State of New York v. Covanta Hempstead Company., 
No. 007549/2013 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Nassau Cty.).

Representation of a whistleblower who alleges that waste-to-energy plant operator Covanta violated environmental regulations by creating hazardous ash as a by-product of the burning of garbage from multiple Long Island towns. The case has been brought on behalf of New York State, certain local governments on Long Island, and the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA). Over the course of a decade, these local governments paid $890 million to Covanta to take their communities’ garbage in an environmentally safe way. As alleged, Covanta did not, in fact, abide by the necessary protocols to keep the ash that was dumped in the Brookhaven landfill from being hazardous.