Canton Township, Van Buren Township, Belleville, Romulus, and Wayne County are fighting an expensive, uphill battle against Wayne Disposal Inc., which is bringing radioactive waste to the area.
Wayne Disposal, Inc. (WDI) moved to have the case removed to federal court, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan, and dissolve the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO).
The communities and Wayne County are fighting to keep the TRO prohibiting the disposal of radioactive waste in place while filing to remand the case to state court.
They are fighting to keep the TRO until WDI has been relicensed, which will not occur until a public hearing weighing public input.
WDI is currently an unlicensed facility in Michigan.
The communities also believe that radioactive waste is a nuisance, which local fire departments are not equipped to handle should a radioactive fire or other hazardous event occur.
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