ELR Citation: ELR 20339
No(s). Civ 98-1052(SEC) (D.P.R. Feb 3, 2000)

The court upholds a $10,000 penalty imposed by the U.S. Coast Guard under the Clean Water Act against the management company of a ship that discharged garbage and plastic into navigable waters of the United States. The court first holds that the Coast Guard's determination that the company is liable...