CENTRAL MIDWEST INTERSTATE WASTE COM'N v. O'LEARY

No. 93-3131.

858 F.Supp. 114 (1994)

CENTRAL MIDWEST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Hazel O'LEARY, Secretary of Energy, Defendant.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

July 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lance T. Jones, Thomas R. Lamont, Gordon & Glickson PC, Eric M. Schwing, Babette P. Salus, Schwing & Salus PC, Springfield, IL, for The Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Com'n.

Christine Zeman, Giffin Winning Cohen & Bodewes PC, Springfield, IL, Julie A. Bauer, Marie A. Lona, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Commonwealth Edison Co.

James A. Lewis, U.S. Atty., Springfield, IL, Louise F. Milkman, Mark R. Haag, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Thomas W. Millet, Marcia K. Sowles, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Hazel O'Leary.

Michael S Beer, Gary B. Pasek, Illinois Power Co., Decatur, IL, for Illinois Power Co.


OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

A case of statutory construction.

The Court is presented with motions for summary judgment concerning a ruling of the Department of Energy interpreting a nuclear waste disposal statute.

The Department is affirmed.

I. Background

This cause of action is the result of a federal statute enacted to promote the efficient disposal of radioactive waste produced by nuclear power generators...

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