La cuenca del río Matanza-Riachuelo abarca parte de la Capital Federal y parte de la provincia de Buenos Aires. El río de dicha cuenca, había sido objeto de vertidos ilegales de sustancias contaminantes y tóxicas por parte de industrias aledañas.

A funerary services company presented an application for judicial review of the decision of the Minister of Local Government and Environment ordering the cessation of the company’s development of a cemetery until a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) had been conducted.