Pennsylvania v. U.S. Postal Serv.

ELR Citation: ELR 20936
No(s). 3: CV-91-1046 (M.D. Pa. Dec 30, 1992)

The court holds that the U.S. Postal Service, as sovereign, is immune from claims for civil penalties for violations of a state clean water act. Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Resources brought an administrative action against the U.S. Postal Service seeking civil penalties for discharge...