Citizens for a Better Env't v. Union Oil Co. of Cal.
ELR Citation: ELR 21152 No(s). 95-15139 (9th Cir. May 13, 1996)
The court holds that a petroleum refinery's payment of $780,000 to settle violations of a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit in exchange for the California Regional Water Quality Control Board's extension of an interim effluent standard deadline does not bar a citizen sui...