News coverage of the court’s decision affirming MassDEP’s decision did not discuss the climate change-related allegations.
    05/09/2018 Complaint Download Complaint filed.
  • Town of Saugus Board of Health v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
    Docket number(s): 1884CV01419
    Court/Admin Entity: Mass. Super. Ct.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    08/26/2019 Notice of Appeal Notice of appeal filed by Board of Health.