Case Number: SLS No. 98-030
Title: Kettleman City: Siting a Hazardous Waste Incinerator

Case Files:

• Case (7 pages)
• Exhibits (44 pages)

Author: Flora Y. F. Chu, Lecturer; Barton H. (“Buzz”) Thompson, Jr., Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law

Abstract: This case study examines the proposed siting of a toxic waste incinerator four miles outside of Kettleman City, a small farmworkers community in California’s Central Valley.

Key Words: Environmental justice, incinerator, siting of hazardous waste facilities, siting of incinerators, California Environmental Quality Act, translation of environmental impact report, community organizing, community participation.