ELR Citation: ELR 20547
No(s). 85-2868 (9th Cir. Apr 3, 1987)

The court holds that the district court improperly allowed the violator of a Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit to assert an upset defense, the FWPCA does not provide for a de minimis exception, and sampling error in one's disch...