Environmental Justice Update: EPA, Illinois EPA, and Chicago Settle Civil Rights Claims with Agreement to Prioritize EJ in Permitting – JD Supra

One of the hottest series of disputes has been the tag-team rumble between federal, state, and local regulators, a scrap-metal processor, and several interested community groups over the relocation of a Chicago plant from the Lincoln Park neighborhood to a community in southeast Chicago. At least some parts of this dispute are closer to resolving.