Montauk Oil Transp. Corp. v. Tug El Zorro Grande

ELR Citation: ELR 20986
No(s). 94-7436 (2d Cir. May 5, 1995)

The court holds that the owner of a barge from which oil spilled into the Hudson River in New York is entitled to indemnification from the responsible tug and its owner for a $3,500 civil penalty assessed under Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) §311(b)(6), but is not entitled to indemnifi...