ELR Citation: ELR 21001
No(s). 439-85L (Cl. Ct. Apr 17, 1987)

The court holds that a petroleum company may not recover cleanup costs from the government under Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) §311(i)(1) for an oil spill into a creek caused by the rupture of an oil pipeline during a flood, since the petroleum company did not exercise reasonable care...