Sierra Club v. Abston Constr. Co.
ELR Citation: ELR 20552 No(s). 77-2530 (5th Cir. Jun 23, 1980)
In a citizen suit brought under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing the trial court's award of summary judgment to appellees, rules that runoff and leachate emanating from appellees' strip mining operations may constitute "point source" pollution wi...